Colorado Gives Day reminds me why audience development is important

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Shoshana

Today is Colorado Gives Day.  This is a day where the Community First Foundation will process donations on their giving site for free with the potential for an incentive bonus from 1st Bank.  It is also a day that I am being inundated with donation asks. I am a giver to a variety of non-profit organizations.  I am on several…

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Life is too short.

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Shoshana

Some of you may know that I returned from a funeral that happened this weekend.  I also was helping my mom during Thanksgiving week through a surgery for stage 1 cancer.  It has been a very trying month to say the least! The good news is that the operation for my mother was a success and there are no more…

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A great man and some other thoughts

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Shoshana

We lost a great man today.  Nelson Mandela moved our human race forward.  He was inspiring, hard working, and a man with a vision for a better world that he worked to put into place.  We can all strive to be more like his example. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from him: There is no passion to…

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Ask what the arts can do for you... | Audience Development Specialists look at JFK on the 50th Anniversary

Ask what the arts can do for you…

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Shoshana

“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” ~John F. Kennedy In the arts, we need to turn this mentality around: Ask not what you can do for the arts, ask what the arts can do for you. The good news is, we are seeing more examples of…

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Audience Development Specialists’ new website!

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Shoshana

If you haven’t noticed already, I launched my new website this week. I wanted to point out some new features and developments:  My blog is now on my website! This will allow me a little more flexibility and freedom to add more features. I started a Podcast! Whenever the moment strikes, I will be recording a new segment for you….

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November giving program update

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Shoshana

I haven’t forgotten about the giving program I started end of September.  Have you? As you recall, my first gift was a donation to Drew McManus for his Adaptistration wisdom.  To remind you about this program, I am choosing bloggers, consultants, and information mavens that are making a difference in our industry and either donating to them, providing shout outs,…

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Collaborate with yourself!

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Shoshana

I had a thought today after reading an article that I wanted to share with you…

Themes from #NAMPC 2013

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Shoshana

I had a great time at the National Arts Marketing Project Conference (a.k.a. NAMPC) in Portland, OR, a conference of the Americans for the Arts.  This year was all about “Powered by Community.” To read my individual experience, you can click on this Storify I created. As with many conferences, themes start to appear.  I saw some very encouraging themes…

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Shadow Puppet can tell your story!

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Shoshana

It’s been a while since I have brought you new technology.  I recently came across an app for iPhone called Shadow Puppet, a talk through your photos application.  Another way to describe this app is a place where you can narrate a slideshow of a set of photos, a storytelling application. This app is free to download and extremely easy…

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Whose fault is it if there is no audience?

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Shoshana

Happy Friday to you and happy first day of November.  I hope you had a fun Halloween.  I ended up dressing in my devil horns and going to our local Mexican restaurant that we love.  They were all dressed in costumes to the nines!  It was a fun evening. Yesterday, I also had a conversation with a visual artist and…

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