I hope you had a nice weekend! I ended up participating in the Open Studios tour and scored some really great gifts for myself and my family. One of the artists said to me, “I’m so grateful when people like you will come and pay for art right away.” I know it sometimes takes time…
TGIF! I hope you all have some enjoyable weekend arts events planned. Today has been a whirlwind of activity for me, so I thought I would update you. I started off the day with a mini-podcast after seeing this article: Ticketmaster report: theatre audiences getting younger and more experimental [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/113822295″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″…
This week has made many of us grumpy. There have been so many shutdowns and mismanagement highlights in the news. During a conversation with an arts colleague, I posed the question, why do these management mishaps happen? Is it laziness? We talked about how many of us keep on keeping on, but perhaps without thought…
Happy October! I am looking forward to seeing more pumpkins, fall decorations around town, plus, the colors of the changing leaves! There is a great deal to look forward to, and this month seems perfect for new ideas since it is a time of change. I have decided to start the Giving Program with an…
Happy Friday! We made it! Today I am more in a solution mode than thought mode. Thank goodness! My last post was about burn out and what to do about it. I have been thinking about the “free” economy and what it is doing to us collectively. We all like free, and we all seek…
Today I am having a low energy day. There might be a number of reasons why these days happen. Low energy days, months, years, can happen, but why do they happen? These moments are the building blocks of burn out syndrome. Before discussing what we need to do to get our energy back, perhaps we…
I just finished reading the article Three Ways the Role of Your Website Has Changed. Is Your Nonprofit Keeping Up? The major reason why websites may not work in your favor is when you build it to be all about what you want and need and not about your audiences’ wants and needs. One of…
As you may know, dear reader, I am from Boulder, CO, and I am going through the disaster from our “Hundred Year Flood.” My road has been barricaded for the past 5 days. If I leave, I can’t get back to my house. My house is currently flooding and we have a wet vac (lent…
Are we really communicating about the moment? Shifting to the moment could…
After a conversation with Pierre-Arnaud Dablemont, a pianist from Brussels, he touched upon the concept of the moment being a core reason why people attend a concert. Has classical music (and the arts) been ignoring this important reason? This was my thinking out loud session about using the moment to build audiences. Thanks, Pierre-Arnaud! Head…
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