I am off to Austin, TX for a family wedding. I wanted to post a little something before I leave. Today I have been thinking a variety of random thoughts due to interactions with people: Are we getting caught up on the words? I had someone ask about whether I thought “Community Engagement” was overused. …
It’s Friday! Yesterday as you know, we had an #auddev chat. During the chat, one of our chatters, Becky Peters a.k.a. @bpeters99 tweeted a song title that stuck in my head: Love the One You’re With by Crosby, Stills and Nash. Of course this was in reference to loving your current audience. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5IVuN1N6-Y] It…
Today we had an #auddev chat with the topic, Audiences’ Preferred Connections. Our co-host was Cindy Marie Jenkins, L.A.’s own Storyteller/Outreach Nerd. We chatted about different audience connections and what our audiences’ preferences are. During our chat, some very interesting thoughts about formats, frequency, and questions to ask our audience came up. [View the story…
I wanted to make sure you were all invited to the #auddev chat we will be having this Thursday: Audiences’ Preferred Connections Co-host Cindy Marie Jenkins, L.A.’s own Storyteller/Outreach Nerd, and I will be conducting a chat about audiences and how they prefer to connect with us. So dig up your latest surveys and let’s…
Oh dear! The headlines today were not very encouraging. More orchestras are locked out, one opera company has to shut down until their bills are paid, and the woe is classical music stories keep popping up too. Yes, we are in the midst of dealing with changes that have already happened, and the classical music…
There is a tiny little debate happening, although it might have been caused by a misunderstanding. It has been brought up that sometimes we need to look at the programming, if (and there it is, if) the programming is no longer selling. We also have to look at the marketing messages and branding, the audience…
I was using the Storify export function, and it wigged out. I apologize for the repeated bogus posts. Here is the actual chat transcript I was attempting to post: [View the story “#Auddev chat, 9/27, Noon ET – Arts, Change & Audiences” on Storify] Cheers to happy and loyal audiences, Shoshana Shoshana Fanizza Audience Development…
It’s Friday! I haven’t posted some YouTubes in a while. I looked up some more current Arts Advocacy videos. Here’s what I found: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ90-qfW94E&w=420&h=315] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGwnPQkoFtk&w=420&h=315] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv_w2e2E7MI&w=420&h=315] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4is8MR_yaB0&w=420&h=315] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2xl7-5aeA4&w=420&h=315] Have a great weekend! Cheers to happy and loyal audiences, Shoshana Shoshana Fanizza Audience Development Specialists https://www.buildmyaudience.com “Never treat your audience as…
This morning I am literally in tears over an article I just read, I took my 9-year-old to the opera, and she loved it, although it may be due to the combination of articles this morning. The articles this morning ranged from arts education, let’s do this – to talks about better Boards – to…
I was having a conversation with a friend about artists and our resistance to doing the work we have to do in order to build our audience. Many of us view the audience development/marketing side of our businesses as boring and that “thing” we “have” to do that takes our precious time away…
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