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Sharing is the ultimate!

Posted On February 17, 2017 By Shoshana

Last thought before the weekend – sharing is still the ultimate way to spread the word on social media. I have been seeing likes, favorites, and a few comments, but sharing an event is still the best way to bulk up your organic outreach. Here’s the challenge, for some reason, people are not sharing these… 

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Personal Arts Advocacy

Posted On February 13, 2017 By Shoshana

Our journey of becoming an arts advocate continues! This week we will… 

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Arts Advocacy Podcast Month!

Posted On February 6, 2017 By Shoshana

This month, the ADS Podcast will be all about arts advocacy. Due… 

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Audience Development for Arts Advocacy II

Posted On January 27, 2017 By Shoshana

I recall I have already written a post on this topic, yet with all that is happening currently, I wish to reiterate the concept. Arts advocacy in our current times has mainly been received by our own supporters. For many reasons, it has not reached a level of support by the general public. This is… 

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Arts as a solution – let’s start a movement!

Posted On November 10, 2016 By Shoshana

I woke up this morning realizing that major changes are coming to my country and to the world. We are all super connected now. What affects one will affect another. We are a global community. The choice is ours to build from where we are. There are people that are afraid to move forward in our… 

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The future of audience development for the arts

Posted On October 31, 2016 By Shoshana

Happy Halloween! I usually post Halloween YouTubes, but this day, I wanted to haunt you with a thought. As you may know, now is an excellent time of the year for planning for the future. It is a great time to evaluate and make changes for 2017. It is a good time to discover new ideas… 

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Arts advocacy revised!

Posted On May 19, 2016 By Shoshana

  Today was a major Arts Advocacy day in the news, from the new Arts Party in Australia, to the many arguments against arts using tax money. Also, add the arts as solutions articles that are also coming in more frequently. Seeing that the arts are being talked about, it would be good to revise our… 

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The Cult of Classical Music – Discuss!

Posted On December 18, 2015 By Shoshana

I wasn’t planning on posting today, but I wanted to share a Storify I set up based off of the article: The Cult of Classical Music. Please feel free to add discussion here or there or everywhere! We need to talk about this. In general, the “benchmark arts” will continue to struggle until we start… 

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Elitism within the arts

Posted On November 11, 2015 By Shoshana

I am feeling the fear, the gut churn, and putting this out anyway! I was not planning on posting today since yesterday’s essay took some time to put together, but I came across an article that is a must read, and I wanted to put out a point to consider. This point was not brought… 

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Themes of #NAMPC 2015 or “A Very Special Blossom”

Posted On November 10, 2015 By Shoshana

I woke up early in the morning thinking about the conference I just attended. At first I thought I was in the hotel room, which proves my brain is still there at the conference, and the other attendees probably feel the same way. The day after always gives us a chance to bask in the… 

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