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9 simple arts advocacy actions for daily life

Posted On March 8, 2013 By Shoshana

It’s that time of the year again when arts advocacy days start popping up all over the country.  The official National Arts Advocacy Day is April 8-9. If you want to know your state’s official day, get in touch with a state captain. I have mentioned in the past that everyday should be an arts… 

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I Have A Dream for arts audience development

Posted On January 21, 2013 By Shoshana

I have a dream today too.  I have a dream that the arts will learn to be more inclusive and welcoming.  I have a dream that we as artists will bring passion and quality to all our art, productions and events.  I have a dream that we will engage with our audiences and partner with… 

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Random thoughts from fiscal cliffs and landfills to donation asks for arts audience development

Posted On December 10, 2012 By Shoshana

What do fiscal cliffs and landfills have to do with audience development for the arts?  Quite a lot actually.  Allow me to explain. The priorities in America and possibly the world are all mixed up these days.  When countries are being run by greed for power and money, what is really important in life is… 

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Takeaways from the #NAMPC Conference

Posted On November 13, 2012 By Shoshana

I wanted to start out by giving you the link to my Storify – My #NAMPC experience via Twitter.  I ended up winning the Most Tweets Award, and I received this fun t-shirt!  I also won by connecting with more people on Twitter and getting to meet some of these people during the conference.  It… 

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Get out the vote and arts advocacy/audience development

Posted On November 5, 2012 By Shoshana

I am thankful that the election is only a day away.  Being from a swing state, I have been bombarded by emails, calls, and commercials.  It will be most peaceful on Wednesday, November 7th.  One issue that has been brought up is the get out the vote and how this may relate to arts advocacy… 

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Bonus Blog Post – Halloween YouTube kinda mood!

Posted On October 31, 2012 By Shoshana

Happy Halloween!  I always enjoy searching for Halloween Arts YouTubes to share with you.  Have a safe and happy holiday! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_2HxZ0Gp4U] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2fSAZ9vRJs] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887krFvSqXg] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqS-wy43lrs] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpDpAzLgrZU] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qac7ZYhqf2k] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUgDCMTENFg] Cheers to happy and loyal audiences, Shoshana Shoshana Fanizza Audience Development Specialists https://www.buildmyaudience.com “Never treat your audience as customers, always as… 

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Quick post – more random thoughts for audience development for the arts

Posted On October 17, 2012 By Shoshana

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. … 

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YouTube Kinda Mood – Arts Audience Development and Advocacy (5 Videos)

Posted On September 21, 2012 By Shoshana

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… 

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A Day in the Life – The Arts Are Everywhere! Arts Advocacy

Posted On July 6, 2012 By Shoshana

For Friday, I wanted to share with you my Pecha Kucha presentation from last year.  I discovered that Slideshare now allows you to upload audio to create a full slidecast presentation.  This was my first attempt.  Please forgive the bleeding audio, and I will work on uploading another version after I figure out how to… 

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Arts Audience Development and new ideas for new audiences!

Posted On April 20, 2012 By Shoshana

TGIF! Today, I wanted to alert you of an idea from Audiences NI (North Ireland).  They have sent me the information on their latest audience development program, Test Drive the Arts NI. Straight from their website: Test Drive the Arts NI is an audience development initiative, funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and… 

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