I can’t remember the last time I wrote about technology’s creation of global audiences and how this will affect our industry. Today I received another notice from clicking on a New York Times article link: You have reached your 10 article per month limit, subscribe to view. Can you imagine needing to subscribe to all…
For those that know me, you already know what a figure skating nut I am. Back in the day, I was considering either going the figure skating route or the music route. I chose music, but the love of figure skating stayed with me. I’m an avid fan now, and I am eating up the…
I have read all the “Classical Music, Dead or Alive?” articles. There was a lively debate last week about it. Actually, this debate has been going on for many years according to this article from the New Yorker: The Fat Lady is Still Singing… As I mentioned in the past, the arts have traditions of…
Back in 2008, I mentioned in passing that we can learn a great deal from churches. I wanted to reiterate this thought and elaborate. Churches have audience development in mind right away. Here is my personal story about joining a congregation in the Chicago area: 1. I was feeling the desire to become…
It’s a new year, and I bet like me, you are thinking about how to improve your situation. I hope you are thinking, “How can I build a better audience?” yet this post is more general than that. I have been thinking about my resolutions for the year. The biggest one I am working…
I went to a “Diversifying Your Board” workshop today. It was led by two of our brightest and up-and-coming Latino leaders. Getting their perspective was very helpful, and the good news is that what I have been advising is sound. We started out by introducing ourselves and telling about our diverse backgrounds. Diversity is not…
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…
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…
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…
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