Today I came across this article: Fund for the Arts ponders new ways, director in post-Allan Cowen era It was a very open and honest article about mistakes that have been made and the consequences that resulted from these mistakes. If arts organizations want to not only survive, but thrive, we need to point out…
I have been missing in action the past week in order to work on a project near and dear to my heart. I have been seeing a need for an audience development for the arts conference, a place to actually learn a few of the ins and outs while being able to exchange ideas with…
There has been a good discussion happening since Rocco Landesman, chairman of the NEA, had the audacity ( ;O) ) to point out that arts organizations should downsize or collaborate more due to high supply and low demand: #SupplyDemand There of some us in the arts world that will agree and some of us who…
After many more articles about the arts funding cuts proposals, I feel it is time to take some action. We, the arts lovers of this world need to do our own personal audience development and attempt to reach out to our representatives, our senators, our media, our personal circle of friends to increase the efforts.…
Yesterday I mentioned an essay that I felt was worth reading and discussing, “Resuscitating Art Music” by John Steinmetz (NARAS Journal, Summer 1993,Volume 4 No. 1). Today I am thinking I need to combine this discussion with a more broader topic – support for the arts. If you haven’t received the news yet, the GOP…
I found a new Twitter tool this week I wanted to share with everyone. It is called FriendorFollow. This little Twitter app makes it easy to categorize your twitter people into three categories: 1. Who you Follow – this section shows you who you follow that is not following you. 2. Who is your Fan…
In order to make my “Best of” list of advice a top 10 list, there are three more main points to make. Drum roll please! 8. Deliver impeccable customer service! I wanted to remind you that when we have an extremely positive experience or when we have an extremely negative experience, most of us will…
Today I have been thinking about the year 2010. With all the “Best in 2010” articles floating around, it can’t be helped. In the near future, I will be sifting through my tweets to find the best tweets for the 2010 Audience Development Twitter Awards. At this moment though, I have been giving much thought…
A few weeks ago, I asked my Twitter followers to post: RT & fill in the blank. I love classical music because ___. #classicalmusic The reason I asked is because I felt it would be good to share the reasons and the passions as to why we listen to classical music. To be quite honest,…
Yesterday I had my first official #auddev chat on Twitter. Although it came spontaneously, arising from the moment instead of being a planned event, we had a handful of tweeters join in. The topic for the chat was #classicalmusic and audiences. I have been seeing this conversation come to the forefront of articles lately. Many…
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