My goodness. I spent hours going through my tweets and attempting to narrow each category down. There were so many fabulous audience development tweets, this was not an easy task. However, I was able to narrow to the best of my ability. I wanted to use this blog as a place where you could refer…
Best Use of Technology and Social Media 2009. Here are the nominees one more time: RT @atlantasymphony We’re LIVE! Wynton Marsalis & Ken Meltzer discuss the ‘marriage of jazz and classical music’. http://is.gd/4YkJw Nexto to Normal’ uses Twitter to build audiences http://bit.ly/2Sfq0W The San Francisco Opera recently sought to engage a younger audience by offering…
So, the Tweeples Choice Awards didn’t work out so well. I only had two votes on last weeks polls, not worth it. For the rest of the categories, I’m simply going to pick the Audience Development Specialists Awards since we are all busy people. The last two categories were: Best Use of Mainstream 2009 ‘Star…
The poll for Most Interesting New Venues of 2009 has closed. We had 38 votes. Here are the twitter poll results: http://twtpoll.com/dj54ku The Chicago Loop Alliance fills vacant spaces with art. [ 66% (25 votes) ] The Chiara String Quartet performs in bars. [ 5% (2 votes) ] Chicago Opera Theater’s Pop-Up Opera. [ 29%…
We made it to 2010! 2009 has been a very up and down year, especially for the arts. We have been dealing with the aftermath of a bad economy (and some of us still are), but since we are creative people, there have been some fabulous new ideas to get us headed in a better…
I missed posting my Thanksgiving YouTube picks this year, but better late than never. Being thankful and giving thanks to your patrons, donors, sponsors, subscribers, volunteers is a great way to continue building relationships. I found some fun ways that arts organizations used YouTube to thank their supporters. Enjoy! Anaheim Ballet: We’re Thankful! (One Year)…
This morning I ran across an article about a musician that didn’t quite fit into the classical music world and instead developed his career as a jazz/rock violinist. Here is the article if you want to see what inspired my thoughts this morning: “Fusion violinist Jean-Luc Ponty electrifies.” The article had me once again thinking…
Just a quick thought today. I’ve been thinking about how artists and arts organizations undervalue themselves each time they feel funny about asking for support from their patrons. “I don’t want to bother people,” said one of my clients. “I feel strange asking for money,” said another. Asking for support may not be your forte,…
I had a great discussion yesterday with a local grant writer. We were discussing the nature of the arts in today’s world. We both came to the same conclusion that a majority of artists and arts organizations these days might actually be getting in their own way for success. “Why is that? I don’t get…
Next weekend is the start of the Open Studios Tour here in Boulder, CO. In order to prove how well audience development works for artists, I am working with an artist to spread the word about her specific tour. We will be tracking to see how her attendees heard about her studio tour. Most of…
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