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…
Part of audience development is increasing volunteer support. In order to obtain more volunteers, I am a firm believer in setting up a very well organized and managed volunteer program. Today I volunteered at our local family assistance agency. They help families in transition to support them through a challenging time. They have a housing program,…
I rarely toot my own horn directly, yet I wanted to let you know about the various gifts you could purchase for yourself or for other arts administrators and arts business owners to help build audiences and more support. Your purchase also supports me in my overall mission of building arts audiences and creating more sound…
If you create it, will they buy? Everyone has the ability to engage in the arts I wasn’t going to post today since I am feeling a little blah at the moment. Is it okay to say this? As you know, articles have a way of getting me out of my shell to respond, and I…
The Mass Market Ain’t What It Used To Be (And What That Means For The Arts) November 30, 2015 by Douglas McLennan I read this article via You’ve Cott Mail this week. It was a good summary of how we are attempting to engage on a mass level, and how the arts industry still has not…
Today I received a quick email from a company that I have been loyal to for 15 years. They were thanking me for being a long term customer. This might have been an automated message, but at least they thought to send out this message. Are you doing this? Are you sending out thank yous…
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This year, I would like to thank some special people via a video. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and friends. I hope you will also take time to give thanks to your special list of people! Blog subscribers, please click to enjoy. Cheers to happy and loyal audiences, Shoshana Shoshana Fanizza Chief…
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…
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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