I wanted to share a quick thought that has been on my mind lately. There is a big difference between a resolution and a commitment. I have mentioned this thought in passing, but now I want to expand upon it. You may desire to build your audience. You might also have a resolution this year,…
This is a quick post to ring in the new year. I am busily working on plans for 2013, and I hope to have some announcements by the end of next week. I can mention that I am working on: Quarterly Webinars Monthly #Auddev chats Podcast Projects Video Sessions and Slidecasts More audience development books…
I was looking at the profiles of some new followers, and I realize there are some concrete personalities I am seeing. Here are a few to get you thinking: The Chatty Cathy or the Rampant Reply Robert: This Twitter personality is all about the conversation only. You look at their stream and you see a…
I have a quick thought today. Are you participating in the arts as an audience member? Yes, you might be the artist or the behind the scenes administrator, so you are participating in the arts. However, I feel one of the reasons the audience is getting less and less is because some of us are…
I have a guest blog post today for you. I met Samantha at the 2012 National Arts Marketing Project Conference, and we had a good time talking about audience development and arts shenanigans in general. I recently came across her current blog post and thought it would be fantastic to cross post it here. Are…
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…
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…
For some reason, my comment wasn’t approved on his blog. I’m hoping it was a technological glitch, otherwise it looks like he is only taking soft comments that agree or do not go against his post too much. To catch some of you up, Michael Kaiser wrote a post entitled: Where Are the Senior Arts…
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…
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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