Good news everyone! I’m finally starting to get my energy back. After a crazy 2013, and a slow start to 2014, things are looking up! Look out for new ideas and positive energy for building audiences soon! In the meantime, I wanted to leave you this week with a fun idea to think about. Many…
I have been waiting to be struck by inspiration before my next post, and an article came my way via a twitter friend: The Audience is the Most Important Instrument by Dan Visconti. The viewpoint is focused on contemporary music, but we can extend this thinking beyond to all the arts: Today I want to…
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 wanted to wish you, dear reader, Happy New Year! I hope our year is filled with happy and loyal audiences. For 2014, I have a few things planned that I would like to share with you: Tip of the Week Club is open for joining! When you join, you will receive a tip a…
Happy Friday to you! We made it! Yesterday we had the last #auddev chat for the year. It was a good conversation about how to create fans. We first defined what a “fan” is and then chatted about how we can get more people to become a fan. The main point I would like to…
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…
We lost a great man today. Nelson Mandela moved our human race forward. He was inspiring, hard working, and a man with a vision for a better world that he worked to put into place. We can all strive to be more like his example. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from him:…
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