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Outreach, rinse, repeat for arts audience development

Posted On August 22, 2012 By Shoshana

Do you want to get a good lather going for audience development?  I know you have heard me mention outreach before, but I’m not sure everyone has taken action.  There are two ways to develop an audience.  You can throw tons of money into marketing efforts, and if you have the tons of money to… 

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Audience Development tip of the day: Retweeting on Twitter for more followers #auddev

Posted On August 21, 2012 By Shoshana

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Finding just the right words – audience development for the arts

Posted On August 16, 2012 By Shoshana

I am working on another 3-Step Method audience development project.  The first step is making sure the branding is in alignment with the artist.  What was interesting is that when I went to the website and wrote down all the words that are currently being used, the words fit.  Yet, something was missing.  The essence… 

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Non-profit/artist mentality and arts audience development

Posted On August 14, 2012 By Shoshana

I was at the thrift store last week on one of my treasure hunts, and I came across a book by T. Harv Eker called Secrets of the Millionaire Mind.  Seeing that I was in a thrift store, it was a little ironic, but I picked it up acknowledging that perhaps I do not have… 

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The arts are everywhere – Arts Advocacy and Audience Development

Posted On August 9, 2012 By Shoshana

I have posted a few arts advocacy thoughts over the past few weeks.  I sent you my Arts are Everywhere presentation, and have given you my ideas about how we can build a stronger arts advocacy campaign.  The main issues that I see are: We are not doing enough of the work that is needed… 

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ADS announcements and services – second half of 2012

Posted On August 7, 2012 By Shoshana

Can you believe I have been posting since 2008?  It will be five years next February.  During this time, I have rarely posted announcements about ADS (Audience Development Specialists) aside from a few posts sharing some business growing pains. I have decided that once in a while, I will post some ADS announcements so you… 

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#MuseumOlympics and grassroots Arts Audience Development

Posted On August 3, 2012 By Shoshana

I am so excited to see the #MuseumOlympics on Twitter, and it is trending too!  It’s been a while since I have seen some grassroots action on Twitter from the museum sector.  The #MuseumOlympics invites museums to “enter” a piece of art or exhibit that has an Olympic theme or feel.  Individuals can get involved… 

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Audience Development for Arts Advocacy II

Posted On August 1, 2012 By Shoshana

I was watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics and tweeted a comment that this ceremony was the arts.  I had a fellow arts tweep politely tell me that we may not want to connect the ceremony to the arts since the general public may not like it (or understand the cultural differences) and it… 

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YouTube kinda mood – Broadcasts for Arts Audience Development

Posted On July 27, 2012 By Shoshana

YouTube Broadcasts are becoming the next wave of sharing information.  I have been busy this summer doing a few YouTube interviews and being a part of audience development discussions in Google+ Hangouts.  I’m still learning how to get more comfortable in front of the camera so please excuse some of my amateur habits.  Despite how… 

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Connecting the dots for arts audience development

Posted On July 25, 2012 By Shoshana

I wanted to expand a little bit on my idea that I had last week during the impromptu twitter chat on this topic.  Basically we were chatting about outreach (putting yourself out there) for audience development, and I had this thought: I think a major problem we have in the #arts is that we are… 

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