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The audience development lifestyle…

Posted On September 2, 2009 By Shoshana

I have been thinking about how audience development could be considered a lifestyle change instead of just something simply to do to increase your audience.  Audience development is all about relationship building, forming connections, collaborations, community, and care for each other (there’s those 4 c’s again!).  Wouldn’t it make sense then to have audience development… 

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A good resource for audience development!

Posted On August 19, 2009 By Shoshana

Dear Arts Community, I am straying from my regularly scheduled format to let you know about a great audience development resource.  It’s an audience development resource that has been around for almost 2 years, has been in the arts management business for over a decade, and has been in the non-profit trenches for over 15… 

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Collaboration, a win-win-win for audience development

Posted On August 12, 2009 By Shoshana

I can’t say enough about collaboration.  It is not only one of the 4 C’s of audience development, but something that definitely brings new hopes, opportunities, and direction for an artist or arts organization.The last few days I have been writing articles about collaborations.  One was about an art gallery that teamed up with a… 

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The 5th C in Audience Development!

Posted On August 5, 2009 By Shoshana

Last night I did an hour consultation meeting with the Colorado Wind Ensemble.  I quickly explained about the 4 C’s of audience development: community, collaborations, connections, and caring. While speaking to them, a 5th C came up: Courage. Audience development takes courage for many reasons.  For one, you need the courage to be able to… 

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Audience Development can save the arts, but do you know what it is?

Posted On June 22, 2009 By Shoshana

Last night I went to bed thinking about audience development, and I woke up thinking about it.  I seem to be eating, sleeping and focusing my life around audience development (as my fiance pointed out).  However, I feel that not many people know what audience development really is.  And since people do not know what… 

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The 4 C’s in action proving audience development works!

Posted On June 17, 2009 By Shoshana

Yesterday I wrote an article about our local production of The Secret Garden.  The Parlando School for the Arts was savvy enough to use all 4 C’s in order to sell out the majority of their shows (on their way to a complete sell out).  Click here for all the details. If you don’t know… 

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