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Are you talking to yourself?

Posted On July 20, 2016 By Shoshana

In our world of constant communication, I see people talking to themselves. I do not mean this in the way you think I do. Yes, some people do appear like they are talking to themselves, and some might just be. What I mean is that many of us keep preaching to our own crowd, our… 

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The changing landscape of audiences

Posted On July 18, 2014 By Shoshana

  “The simple answer is San Jose’s population changed a lot in three decades and the Rep changed very little.” An opinion about the demise of the San Jose Rep: End of the San Jose Rep: Part II  And this opinion is becoming more fact than opinion every day.  This morning, I heard in the… 

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Guest Post: Wake up call for audience development in the UK?

Posted On June 26, 2014 By Shoshana

On June 20th, my audience development colleague, Roger Tomlinson,  created a summation post regarding the current political stances for the funding of the arts in the UK.  Arts funding in the UK is being challenged by politicians with the argument that the arts are currently not accessible enough to everyone. Roger also makes the case… 

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Audience development diversity, but at what cost?

Posted On March 2, 2012 By Shoshana

Let’s pretend it is Welcome Wednesday just for this moment.  Due to my workload, I was not able to post my guest blog that was scheduled. On Monday I found the following article: Portland introduces new diversity goals for local arts and culture groups seeking public funds http://bit.ly/zgoefv. This article has caused a bit of… 

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“I booked a series of phone sessions with Shoshana because I think in order for record companies and booking agents to take us seriously we need to have a certain number of fans that we have a great relationship with who consistently come to our shows. Shoshana helped me to channel certain hazy focuses I had into more solid avenues. I also learned more about my goal, what we really want to do with our music, and how we want to affect people. We are now building a relationship by finding out what people like and want so we can see through their eyes. Shoshana’s sessions were fantastic- she followed up and she even helped promote!” —Chantelle Tibbs

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