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…
Some of you may know that one of my cats is very ill. I have been back and forth to the vet many times in the past two weeks. Both me and my cat are tired of the whole thing. During the process, I realized that I am incorporating much of the advice I give…
As reiterated at NAMPC, putting fun back into your audience development and marketing is important. It is also a great way to run a fundraising campaign. Is it simply a coincidence that “fun” is a big part of the word “fundraising?” I often have wondered about this. Since it is the time for the majority…
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…
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…
I have a great deal of new adventures to share with you. Next week I will be back to regular blogging, but I thought I would take a moment to update you. I signed up for Soundcloud. I have not added that many tracks yet, but this will be the future location for my Audience…
I am off to Austin, TX for a family wedding. I wanted to post a little something before I leave. Today I have been thinking a variety of random thoughts due to interactions with people: Are we getting caught up on the words? I had someone ask about whether I thought “Community Engagement” was overused. …
It’s Friday! Yesterday as you know, we had an #auddev chat. During the chat, one of our chatters, Becky Peters a.k.a. @bpeters99 tweeted a song title that stuck in my head: Love the One You’re With by Crosby, Stills and Nash. Of course this was in reference to loving your current audience. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5IVuN1N6-Y] It…
I wanted to make sure you were all invited to the #auddev chat we will be having this Thursday: Audiences’ Preferred Connections Co-host Cindy Marie Jenkins, L.A.’s own Storyteller/Outreach Nerd, and I will be conducting a chat about audiences and how they prefer to connect with us. So dig up your latest surveys and let’s…
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