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We are the competition for audiences!

Posted On July 21, 2017 By Shoshana

As the world continues to go online for more and more purchases and entertainment, we are all becoming each other’s competition. You may have a concert planned in your neck of the woods, but another group is hosting their concert as an online event, live, on Facebook, all the way across the country. The people… 

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“It’s Not For People Like Us”

Posted On March 12, 2015 By Shoshana

In my inbox, a Wallace Foundation study was delivered. Getting Past “It’s… 

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Inspiration is everywhere: The Big Bang Theory and The Crazy Ones

Posted On February 1, 2014 By Shoshana

I enjoy the CBS line-up of comedies on Thursday night, and on this particular Thursday, I was inspired by two of the storylines. If you are a Big Bang Theory fan, you would have laughed at Sheldon attempting to build his own comic book convention after the group failed to get tickets in time to… 

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Top 10 Advice from 2013 to be implemented in 2014

Posted On December 17, 2013 By Shoshana

It’s been an interesting year. I chalk it up to a great deal of growing pains. Change is here, and change is the only constant. After a year of scoping the arts, here is a list of the top themes of 2013 which serve as top advice: Community Projects Rule!  I have seen the increase… 

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Theatre audience report, upcoming events and a mess of thoughts

Posted On October 4, 2013 By Shoshana

TGIF!  I hope you all have some enjoyable weekend arts events planned.  Today has been a whirlwind of activity for me, so I thought I would update you. I started off the day with a mini-podcast after seeing this article: Ticketmaster report: theatre audiences getting younger and more experimental [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/113822295″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″… 

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Is audience development for the arts the answer?

Posted On May 10, 2012 By Shoshana

I have noticed that when I post tweets about arts organizations that are going bankrupt, I always tag it #auddev needed.  I know some people are questioning this and feel it better to attribute the downfall of these organizations to simply bad management.  Why would I continue to shout out about audience development? To me,… 

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