Thursday, January 12, 2017
There is a lot of conversation in the performing arts about potential audiences not seeing themselves or their stories up on stage. If this is something that concerns you, you may want to ta…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 03:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Somewhat apropos of yesterday’s post, Non-Profit Quarterly had a post about Phoenix Comicon’s recent decision to charge volunteers to work their convention. I am not sure this is…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:18PM[SHARE]Monday, January 9, 2017
The idea of mandatory national service gets bandied about a lot, especially during presidential election years. This year it seemed to pop up more frequently due to the proposals for free co…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Here is a little topic of discussion for you– Does having a boss that is an arts industry insider make for a happier work environment than working for one that comes from outside the a…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:33PM[SHARE]Questions about Copyright, Public Domain, and Fair Use abound in the arts. Fortunately, the fine folks at the American Library Association (ALA) have our back and have developed interactive …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 3, 2017
If you haven’t seen the first iteration of ArtsHacker’s Most Creative People In Arts Administration, hop over there now and check it out. Or actually, wait until you read the res…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 28, 2016
One of the more famous illustrations of the perils of group behavior is the Abilene Paradox. I wrote about the issue some years back but in short, its a story management expert Jerry Harvey …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 05:12PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Looking back through my archives, I rediscovered a piece I wrote on the concept that most mentoring programs are really coaching programs. The piece by Rebecca Ryan I link to is no longe…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 05:06PM[SHARE]Monday, December 26, 2016
About 8 years ago I received a copy of Presenting Dance by Mindy N. Levine, a book that provided some great insight about dance gleaned from conversations at National Dance Presenters Leader…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 04:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 21, 2016
I am going to be away for about a week for the holidays. As always, I have prepared some posts to fill in for my absence. Since we are coming to the end of the year and non-profits are makin…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Createquity just released a valuable tool for arts advocates. They compiled the data from all the studies they could find to provide a comprehensive report on Everything We Know About Whethe…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:48PM[SHARE]Monday, December 19, 2016
In Arts Professional (UK), José RodrÃguez recently wrote about how non-profit arts organizations frequently misunderstand what a business model is. The first misconception he lists is th…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:24PM[SHARE]Friday, December 16, 2016
I have written before about how to discover the True Cost of organizational programs. This is helpful when it comes to budgeting, evaluating your programs and soliciting support for those pr…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2016
No, this isn’t a moral posting about how it is better to give than get during Christmas. I have been writing a lot recently about the transactional view of arts and culture, namely val…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 14, 2016
I was recently talking to a conservatory trained pianist who has taken a position teaching at a liberal arts college this last semester. He was complaining about the politics and bureaucracy…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Last week I was initially dismayed to read 85% of audiences in Washington D.C. patronized one theater. I try to promote the concept that all arts organizations in a community need to work to…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Two days ago I wrote about how “experience” is increasingly valued by consumers over things like brand, product and opportunity. Hopefully you noticed that I attributed my en…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 6, 2016
There has been some trepidation among members of the Kentucky arts community following the governor’s recent dismissal and reconstitution of the state arts council. Gov. Bevin dismisse…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:54PM[SHARE]Monday, December 5, 2016
Last week Drew McManus posted about the difficulties sports teams are having filling their seats. The reasons for this problem are very similar to those faced by the arts –an approach …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:31PM[SHARE]Friday, December 2, 2016
You may view the minutes of board meetings as an annoying procedure to which you can pay little attention, but they are actually important documents that form the legal basis of a non-profit…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 1, 2016
My post on Monday about employing a new definition to distinguish between amateurs and professionals garnered a couple comments and multiple loooonnnng emails (you know who you are!) in resp…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 30, 2016
In the course of 24 hours, two different articles about how to manipulate people into doing what you want came across my Twitter feed. Okay, it isn’t totally mind control but rather ho…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:32AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 29, 2016
About 10-15 years ago, the idea of Pro-Ams, emerged. Pro-Ams are essentially amateurs who pursue an avocation with such diligence it was difficult to discern them from people who employed th…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 23, 2016
A few weeks ago economist Alex Tabarrok wrote about a strange “pay what you want” promotion a shoe company was running. It struck him and many commenters of the Marginal Revoluti…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:02PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 22, 2016
As he often does, Seth Godin is speaks right to the arts and culture industry when he suggests that we welcome an environment where there is a lot of activity similar to our own rather than …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:31PM[SHARE]Monday, November 21, 2016
Recently James Doeser wrote about a program the Italian government started where they granted a culture voucher worth €500 to anyone who turns 18 before December 31. It can be used to …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 16, 2016
A couple of good articles on the influence non-profits in the community came out this week. CityLab noted that in some communities, non-profits were exhibiting greater influence and leadersh…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:03PM[SHARE]Did you know that your non-profit organization has to allow anyone to attend your board and committee meetings and turn over copies of your minutes upon demand? Or maybe you don’t. Ope…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 15, 2016
I was intrigued by an article in The Guardian last month that wondered if we enjoy art when it is anonymous, without any preconceived expectations about what we will experience. During the D…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:42PM[SHARE]Monday, November 14, 2016
On blogs like mine that address the concerns of non-profit organizations there is frequently discussion about how we bridle under the suggestion that non-profits need to be run more like bus…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 10, 2016
Colleen Dilenschneider made some really important points about misunderstood concepts that lead non-profit organizations to make poor decisions and policies. The “Six Concepts that Vis…
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