Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Well here is a novel idea for funding an arts organization–using the proceeds from leasing space in storage vaults. The inspiration for building the largest underground storage vault i…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:25PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 12, 2016
A recent post on Ken Davenport’s The Producer’s Perspective caused me to engage in a bit of internal debate. Ken says a one of the worst things you can do is greatly exceed audie…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:07PM[SHARE]Monday, July 11, 2016
I was walking in to work on Saturday and met a woman who has offices in the arts center who told me that there was a Pokemon in the fountain in front of the building. Sure enough, as part of…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:36PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 7, 2016
Some time back I read a piece on the Bridgespan Group’s website that made me realize that non-profits and funders/donors may adopt similarly flawed approaches to addressing social issu…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:21AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 6, 2016
The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) website has a guide for running museums written by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). The guide, Running…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]For the last month or so I have been trying to figure out why, depending on the discipline, different elements of an artist’s background signal quality. I realized that when people on …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Okay, I know this week I posted a piece that continued my long standing assertion that talking about the economic impact of the arts is not an effective way to garner long term support and i…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Long time readers will know that for the last year or so I have been a bit of an evangelist for the burgeoning effort to Build Public Will For Arts and Culture. What impresses me about the e…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:54PM[SHARE]Monday, June 27, 2016
It is pretty much an accepted truth that if you want to secure funding for the arts from a government entity or foundation, you need to marshal a lot of data to prove you are having an impac…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:39PM[SHARE]If you have been in a meeting about the financial status of your organization and are confused about the differences between balance sheet, cash flow statement and income statement when they…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Here is an interesting insight from Stanford University Graduate School of Business (h/t Marginal Revolution blog). According to some latest research, cultural omnivores may be as rigid in t…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:28PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 21, 2016
A decision by the OneOrlando fund to distribute money they collected directly to the families and victims impacted by the recent nightclub shooting rather than through charities bears watchi…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:04PM[SHARE]Monday, June 20, 2016
Seth Godin has a post today that seems like it is written just for arts organizations. Obviously, that is just my ego that views the arts as the center of my universe talking because the…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:46PM[SHARE]I have often told my siblings that if they committed action I found offensive, there would be consequences. When I was forced to make good on my threats and they went crying to our parents, …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Back in March, Entrepreneur magazine website had an article listing 7 Interview Questions to measure Emotional Intelligence. (I have no idea why it says it was published on July 20, 2016 at …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 14, 2016
I was visiting the website of the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture (USDAC) today and… Wait a minute you say, there is no Department of Arts and Culture in the U.S. government, that …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:18PM[SHARE]Monday, June 13, 2016
As you may be aware, last Friday, June 11 was the 30th Anniversary of the release of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. To commemorate the anniversary, Vox had an article about how it was a gre…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Something I had meant to mention in my post yesterday was that Priceonomics’ admiration of Yerba Buena's Dream House Raffle sounded very similar to fund raising philosophy espoused by …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:42PM[SHARE]If you have been inspired by all the great community projects you see different arts groups doing and dream of doing something similar, but don’t know where to start, Minnesota based S…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Via the Marginal Revolution blog, I recently read a piece on Priceonomics about how the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts was using a loophole in California state law to “raise $4 millio…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:34PM[SHARE]Monday, June 6, 2016
Given all the attention recently being paid to the release of Americans for the Arts’ Statement on Cultural Equity, I thought it would be a good time to call attention to the draft of …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Before traveling to Beijing, I took the opportunity to arrange to meet with Beijing Playhouse Executive Director, Chris Verrill. Beijing Playhouse describes itself as “China’…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Whew! Memorial Day is past which means we are officially in summer. Finally some time to relax a little and gather our strength for the next season. (Unless you run a summer festival in whic…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:50PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 26, 2016
Last day of my China trip travelogue. There are some issues that I plan to cover in the future, but they will be more focused on policy than showing off pictures. Lord knows, I have tons mor…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:19AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 25, 2016
One of the big visual arts attractions in Beijing is the 798 Arts District. If nothing else, the story of the district proves that artists face the same issues in every country: The abandone…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:09AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 24, 2016
(Sorry about the late posting. I had some issues with inserting images which I have been unable to resolve.) The last couple weeks I have been in China on vacation. I will be writing about m…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:54PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Over the years I have read a lot by Peter Drucker on his ideas about leadership and organizational management. I would probably do well to go back and think on what has said again. With that…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:39PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 17, 2016
In plumbing the old archives to find some entries that might stand the test of time, I found an entry where I cited a suggestion made by The Non-Profiteer that social service non-profits fol…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 04:25PM[SHARE]Monday, May 16, 2016
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the important thoughts Carter Gillies had about the concept of the intrinsic value of the arts. In light of that, I wanted to look back at where the idea of in…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 04:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Years ago, I wrote about a FastCompany article, Ten Habits of Incompetent Managers. Even though it was written in the context of a for-profit company, I wrote most of the rules are universal…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:34PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Around 9 years ago I wrote about a response someone had gotten from the head of a dance program while trying to revive an annual dance festival. The head of the program said he didn’t …
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