Monday, August 24, 2015
Last week I wrote about the trend among employers to monetize the apparent happiness of employees. One of the examples I provided was a job listing requiring people to be passionate about cl…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:55PM[SHARE]If only they came and saw our art, they would be hooked for life. This is one of those commonly voiced assumptions that is untrue. Some people need more than one interaction, often with dive…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Most of us in the arts have probably heard the argument espoused by others that we shouldn’t care if we get paid a lot because we are doing what we love and apparently having fun. Afte…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:33PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 18, 2015
I subscribe to the Arts Management Newsletter which provides insights into international arts and cultural issues. On page 14 of the most recent issue, is an article about the experience Lau…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:58PM[SHARE]Monday, August 17, 2015
Last month London’s Royal Opera House posted a video of two young brothers who are attending the opera for the first time and go from apathetic to excited over the course of the record…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:32PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 12, 2015
When I am listening to public radio, I often take note of the times when Americans for the Arts is cited as an underwriter. These days it goes something like “…and by Americans f…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 11, 2015
As part of our effort to upgrade the look and design of our website we have been checking the accuracy of our area restaurants and bars list, verifying which offer discounts to patrons. In a…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:17PM[SHARE]Monday, August 10, 2015
Last month Thomas Cott linked to a piece on Classical Music Magazine’s website by Catherine Arlidge where she suggested symphony musicians be more effectively used to evangelize for th…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:58PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 6, 2015
(Source) If there is a snow storm (or snow monster), tornado, power outage or anything that might raise questions about whether an event you are sponsoring will occur, do people know how lea…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Back in April Seth Godin talked about how most purchases are either to replenish something you have or are familiar with; or it is exploring something new. If you sell an exploration, your c…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:49AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 5, 2015
I am still working on developing my Talking to Strangers idea. Unexpectedly, the biggest hurdle right now is finding a mechanism that is easy to attach and detach from theater seats (but sta…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:21AM[SHARE]Monday, August 3, 2015
I frequently use the term “work-life” balance when discussing the expectations people working in the arts have, especially potential executive directors. Recently though, I saw o…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:49PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 30, 2015
Even though Twitter’s status as a favored and effective mode of communication on social media seems to be in flux, a recent tweet I came across for Mt. Rainer, MD struck me as a smart …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 03:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Yesterday I talked about some brainstorming that occurred during a post-museum show opening get together. That party was a lot more constructive for me than I expected because it provided fo…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:08AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 28, 2015
While socializing post-reception for a show that opened at the local art museum, I got into a conversation with the directors about the type of information you include on the cards/plaques n…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:53AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 23, 2015
Since I did a post on ideas that must go earlier this week, I thought it would be a good opportunity to draw attention to a document the Independent Sector put out on Nine Trends Affecting t…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 22, 2015
If you spend any time even loosely associated with the visual arts, you have probably heard the argument that if you can’t tell the difference between a forgery and the original and if…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:06AM[SHARE]Monday, July 20, 2015
Last week I was re-reading a Brain Pickings post I had bookmarked months ago about the book, This Idea Must Die: Some of the World's Greatest Thinkers Each Select a Major Misconception Holdi…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:58PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 16, 2015
This story has been getting a lot of circulation today on social media, but I think it was Thomas Cott who first linked to a story about how a new law in Washington State will prohibit the u…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:58AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Last week I drew attention to Joan Garry’s post for people in the for profit field who wanted to interview for a position as a non-profit executive director. Since then, I came across …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:26AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 14, 2015
For the last year or so, non-profit arts organizations have been somewhat nervously wondering whether the criteria being used to define what constituted an internship might be applied to the…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:16AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 9, 2015
Non-profit organizations frequently enter into memorandum of understanding (MOU) relationships so it is important to understand the difference between them and contracts. In simple terms, an…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 8, 2015
You may have seen this story that has been circulating about the guy who brazenly climbed up on stage just before a Broadway performance in order to plug his phone into the (unbeknownst to h…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:58PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Now and again the issue is raised about people moving from the corporate to non-profit world without really understanding the philosophical and cultural differences between the two sectors.…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:49PM[SHARE]Monday, July 6, 2015
Diane Ragsdale has an extremely interesting post today related to an earlier set of posts she made two years ago about coercive philanthropy in response to change of direction the Irvine Fou…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:26PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 1, 2015
As part of our website revamp, I am in the process of adding content about the various murals located around the building. One of the best pieces is a little removed from the lobby and spans…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 30, 2015
The Wall Street Journal had a story entitled Docents Gone Wild sharing some stories about museum docents going off script, treating visitors rudely or diverting people away from works of art…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:38PM[SHARE]Monday, June 29, 2015
I do a lot of talking about how marketing is the business of everyone in the organization, not just the department bearing that name. Everybody needs to be invested in the organization and i…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 25, 2015
I had made a suggestion to the community board we partner with on our presenting season that they think about changing the names of their giving categories. My rationale was that the current…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 24, 2015
…and how do you know? I frequently promote ideas Seth Godin posits on his blog and show how they connect with the arts. I do it so frequently, you may be astonished to learn this ain&#…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:16AM[SHARE]Monday, June 22, 2015
Createquity tweeted a piece on Pacific Standard covering a study investigating the way musical taste reflects class divisions. Despite the claim music streaming services are helping to disso…
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