Monday, May 4, 2015
Non-Profit Quarterly recently posted a story by Beth Gazley examining how private donations are increasingly being used to subsidize public services as government funding is cut. One finding…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:41PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 29, 2015
If you remember your Grimm Brothers fairy tales, you will recall the story of the Bremen Town Musicians, animals who drove criminals out of a house. Well according to the BBC, a group of mus…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:36PM[SHARE]There is a poem by Denise Levertov, “The Secret,” that addresses so many of the anxieties and hang ups that both artists and potential audiences have about art. I feel like the p…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 28, 2015
About a month ago I bookmarked a post Seth Godin had made about customer service. Since it is a little longer than usual, I waited until I had the time to come back to read it. Now I sort of…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:28PM[SHARE]Monday, April 27, 2015
One of the social media guidelines for organizations that is frequently mentioned is to avoid having every post you make promote your products/events. The idea is that you should present a v…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:11PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Fast Company had a quick piece on the habits of curious people. I didn’t get past the second sentence, “Answers are more valued than inquisitive thought, and curiosity is trained…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:10PM[SHARE]Ah Spring! The time when young arts organizations thoughts turn to …outdoor festivals. With the upcoming warm weather, it seems the time to offer some general tips about preparing and …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Citing a Pew Research Study about teen use of social media and technology, Quartz drew attention to a finding that wealthier kids like Instagram while less affluent kids like Facebook. And w…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:37PM[SHARE]Monday, April 20, 2015
A little while ago Entrepreneur website had an infographic Guy Kawasaki created of the “The Only 10 Slides Needed When Pitching Your Business.” I bookmarked the article because e…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:33PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Seth Lepore wrote a piece on HowlRound about the need for Artists to Be Entrepreneurs. I thought it was pretty well written and on the mark. However, I have been feeling extremely frustrated…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:16PM[SHARE]In a crisis, arts organizations face challenges that other business entities don’t. After Hurricane Katrina, SouthArts created a program called ArtsReady that serves as a resource for …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Even though the articles on Non-Profit Quarterly’s website are relatively short, I found an article last month about fundraising for the homeless gave me a lot to think about. Accordin…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:28PM[SHARE]Monday, April 13, 2015
If you are one of those organizations which find success packaging and promoting their shows as part of seasons, you may be looking toward the design of promotional materials for your upcomi…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:21PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Seth Godin had a great post about word of mouth last week that really bears reading and thinking about. We all know that word of mouth referrals are often more powerful than any piece of adv…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:33PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 7, 2015
There is a piece on the Forbes website discussing a recent study IBM did on customer satisfaction. The article title says “IBM Study Finds Consumers Are Disappointed By Marketers.̶…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:06PM[SHARE]Monday, April 6, 2015
I don’t know if you have been following the story about the planned shutdown of Sweet Briar College, an all-women’s school in Virginia. I have been keeping an eye on the situatio…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:49PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 1, 2015
I learned today via a post on Twitter from TRG Arts that the University of Michigan will stop using dynamic pricing at their football games as a result of protests from the general public. T…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:40PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Just wanted to make a quick shout-out today drawing attention to the Clyde Fitch Report’s (CFR) Kickstarter campaign. I have been checking out CFR on a weekly basis for a number of yea…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:48PM[SHARE]Monday, March 30, 2015
Thomas Cott recently drew attention to a post on Capacity Interactive encouraging people to eliminate a print ad in favor of creating a video. Erik Gensler makes many points worth considerin…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:51PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 25, 2015
I was going to hold off featuring this in the blog until a later date, but Carter Gillies comment on my recent Distract Me From My Distraction post decided me. Maria Popova recently assemble…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:15PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Simone Joyaux wrote a must-read, “physician heal thyself” post for development teams in a recent Non-Profit Quarterly post. In her column, Fundraisers: the Good, the Bad and the …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:17PM[SHARE]Monday, March 23, 2015
I frequently cite Seth Godin’s blog posts because so much of what he writes is applicable to arts organizations and an observation he made last week was no exception. He says we spend …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:43PM[SHARE]Friday, March 20, 2015
The Old Gs I was recently very encouraged to read the idea “that [non-profit] boards must be packed with influential connectors” is becoming increasingly obsolete. Learning this …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 18, 2015
I bought the bowl below at a sale of student art. I have been displaying it on my desk for the last month or so. I recently had someone come in and comment that the difference between art an…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Since Americans for the Arts is having a blog salon on Arts Education, this seems like a good opportunity to call attention to one possible solution to the question of how you integrate the …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:44PM[SHARE]Monday, March 16, 2015
Responsible governance by non profit boards is becoming an increasingly important and discussed topic. Non-Profit Law blog recently pointed out a court decision that emphasizes the need for …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:38PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 11, 2015
I heard about this crazy theory that there is a correlation between parking and a country’s productivity. An international business professor did some research and apparently, American…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Oklahoma City Ballet Executive Director Shane Jewett wrote a piece recently on the Clyde Fitch Report discussing the ways in which his organization has used performance and institutional mar…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:10PM[SHARE]Monday, March 9, 2015
Last month I wrote about a 2012 study that found the biggest impediment to creativity identified by Americans is lack of time. A recent piece on Medium tells the story of an author who conta…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 4, 2015
I saw a tweet today that immediately struck me as using a great approach for getting people to see a connection between their interests and the role of an arts organization in their communit…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:03PM[SHARE]Who Is In Charge of Engagement? Someone comes up to you and says they really enjoyed the program they attended and want to spread the word to their friends and get them involved, to whom do …
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