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 …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Yesterday Thomas Cott tweeted two articles taking a Pro and Con view of the value of arts degrees. The first talked about how you don’t have to appear on Broadway to have derived value…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:16PM[SHARE]Monday, March 2, 2015
Last Thursday I attended an art show opening at the shop of a wood furniture maker. The owner of the shop invited some college kids in to festoon his walls with their work which leans heavil…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:51PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Last month Non-Profit Quarterly (NPQ) published a summary of BoardSource’s governance index, Leading With Intent. The summary is encouraging in that it shows a vast majority of non-pro…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:47PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 24, 2015
The recent NEA report on why people don’t attend arts and cultural event mentioned not having someone to attend with was a barrier to entry. Daniel Pink recently tweeted a story that g…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:50PM[SHARE]Monday, February 23, 2015
I wasn't aware until recently that airlines have started to strip all the video equipment from their planes and have begun requiring people to bring their own personal devices and headphones…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:17PM[SHARE]Friday, February 20, 2015
A Place For Selfies Just because you don’t want people taking selfies during a performance doesn’t mean selfies can’t serve a constructive purpose. It is just a matter of c…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Did you know I am a contributor to ArtsHacker, a website dedicated to offering all sorts of solutions to arts organizations? Did you know that a volunteer’s time is worth an average of…
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