Wednesday, March 4, 2015
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…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 06:59PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Broadway producer Ken Davenport recently noted that the very first BroadwayCon would occur next year. Davenport envisioned that many participants would follow the practice of the Comic Book …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 06:42PM[SHARE]Monday, February 16, 2015
The Clyde Fitch Report takes a close look at a bill being proposed in the U.S. Senate to give Broadway investors the same tax break as those who invest in movies. The goal of the legislation…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 05:37PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2015
A lot of people are going to be entering a dark room and putting on blindfolds. No, I am not talking about fans of 50 Shades of Grey. ArtPride NJ tweeted an article today about a Sensory pla…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:17PM[SHARE]It can be quite difficult to determine what sort of value you should place on a volunteer’s time. Yet, it can be very important because grantors often look for in-kind community suppor…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Yesterday I wrote about the need for grace in the face of criticism. It must have struck a chord with some folks because the traffic to that post exploded (I am sure a great deal of credit g…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:52PM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2015
Sometimes I think Seth Godin is writing just for me because one of his recent posts about graciously accepting critical feedback came across my Twitter feed shortly after we got a “you…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:14PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Last year the Wyncote Foundation released a report about how cultural institutions were using digital technology, Link, Like Share: How Cultural Institutions Are Embracing Digital Technology…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2015
In recent years, after every Super Bowl, the city whose team lost not only loses a great deal of pride, but an art object of great value. When you think about it, some of the most expensive …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:41PM[SHARE]Monday, February 2, 2015
You have probably been hearing or reading a lot about the recent National Endowment for the Arts survey results, particularly about why people they don’t participate in arts activities…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:17PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Howard Sherman tweeted an article today by Jake Orr about theatre being intellectually inaccessible. I mention this only as a reference point for a comment on the article. I will probably ci…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 27, 2015
After reading my post yesterday about how the federal government is requiring that non-profits receive at least 10% of grant/contract funding to cover indirect costs, you may be wondering ho…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:12PM[SHARE]Monday, January 26, 2015
An event of note to be aware of is that last month the federal Office of Management and Budget said “that when governments hire nonprofits to provide services, those nonprofits legitim…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:53PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Reader Heather Grob responded to my recent post asking about more information regarding propensity score matching to learn more about arts audiences. Heather, an associate professor in the S…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:39PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Even though most news outlets have only been carrying the announcement that Google was stopping sales of Google Glass in the last few days, for some reason I have known about it for a month …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:05PM[SHARE]Monday, January 19, 2015
You want quick proof that the performance you are doing probably has no relevance to those in their 20s and 30s? Hand them a famous historical speech and have them analyze it. Last semester …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 05:34PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Welcome to everyone who has started to follow this blog in the last few months. Whether you started based on Barry Hessenius’ recent listing of this blog as one of the 15 that have bub…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 06:46PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 13, 2015
A couple years ago, Seth Godin notes what is has probably become abundantly clear to us all– people are looking for abridged versions of pretty much every activity so they can “a…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:42PM[SHARE]Monday, January 12, 2015
About a year ago, this video was making the round essentially pointing out how we are often being unconsciously manipulated by imagery in television and video ads. I have been kept it bookma…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 06:39PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 7, 2015
I once had a situation where I got a call from an artist agent who wanted to change the date of our performance. The alternative date he suggested was really inconvenient based both on which…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:13PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 6, 2015
While it was relatively quiet in the office over the holidays, I made an attempt to catch up on reading reports that I had downloaded and bookmarked over the last few months. In the process,…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:46PM[SHARE]Monday, January 5, 2015
There may be no greater evidence that increasing arts in schools won’t create more arts patrons/lovers than the fact people in India won’t use toilets. Yes, while that statement …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:42PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Tomorrow as the new year dawns and you make a resolution to be the best darn arts administrator you can be, you might want to consider starting an application to Oregon Shakespeare Festival&…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:58PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 30, 2014
When the concept of teaching a STEM curriculum in schools started to take off a few years back, I was among those who quickly started advocating for turning STEM into STEAM. However, a thoug…
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