As we move through the middle of the holiday season, it seems like a good opportunity to remind people to do a little due diligence so they don't fall prey to some charity scams. Back in…
Last month there was an interesting story in the Washington Post about the $220 million bequest left to NPR 20 years ago by Joan Kroc, widow of former McDonalds CEO Ray Kroc. What I foun…
Broadway Producer Ken Davenport posted last week about The Broadway League's attendance report for the 2022-2023 season. The 2022-2023 season was the first period in which a full season …
At various times I, and others like Drew McManus have written about the importance of having a good crisis communication plan. The marketing department should be focused on more than jus…
Tyler Cowen, the economist who write the Marginal Revolution blog linked to an interesting paper from 2014, Corporate Governance Without Shareholders: A Cautionary Lesson from Non-Profit Org…
I had to cackle when I saw this post by jazz critic and music historian, Ted Gioia: I'm not sure whether I'm depressed by the AARP sponsoring the Stones, or applaud it as the obvious move. B…
I am always interested in news about how donor advised funds (DAF) are operating. On the whole, their use hasn't gone as intended and they have reduced, rather than increased or incentivized…
When I saw a link on Artsjournal.com to a research study on PLOS One exploring the link between music and morality, I was half expecting to discover that evil people do prefer classical musi…
A couple weeks ago, New Zealand's ManatÅ« Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH) proudly announced that the GDP growth for the Arts and Creativity Sector was nearly double that of …
Apropos to my post yesterday about Richmond Ballet dancers suing the organization for exerting so much pressure about their weight, there was another story a couple weeks ago that I forgot w…
Last week Artsjournal.com linked to an article that may represent a significant continuation in the discussion about body weight expectations in ballet and dance in general. Two Richmond…
Chad Bauman, Executive Director at Milwaukee Rep made a post on LinkedIn today where he acknowledged that making a change in a business model can threaten the existence of an organization, b…
I usually don't advocate for specific shows on the blog here, but I recently presented a group whose format really lends itself to a variety of audience engagement opportunities you may drea…
Well apparently my optimism about the direction of the Indianapolis Museum at Newfields was a little premature. In late September I wrote about how the museum had just hired. Belinda Tate, a…
Long time readers will be aware that I have been keeping an eye on guaranteed basic income programs in different communities, especially those that are designed to benefit artists. Recently …
I believe it was Artsjournal.com that shared a story a week or so ago about the Philadelphia Inquirer's attempt to increase subscriptions and engage a younger audience with an ad campaign th…
Sunil Iyengar who directs the research arm of the National Endowment for the Arts recently posted on the idea of arts experiences as one way for individuals to create connections with others…
So as much as we may think that we need to find new strategies and tactics to engage with audiences, a lot of times we are reinventing or rediscovering approaches that were ignored in favor …
A couple weeks ago, Rainer Glaap posted a link to a news story about people in Germany advocating for unisex restrooms. It wasn't so much about wanting to provide spaces for people ident…
The China Project recently spotlighted Taylor Swift's amazing fluency in speaking Mandarin Chinese. It is amazing to think she is able to gain this level of proficiency while attending to he…
I recently saw a link on a CityLab story noting that since the end of Covid restrictions, people appear to be less willing to venture outside of familiar neighborhoods and locales. As of lat…
I recently saw an article about the Portland Art Museum essentially firing all their volunteer docents by email in favor of paid students with a suggestion that the docents weren't diverse e…
Recently I have been seeing articles heralding the Taylor Swift and Beyonce concert movies as the recipe for financial success for struggling movie theaters"turn movie attendance into an eve…
A couple hours after I made my post about an article addressing the problem with "drip fees" in the UK and the psychology that reinforces their use, I saw that the FTC is proposing new rules…
Last week, my regional booking consortium organized its first Zoom conversation for marketing staff to share questions, ideas and just generally converse. I lurked around for most of the con…