Let’s pretend it is Welcome Wednesday just for this moment. Due to my workload, I was not able to post my guest blog that was scheduled. On Monday I found the following article: Portland introduces new diversity goals for local arts and culture groups seeking public funds http://bit.ly/zgoefv. This article has caused a bit of…
I went to a “Diversifying Your Board” workshop today. It was led by two of our brightest and up-and-coming Latino leaders. Getting their perspective was very helpful, and the good news is that what I have been advising is sound. We started out by introducing ourselves and telling about our diverse backgrounds. Diversity is not…
After months of it sitting in my inbox, I finally got around to sampling the plenary sessions from the League of American Orchestras’ summer conference. I found myself riveted by the Luncheon Plenary Speech by Alex Laing. He was mentioning how his performance would be better if he could look out into the audience and…
Oh boy! This recent article America’s Orchestras are in Crisis is the entire kit and kaboodle of what is currently going wrong with orchestras today. It is a very windy article so I will attempt to summarize a few points to help me and you wrap our brain around it: The outreach and diversity efforts…
Over the past few weekends, we have had 5 conferences related to the arts: AFTA, Chorus America, Dance USA, TCG, and Opera America. All of these conferences did talk about audience development with extra thoughts focusing on civic impact, how to engage an audience, how to diversify and be more inclusive, and how to connect…
I had a great time at the National Arts Marketing Project Conference (a.k.a. NAMPC) in Portland, OR, a conference of the Americans for the Arts. This year was all about “Powered by Community.” To read my individual experience, you can click on this Storify I created. As with many conferences, themes start to appear. I…
I recently attended the NAMPC from November 12-15. I returned last night with a brain full of exciting memories, valuable information, and an upbeat attitude. I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to get out of this conference. I was happy to see that it had a focus – winning audiences – for the…
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