So, I signed up online to volunteer for a nonprofit in my area. I received a form letter beginning with “Hello!” The volunteer sign-up form had my name as the first field. Why didn’t they use my name? Did they want to start off on the foot that I didn’t matter as a unique person? …
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…
For this Monday moment, I wanted to share with you my hunt for a better pillow. After months of having a crick in my neck due to having the wrong pillow, I am now on the hunt to find the pillow that is right for me. I thought this was going to be quite the…
As I mentioned in my latest audience development tip of the day: Showing up in the present, I made a suggestion to start focusing on the present moment instead of the past and the future. The only way we are going to create an audience that reflects people of today is to actually commit to…
Yesterday (I admit) I jumped on my Twitter soapbox and was thinking out loud about why arts organizations and artists are struggling. Here is the flow of tweets that emerged: The world is getting faster and faster with more and more information, competition. How are you standing out from the crowd? I strongly feel that…
The reason you may not be getting an audience is the fact that you may be trying to fit your round peg in a square hole. The typical _______business is not for you. You don’t want to talk at people, but with people. You are a creative trying to fit in a business world. Yet,…
I wanted to make sure all of my readers were invited. You are invited! There are many reasons why I wanted to start the webinar series with “Participatory Classical Music.” Here are some of my thoughts: The classical music industry has been the same for over a century. There have been slight changes here and…
I am currently researching for our upcoming webinar, Participatory Classical music. In my research, I have found that there seems to be two camps that have formed in the classical music world, those that are open to attempting new music, new formats, new ways of allowing the audience to participate, and those that simply want…
Happy Hanukkah and Happy Holidays to all! This holiday season, I have been challenging my Twitter and Facebook friends to buy responsibly this year. I am a firm believer that if you want change to happen in our world, we need to start voting with our money every day. This means that we need…
Last night I went to an Advanced Blogging class hosted by Boulder Digital Arts. Our instructor, Beth Hayden, aka local blogging guru, gave us many pointers for producing a more popular blog. Some were good reminders for me, but a few suggestions were new. I won’t give away all the details since you had to…
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