2,272 stories by "Joe Patti"
Supercool Design in the UK released a small study this summer with information I didn’t know I wanted. They examined the use of search filters on cultural organizations’ websites. Not so…
I am going to use today’s post to send kudos to Ruth Hartt who was named a LinkedIn Top Voice for her posts in the Arts and Culture sphere. There are a heck of a lot of people on the Linke…
Matt Mandrella advocates for every city having a music office in a recent Fast Company piece. He cites the impact of music offices in Texas, Tulsa, and Huntsville. He says you don’t get th…
h/t to David John Baker who tagged an article on Arts Professional UK that reviewed a study showing that the public doesn’t view the benefits of the arts in the same way arts professionals…
Some more interesting insights from the Q&A session on arts research data Colleen Dilenschneider & IMPACTS Experience recently hosted. (subscription required) I have shared this befo…
Justin Neuman wrote a piece about play for Aeon recently. In the piece he talks about the Greek ideals regarding different type of play as well as the thoughts of different philosopher on th…
The folks at IMPACTS did a Q&A recently covering much of the research they have been publishing over the last year. Their posts do a good job of explaining trends, but obviously people w…
As part of the recent $17 billion settlement with Meta, each of the states and territories which were part of the lawsuit will receive a share. Organizations in some of those states have alr…
Via Artsjournal.com, Scienceblog had short piece discussing the 10,000 hours to mastery claim that Malcolm Gladwell popularized in his book, Outliers. Gladwell had based his claim on a 1993 …
I was listening to an episode of the Hidden Brain podcast titled Unleashing Your Creativity. As they were talking about how different scientists arrived at solutions to problems while dozing…
In an article on Blue Avocado, Matt Lynch suggests getting a new generation people to serve on your non-profit board is a matter of highlighting how the experience will serve them rather tha…
H/T Artsjournal.com which provided a link to a BBC story about how classical music was solely responsible for a 70% drop in anti-social behavior at a McDonalds in England. There were fights,…
Earlier this month the Hidden Brain podcast had an episode on beneficial mistakes. Early in the episode they discuss a study of medical mistakes in hospitals that podcast guest, Amy Edmondso…
Jason Schupbach, president of the Fashion Institute of Technology, wrote a piece for FastCompany suggesting that creative economy has a significant advantage in an AI focused business world.…
I am just getting around to reading a newsletter Kyle Bowen from Museum as Progress sent out in early May about measuring things. Measuring what is valid and meaningful has been a longstandi…
An article in The Guardian says cruise ships are trying to break the stereotype of their entertainment being low quality and a little cheesy. Many cruise lines are upping the quality of thei…
Very interesting post from Colleen Dilenschneider and IMPACTS Experience about research on gradually increasing pricing over time versus making one big increase. According to them people hav…
Entertainment lawyer Gordon Firemark made a blog post recently warning people not to ask AI for legal advice. As you might imagine, he cited some examples of how AI had made mistakes, gotten…
Last month Seth Godin linked to a seven question quiz based on data from the General Social Survey. Apparently, the most your responses can align with those of others in the United States is…
Ceci Dadisman posted some guidance on LinkedIn for arts marketers using Ai to write promotional copy. She talks about creating different messaging for each segment of an audience. In this ca…
Seth Godin asked Google’s AI service Gemini about how Google has undermined blog and creator generated content. Godin gave the AI credit for being honest about its corporate masters. It re…
Seth Godin had a post about lazy slogans and headlines that feels pretty applicable to organizational mission statements, branding, and many marketing terms used by arts and cultural organiz…
Been kinda mulling this over for the last six weeks. There was a story in the LA Times in June that AMC Theaters was putting a new program they had created on hold due to strong summer box o…
Caitlin Pontrella wrote an article about the ways in which non-profit org charts are hampering success. One of the first topics she addresses is mismatch between job duties and titles. This …
Access to experts and leadership is an important membership benefit according to data collected by Colleen Dilenschneider and the folks at IMPACTS Experience. (sub required) The top ranked b…
