Thursday, February 14, 2019
I frequently urge people to be careful about making statements regarding the benefits of arts on educational outcomes so I am happy when I read about some rigorously conducted studies that p…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 02:32AMWednesday, February 13, 2019
As we come up on Valentine’s Day, a little reminder that there are a lot more ways to say, “I Love You,” than speaking those specific words. A couple years ago Gavin Aung T…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 02:06AMMonday, February 11, 2019
Okay, so I promise I am not seeking out articles that discuss the problems with depending on quantitative metrics to determine effectiveness and value. They just keep falling into my lap. Th…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 07:48PMI recently attended a webinar conducted by John Taylor of John H. Taylor Consulting providing updates on IRS rules on acknowledging charitable giving. Neither Taylor nor I are lawyers and th…
Linked From artshacker.com at 05:41PMThursday, February 7, 2019
Recently there have been some conversations around my organization and town in general about whether it is worthwhile to try to bolster an existing endowment. People have mentioned that ther…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 12:04AMTuesday, February 5, 2019
Friend o’ the blog, Carter Gillies recently had a piece appear in the Arts Professional UK noting some of the problems with focusing on the instrumental value of the arts. One of the i…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 11:36PMMonday, February 4, 2019
Seth Godin offers a very relatable example of why more data isn’t always better by emphasizing the need for vigilance when setting an alarm clock in a hotel room. If you set the alarm …
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 11:12PMWednesday, January 30, 2019
About three years ago I wrote about the problem of ticket resellers creating website names that approximate that of performance venues or using names that imply they are the central ticketin…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 09:18PMTuesday, January 29, 2019
Big hat tip to Thomas Cott for linking to an article about how quickly people will abandon a webpage if it is loading slowly. The title tells pretty much everything you need to know about …
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 09:06PMMonday, January 28, 2019
As we move further into the new year, many grant deadlines are starting to creep up en masse upon arts organizations. As you are filling out all the mandatory fields in your grant applicatio…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 08:54PMThursday, January 24, 2019
Jonathan Mandell writes about an off-off-Broadway show that has audience members to take part in the show and prepares them by sending a packet of character background information in advance…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 12:36AMWednesday, January 23, 2019
In the last six months it seems like I have been coming across a lot of stories about how museums tours are presenting alternative contexts for collections. Back in May I was writing about M…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 12:12AMMonday, January 21, 2019
Via Arts Professional UK is a Guardian story on a study that found people under 30 in the UK are twice as likely to visit a museum or gallery each month in order to de-stress. The charity’…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 11:48PMWednesday, January 16, 2019
In my post yesterday I referenced the difficulty non-profit arts organizations have with conducting outreach activities that have relevance to communities. I and others have also frequently …
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 09:54PMWashington Post music critic Anne Midgette wrote a piece this week about the difficulties classical music outreach efforts face. (h/t Artsjournal) My first reaction was one of mild intrigue …
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 03:36AMTuesday, January 15, 2019
Arts Professional UK had a great piece on developing a customer relationship management strategy (CRM). It is chock full of great resources including case studies, guides on how to choose a …
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 03:12AMMonday, January 14, 2019
If you have ever applied for a grant, especially from an entity or program receiving funds from the federal government, you have likely been asked to provide your organization’s DUNS (…
Linked From artshacker.com at 12:59PMWednesday, January 9, 2019
I was excited to see Aubrey Bergauer posted a follow up to her original 2016 Orchestra X post regarding how the California Symphony was acting on the feedback it has received about the conce…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 11:54PMTuesday, January 8, 2019
Last month I made a post about the evolution of women’s restroom lounges resulting in a short, but interesting exchange about theater restroom facilities in Germany and Sweden. Las…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 11:32PMMonday, January 7, 2019
I recently experienced a confluence of reminders that not all experiences with arts and culture result in positive responses people anticipated. I am not talking about works of poor quality …
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 11:12PMWednesday, December 19, 2018
C4 Atlanta’s tweet of an Arts Professional UK story today made me growl in dissatisfaction. (I got no beef with C4 Atlanta,that is just a long way of giving them a hat tip for the …
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 09:36PMTuesday, December 18, 2018
Recently over at Nonprofit AF, Vu Le talked about the problem of decision fatigue experienced by executives and other leaders. He mentions that his organization has been using an alternative…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 09:12PMMonday, December 17, 2018
There has been a fair bit of evidence that people are not generally aware whether the place they are having their entertainment experience is a non-profit or for-profit business. An experien…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 08:48PMThursday, December 13, 2018
I have written a few times about the way people are organizing themselves in Giving Circles. It seems like an interesting approach to philanthropy because it is social and communal the way s…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 01:04AMWednesday, December 12, 2018
Gene Tagaki at Non Profit Law blog tweeted about IRS guidance for non profits that are now faced with having pay to taxes on the parking they offer employees. If you didn’t know that y…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 12:36AMTuesday, December 11, 2018
I have written before about the ethics of geofencing since there are all sorts of questions raised about where data collection stops and stalking starts. One of the uses I had suggested migh…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 12:18AMWednesday, December 5, 2018
I just saw this article on NextCity about the Joffrey Ballet’s effort to “make a new American Nutcracker” by setting the story in Chicago during the 1893 Colombian Expositi…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 10:06PMHaving been part of two theater renovations which had enlarging restrooms as a major focus of construction I read CityLab’s article on the history of women’s restroom lounges wit…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 03:48AMMonday, December 3, 2018
After long correspondence (both in years and text length), I finally had an opportunity to meet with Carter Gillies over Thanksgiving weekend. On at least one occasion I dubbed Carter R…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 09:18PMWednesday, November 28, 2018
There seems to be a trend among museums in the Philadelphia area which sees value in the perspectives of non-traditional guides and voices. I have written about the Jawnty tours provided at …
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 07:24PMCyndi Suarez wrote a piece for Non-Profit Quarterly that bears considering as non-profit organizations make an effort to have the demographics of their staff and boards better reflect that o…
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