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Caitlin Pontrella made a great post about the non-profit budgeting process about three weeks ago that I wanted to point out to readers. Though as I think about it, some of these suggestions …
One of the things I value about attending arts oriented conferences are the sessions that deal with legal matters like contracts, performances rights, etc. I am always looking to fill gaps i…
ArtsHub posted a useful piece earlier this month. It isn’t as much useful to performing arts professionals that have a pretty good idea what a stage manager does as it is something perform…
I am on a little bit of a Charity Lawyer kick lately since I reconnected with Ellis Carter’s useful and informative blog. She recently covered the distinction between volunteers and employ…
There was a recent piece in the San Antonio Express which essentially asked if symphonies are akin to the Ship of Theseus. The piece didn’t cite that particular thought experiment about wh…
A recent piece on CNN noted that Ella Langley’s song, “Choosin’ Texas’ has officially surpassed the run of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas” at the top of the Billboard…
Highlighting another post by Ellis Carter’s Charity Lawyer blog, a few months back she reinforced the distinction between board duties and executive staff duties with non-profits. She note…
So somehow Ellis Carter’s Charity Law Blog fell off the feed I receive. I have since fixed that and rediscovered my delight at all the interesting and useful content she provides. Back in …
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…
