Monday, February 20, 2017
If your newsfeed wasn’t already full of politics, I bet on January 19, it got real full, real fast. On the 19th, The Hill, then others, published an article detailing the Trump admini…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, January 30, 2017
Beginning in 1926, organizations across the country celebrated Negro History Week, first established in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson to “raise awareness of African American’s contributi…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, November 30, 2016
In March 2014, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum directing the Department of Labor to update the minimum wage and overtime standards. These new standards were supposed to go i…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMSunday, November 20, 2016
With 53.5 million Millennials in the workplace, chances are very high that you have come across one at work. You probably have some working in the office next to you. A February 2016 article…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, November 7, 2016
In October, 2015, I wrote an ArtsHacker article all about preparing your organization for Giving Tuesday. Now in it’s 5th year, it’s on November 29, a few days earlier than last ye…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, October 28, 2016
One of the best hats that I get to wear is that of “Volunteer Coordinator.” My organization works with about 60 different volunteers during our concert season, another 100 who vo…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, October 7, 2016
Let’s talk about program books. I love looking through them at other organizations’ performances or exhibits, but they are a pain to pull together. There is an ungodly amount o…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, September 19, 2016
The new season is upon and I’m sure many community engagement managers out there spent the summer making plans for a variety of initiatives. Probably high on that list were “di…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, July 29, 2016
With summer in the arts world, comes the end of seasons for many organizations and perhaps, a slower, more leisurely pace at work. (I can actually eat my lunch now instead of scarfing it dow…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, July 18, 2016
It’s the question being asked at strategic planning sessions, conferences, and board retreats around the country: “How do we get millennials into our organization?” We…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, June 3, 2016
In October, 2015, I wrote an ArtsHacker article about new proposed overtime limits and wage rules. In May, 2016, the Department of Labor released the finalized rules which will go into e…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, April 22, 2016
The end of the fiscal year is looming for many arts organizations and Spring “We do good work, Give us your money!” letters are being written now. I’m sure many of those le…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, April 15, 2016
Every March, organizations post on social media about female composers, female artists, female conductors, etc. March is Women’s History Month, so those posts are definitely timely and…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, April 4, 2016
Wired reporter Liz Stinson published a February, 2016 article about the February 2 #MuseumInstaSwap where 18 visual arts museums in New York City swapped social media content for the day. …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, March 21, 2016
Once you’ve got your Instagram account set up and have made goals and content decisions, now, you’ll need to start posting pictures to your profile. This is the fun part. Like …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, March 16, 2016
In the first part of this series, Jonathan Eifert walked you through the basics of creating an Instagram account. So, now that you’re set up, you’ll need to fill it with conten…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, March 4, 2016
My family and I have full on conversations in movie quotes. Casual listeners to our conversations would be lost amongst the A League of Our Own, High Society, and A Christmas Story dialo…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, February 26, 2016
Just when we got used to Millennials and their quirks and buying habits, the next generation is already here. The Founders generation aka Generation Z were born after 1995 and have a diff…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, February 19, 2016
A November article by Kristin Naragon, published online at the Harvard Business Review came across by newsfeed (not, as the article might suggest to my inbox) that says not Facebook, not Sna…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, February 10, 2016
The always brilliant Vu Le has a December 2015 post on his blog, Nonprofit With Balls, starting the freak out about nonprofit leadership. The typical freak out going on is over Boomers who…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, February 5, 2016
If you’re an artist or organization that doesn’t have a regular venue, you know the difficulties of finding places to rehearse or perform. My organization, the Chattanooga Symp…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, January 25, 2016
We’re halfway through most performance seasons (the light! It’s there!) and maybe starting to do some end of season planning. If you’re like many organizations, you might…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, January 11, 2016
It’s the first week back from holidays and if you’re like me and many other workers, you spent much of the week trying to remember how to type and wondering why there were no mor…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, January 4, 2016
What’s your board make-up? If you’re like my organization, our board is composed of over 40 year-olds (the average age is probably around 65), higher level business executives,…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, December 18, 2015
One of my favorite parts of my job is the part that I get to pretend I’m a Washington, D.C. lobbyist. As the Community Engagement Manager, I get assigned the large task of doing smal…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, December 11, 2015
One of my college professors told my class that he started each morning by watching one Ted talk. Over the summer, I started most mornings with one and my particular favorites were from th…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, November 11, 2015
Concert season is here and with it, program creation season! My organization, the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera is a mid-level organization that produces about 30 concerts with programs…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, October 30, 2015
There’s a sub-class of nerds out there called “Map Nerds”. I’m a proud member; I love maps. A standard class in many public administration or urban planning classes i…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, October 23, 2015
In March 2014, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum directing the Department of Labor to update the minimum wage and overtime standards. This isn’t exactly Scandal materia…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, October 16, 2015
As we head into the holidays, lots of organizations, mine included, are prepping for end of year solicitations. One solicitation campaign that shouldn’t be overlooked is your Giving …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, October 7, 2015
About a year ago, Facebook rolled out it’s “Call to Action” buttons for organizational pages that could be crafted to invite people visiting your page to take some form of …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM 
