Wednesday, 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 03:00AMFriday, October 2, 2015
I’m in a White House withdrawal right now. I just finished The West Wing on Netflix, waiting on Scandal‘s season to start back up, and still pondering the House of Cards 3rd …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, September 21, 2015
Like many people in arts organizations, I get to wear many hats in my job. One of my favorites is that of volunteer coordinator. Each season, we rely on over 100 volunteers to help our s…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, September 2, 2015
My organization, the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, has spent the last season and a good part of the summer talking about different opportunities to be more inclusive. Our state arts co…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, August 21, 2015
In at least three meetings this summer, the conversation has shifted toward millennials and their ticket-buying/donation making tendencies. We’re a hot topic in lots of organizations…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMThursday, August 13, 2015
One of my college professors told my class that he started each morning by watching one Ted talk. Since here in Chattanooga, our summer is a little more relaxed then during the season, I�…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, July 1, 2015
In Tennessee, our state arts council has spent the past year working with arts organizations in the state to be more inclusive with regards to audience members with disabilities or developme…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, June 12, 2015
A few weeks ago, a post from PostGrad Problems about ways to become a young professional came across my Twitter feed. It was a funny post with some…practical tips about attending Happ…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, June 5, 2015
Social media is increasingly becoming more important to arts organizations. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more are opportunities to promote and market events and your org…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, May 27, 2015
Surely somewhere in the Community Engagement Manager job description is “Takes meetings that no one else wants to is available for.” I usually enjoy meetings; often I get to hear about…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, May 22, 2015
One of my college professors told my class that he started each morning by watching one Ted talk. Since here in Chattanooga, our summer is a little more relaxed then during the season, I&#…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, May 6, 2015
The trees are blooming, the flowers blossoming, computer mouses clicking away, and frenzied administrators wandering around quoting narratives and outcome data: Grant writing season is upon …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMI went to a luncheon a few weeks ago on an “Innovation District” that Chattanooga is creating. In that luncheon, the words “Start-Up Entrepreneur” were said no less t…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, April 17, 2015
Infographics are everywhere right now. A good one is quick to read, gives you the facts and figures clearly, and has some whimsy through the theme or the graphics that are used. Thinking a…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, April 6, 2015
I sat in an Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) luncheon recently discussing different generational traits from the four generations currently in the work force and how best to ma…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, March 27, 2015
It’s Arts Advocacy Time in Tennessee, Y’all! Each March, Tennesseans for the Arts sponsors an Arts Advocacy Day at Capitol Hill in Nashville. This day allows organizations from…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, March 23, 2015
“Ermahgerd, she totally creeped my pins and then RT’d them all!” Need a translator for that? Thanks to social media, new terms are appearing constantly. And if you’re managing your o…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, March 11, 2015
March is Women’s History Month and on March 8, many celebrated International Women’s Day by lauding the accomplishments of women and by pointing out the many issues that still aff…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, March 6, 2015
One of my favorite nonprofit blogs, NonProfit with Balls by Vu Le, published a post on 1/20/2015 about the theory of trickle down community engagement. The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, March 2, 2015
THE MILLENNIALS ARE TAKING OVER THE WORLD!! Well, we’re not taking over quite yet, but in less than a decade, the millennial generation (people born between 1981 and 2000) will be the larg…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, February 27, 2015
Keeping an active presence on social media is becoming increasingly more important for all organizations. Arts organizations have many great opportunities to connect with their audiences, fi…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, January 30, 2015
Infographic: ˌinfōˈɡrafik/ (Noun) a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data. So, yes, pie charts and venn diagrams are certainly in the infographic …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, January 23, 2015
Compared to the other ArtsHackers pros, I’m a newbie to this field. But, in my short time, I realize that special events are… “special”. I love attending a gala party, runnin…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, January 12, 2015
Are you tired of hearing about millenials yet? Since we’re the next generation of donors, audience members, volunteers you might just get used to us. If my Facebook feed says anything,…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, January 2, 2015
A few months ago, the Wallace Foundation presented a forum with NEA Chair Jane Chu (who I absolutely think is a rock star diva) and 3 other arts leaders talking about building arts audiences…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM 
