2,262 stories by "Joe Patti"
Continuing with my answers to questions asked by readers, last week Karen asked: “I'm very interested in how small arts organizations effectively serve their community, particularly in…
Last week in response to my call for suggestions of topics to discuss, commenter Samara asked, “I am attending Bellarmine University this fall as a freshman and am the only student as …
Now that I am back living in the lower 48, I have begun thinking a little more seriously about possibly presenting at some of the national or regional conferences. I had actually thought abo…
I don’t know if I have every mentioned it here, but if you haven’t discovered the blog Google for Nonprofits, it is pretty handy for getting tips on using any of the many product…
Since I have started a new job I am in the process of evaluating every document, process and interaction my organization undertakes. One of those areas is customer service, of course. For th…
Apropos to my post dealing with doing more with less earlier this week, last week Janet Brown, CEO & President of Grantmakers in the Arts wrote about the problems with non-profit CEOs fo…
I have only been at my new job for six weeks and already they have me on a search committee. Some may groan at the thought, but the position being hired will likely impact my area pretty sig…
I was thinking last week about the growing sentiment that non-profit organizations should resist the impulse to do “more with less.” The idea being that it gives funders, boards,…
My hair like Jesus wore it Hallelujah I adore it Hallelujah Mary loved her son Why don’t my mother love me? These lyrics from the eponymous song of the musical Hair has always struck m…
Some of you may be aware that there is a fairly active debate about the utility of humanities degrees in progress. Some governors are proposing students pursuing STEM majors pay a lower tuit…
With the recent ruling about unpaid internships being illegal kicking up a conversation about the necessity of internships to secure a job, the topic of bullying in the workplace is apropos.…
Last December Seth Godin made an entry on his blog, True professionals don’t fear amateurs in which he says, “A few years ago, typesetting, wedding photography, graphic design an…
The release of the “Star Wars as Shakespeare would have written it” book, Star Wars, Verily A New Hope had me chuckle a bit at the concept, but also grumble about how derivative …
Creativity Post had an interesting piece by Jeffrey Davis who reviews the results of the State of Create study. Davis notes: 85% of Americans surveyed believe that creativity is key to drivi…
One of the questions on “Wait, Wait..Don’t Tell Me” this weekend referenced the fact that fast food giants were instructing their employees and robotic processors (which ma…
So I have gotten some nice responses to the question I posed about the Minnesota Legacy Tax at the end of yesterday’s post. Paul from Minneapolis praises the Legacy tax, saying that ev…
A cautionary tale for the “Beware Politicians Bearing Gifts” file. (A pretty thin file given the relationship between politics and the arts.) Four years ago, I posted about how t…
Last week I was invited to dinner to meet with a muralist who is in town painting the floodwall murals. I don’t mean to constantly harp on the small town charm I am experiencing here a…
When I assumed my current position, I had hoped that I had escaped the need to complete long annual reports. I was leaving a region whose higher ed accrediting body has the reputation for be…
Well, the timing could be a little better. Part of the big news today is that GuideStar, Charity Navigator, and BBB Wise Giving Alliance joined together to sign an open letter to all donors …
I had some additional thoughts regarding the article by Alex Tabbarok I cited yesterday that I didn’t include for fear it would get lost in the entry. Noting out how oriented toward hi…
Recently Marginal Revolution blogger and economist Alex Tabbarok linked to an article he wrote a year ago suggesting that the United States would be well served by adding a focus on putting …
As I have stated before, I grew up in a rural setting in upstate NY and just before I started blogging, I worked at a rural arts and music center. But now that I am paying much closer attent…
So even though I am in a fairly rural area of Ohio, I have discovered that I have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to being able to access public radio broadcast streams. There are t…
A couple weeks ago a job listing from Springboard for the Arts’ job board came across my Twitter feed simply listed as “Stabilizer.” Intrigued, I followed the link and disc…
