Questions about Copyright, Public Domain, and Fair Use abound in the arts. Fortunately, the fine folks at the American Library Association (ALA) have our back and have developed interactive …
First and foremost, we want to thank everyone who took the time to submit a nominee for the inaugural Most Creative People in Arts Administration list. Not only were applications full of det…
We're only three days away from the deadline for claiming charitable donations so here are three tips you can use to help maximize donations from procrastinating donors. Do you have any addi…
The panel has completed their voting* and the recipients for our inaugural Most Creative People in Arts Administration program have been selected. We decided to publish those names next week…
In light of an Electoral College with an unusually high degree of scrutiny, it seems fitting to point out a voting system that could be better options for your needs than the traditional sim…
Utilizing user generated content (UGC) is a great way for organizations to not only stay top of mind, but also to take advantage of a little digital word-of-mouth marketing. A recent study f…
I have written before about how to discover the True Cost of organizational programs. This is helpful when it comes to budgeting, evaluating your programs and soliciting support for those pr…
We wanted to post a quick update to let readers know that due some of our panelists getting over winter illnesses, we're about a week behind the original date for announcing the recipients o…
Facebook and Twitter are great platforms for generating interest and driving ticket sales but there's no getting around the fact that you must play by their rules. More often than not, this …
Hard to believe it's been two years since ArtsHacker's launch but Dec 7 marked the two-year mark since the inaugural post on December 7, 2014. And to celebrate, we took our own advice and pu…
Did you know that you can upload your ticket buyer list and show Facebook ads directly to them? If you are running paid Facebook campaigns, you need to know about the power of Custom Audienc…
You probably know that Google search performs a number of functions natively, giving you information without requiring you to visit one of the search results that come up. For instance, you …
It should come as no surprise that your website page load speed has a direct impact on conversions (revenue, social, and feedback). At the same time, there's a lot of information about there…
You may view the minutes of board meetings as an annoying procedure to which you can pay little attention, but they are actually important documents that form the legal basis of a non-profit…
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…
Here is a must-read article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about new software built just for nonprofit organizations. Application Verification, a 6-year-old East Pittsburgh technology b…
Editor’s Note:Â In a field where it can become all too easy to feel the pressures of the day to day grind, doubly so in 2016, we sometimes forget to take a step back and acknowledge …
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…
One of the great things about ArtsHacker is that when contributors present at conferences (like Drew McManus and Ceci Dadisman recently did about Google Analytics), they can easily point att…
Did you know that your non-profit organization has to allow anyone to attend your board and committee meetings and turn over copies of your minutes upon demand? Or maybe you don’t. Ope…
So, when you want to run some online display ads, are you placing them through your local newspaper, TV news station, or magazine? STOP. Placing ads direct on sites like these is the equival…
So, you’ve got a WordPress website and you’re a rock star at managing it yourself for the usual day-to-day things. Â But now you need a little CSS tweak or you are looking to a…
The Nielsen Norman Group is made up of researchers who have literally written the books on user experience and usability. Their website is full of helpful articles that you can use to mak…
In October, 2015, I wrote an ArtsHacker article all about preparing your organization for Giving Tuesday. Â Now in it's 5th year, it’s on November 29, a few days earlier than last ye…
We all do Facebook, right? Whether you do organic posts, paid posts, or a combination of the two, there are three things that your posts should have to make them more effective. The goal wit…