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It can be difficult to communicate the different legal regulations that non-profits operate under in order to help people understand what your organization can and can’t do. Non Profit…
I'm going to extend a bit of editorial privilege here and muscle my way into publishing back-to-back posts. Job satisfaction among arts administrators is a topic near and dear to my heart an…
"You need volunteers to update and revise the organization's ethics and compliance policies? Hellz yeah I'm in!" Granted, that's probably not a phrase you're going to hear during your tenure…
A few months ago, I wrote about How Financial Statements Are Born, which explained how different financial statements were related to one another. A supplement to that is a How To Be A Finan…
How many times have you gone back and forth and back and forth and back and forth with a colleague, vendor, or other contact to schedule a simple meeting or call? Â Annoying, right? Â Al…
Several months into the Executive Director position, I’m still hungry for great articles on the financial side of nonprofits. This one popped up on my Twitter feed last night from NonP…
In Part 1, we learned what transactional emails are, how to identify all the providers you may use that generate those messages, and must-have elements to include in your message templates. …
I recently came across this oldie but goodie on Roger Dooley’s Neuromarketing blog and wanted to share. Â (If you don’t follow Roger on social media or regularly read his blog,…
Email marketing is great, no doubt about it. But that should only be one of your primary email oriented points of contact and groups that focus solely on email marketing are missing out on e…
With an increasing number of people looking to make donations online, your organizational website has to perform many of the functions that an in-person or mailed appeal have performed in th…
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…
Are you advertising on Facebook by clicking the Boost Post button at the bottom of your posts? Â That’s certainly one option to consider and fellow ArtsHacker Jonathan Eifert covered…
There is a cheap, but effective trick with Facebook advertising: a little money goes a long way. Boosting individual posts can make the difference between content seen by few to seen by many…
Page load speeds make the difference between making or losing online ticket sales. They also impact overall user experience to the point where an otherwise good looking website seems old and…
We frequently read discussions about the need to communicate the differences between the business models of for-profit and non-profits. What there is less conversation about is the differenc…
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?” Â We&…
In the wake of Samantha Teter's ArtsHacker article about what to avoid when creating your resume, it seems fitting to offer up some resources that can let even those with zero design skills …
Over the past several months, I’ve reviewed probably more than 70 resumes for various positions that the CSO was hiring for. I am one of those managers that will almost immediate…
Would you mind if I'm frank for a moment? Sometimes you have to do things in a way that you know isn't the way they could or should be done but due to reasons above your pay grade, that's th…
The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) website has a guide for running museums written by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). The guide, Running…
Since millennials are quite skilled at self-promoting, it might be helpful to provide non-millennial readers with shoestring-budget-marketing-tips for extra small nonprofits and emerging art…
On 5/25/2016 Google launched a free version of their data visualization tool, called Data Studio, which makes it super easy to turn Google Analytics (GA) data into traditional and real-time …
If you have been in a meeting about the financial status of your organization and are confused about the differences between balance sheet, cash flow statement and income statement when they…
Figuring out your value as an arts manager is difficult in a field where budgets vary almost as much as the process boards use to determine compensation policies. Fortunately, it doesn’…
Earlier in the month, Ceci Dadisman pointed everyone in the direction of Capacity Interactive’s 2015 Arts Industry Digital Benchmark Study. If you found that data useful, then you s…
