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I have often told my siblings that if they committed action I found offensive, there would be consequences. When I was forced to make good on my threats and they went crying to our parents, …
Few things stir emotions and spirited shop talk like color palettes. It's one of those topics that draws experts and novices alike so when someone comes around declaring they have deduced th…
One of the biggest frustrations social media managers face on a daily basis is seeing their Facebook page follower count go up and the number of people their posts reach go down. To keep use…
Its that time of year! Capacity Interactive has just release their 2015 Arts Industry Digital Benchmark Study. Â WOOT! Some key findings from the report: Organizations are investing more i…
From Techcrunch on May 31, 2016 Instagram this morning officially announced the launch of its tools for business users, including new business profiles, analytics and the ability to turn Ins…
If you have been inspired by all the great community projects you see different arts groups doing and dream of doing something similar, but don’t know where to start, Minnesota based S…
Let's all pause for a moment to consider the great equalizer at your organization: Microsoft Office. Whether you love to hate Outlook for messing up your calendar when you attend a conferenc…
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 …
I’m sorry but it’s true. Most arts organizations have some sort of slider feature (also called a carousel) on their website. Â You probably do right now. Â Well, the cold har…
Whether you're home all day enjoying the holiday with family and friends or your organization is putting on an event today, try to take a few moments to remember the reason for the holiday. …
In a blog post on May 24th, Twitter announced a number of new changes to what will count towards your 140 character limit when tweeting. These changes aren't live yet, but according to the p…
With 4k video now a common feature in most current generation smartphones, traditional impediments to making quality videos (like expensive digital cameras) are rapidly disappearing. But jus…
We covered hardware and software in the previous two installments of this podcasting series. Today we dive into distribution for your podcast, which is perhaps the most complicated of the th…
At the beginning of April, 2016 Google quietly rolled out a new feature inside Google Analytics (GA) that takes the first step in a direction they've resisted traveling but marketers and met…
Every so often the folks at Smashing Magazine offer their readers free icon sets, or in other words, high quality vector graphics of a particular theme, in a variety of styles and formats…
Last time we tackled the topic of hardware needed to produce a podcast. Â Today we cover the various programs that podcasters use to create, edit, and produce their episodes. Three differe…
Yesterday, Facebook announced several new ways for advertisers to target likely customer prospects more precisely on its mobile app, on its website, and on the partner apps where it syndicat…
Using your personal cell phone for work in no fun. But that's the reality for most arts managers inside a field where having a chair with four legs of equal length is a mid-career milestone!…
Starting a podcast can open a lot of doors for your arts organization.  Over 46 million Americans are now listening to podcasts on a monthly basis.  The rise of smartphones has enab…
Are you responsible for managing your organization's online content? If so, then you likely know the pain that comes with copy/paste formatting problems. You copy text from a source file but…
Following the success of our inaugural guest author post from Capacity Interactive's Erik Gensler on 4/8/2016, we're very happy to announce that we have more authors in store! Expanding o…
Always Doe Never Bucks One of the most frustrating experiences in a job search is the salary line in a job description. Or rather, lack of thereof. If you actually see a salary range rather …
There are some really terrific turn-key products to use for creating a wealth of custom reports not to mention an ever-growing list of providers capable of creating custom reports for dedica…
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…
Is logo design something you love to hate? Serving as a crown jewel for your branding, it shows up in nearly everything you do but how many organizations consider responsive web design stand…
