670 stories from artshacker.com
If you’ve never used IFTTT (If This Then That), you should definitely take a look at this FREE resource! In a nutshell, IFTT allows you to set up “recipes” that run in the …
As we head into the holidays, lots of organizations, mine included, are prepping for end of year solicitations. Â One solicitation campaign that shouldn’t be overlooked is your Givin…
I know my email blasts can be better. I know I need to do a better job of engaging our email list with more relevant content and less event promotion. But each week when it’s time t…
Recently what has been the perceived role of a board of directors has shifted from fundraising to governance and fiscal responsibility. I say perceived because legally governance and fiscal …
Although it’s fairly common practice for the commercial sector, arts orgs haven't really caught on to the Year-In-Review (YiR) microsite trend yet but they're doing so at their own per…
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 …
Do I Really Need Directors and Officers Insurance? You may hear about Directors and Officers Insurance (D&O) and think only really large non-profits that deal with hundreds of millions o…
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…
It took them long enough but the folks in Redmond have finally made real-time co-author editing part of Microsoft Word. If you're an Office 365 user and haven't upgraded to Office 2016, you …
If there is one thing people hate, it is long, protracted board meetings. It may well be one of the factors keeping you from establishing a quorum at meetings. One of the easiest solutions i…
On social media, hashtags are one of the most powerful thing you can utilize in your marketing campaign. Â Not only can they make your content easier to find in a search, but they can crea…
In an earlier post about "flybys" I used a brand new image of Pluto from NASA. Did you know that nearly everything in NASA's archive of images, videos, audio, animations (and more!) are f…
Like many people in arts organizations, I get to wear many hats in my job. Â One of my favorites is that of volunteer coordinator. Â Each season, we rely on over 100 volunteers to help o…
ArtsHacker currently includes a mix of original articles and aggregated posts (content that points out a useful resource elsewhere but ties it into arts management) but sometimes we run acro…
For some time now the perception that a non-profit with a high overhead cost was inefficient has provided a disincentive for non-profit organizations to figure out the true cost of their pro…
You may already know this, but just in case you don’t, I have a great tip for you. Google gives away up to $10,000 per month in Google Advertising, for free, to qualified non-profits. …
If you’re running the most recent version of Google's Chrome browser and you're a WordPress user, you may be noticing some unusual behavior vis-a-vis your admin menus in that they shif…
Any classical musician trying to gain more notoriety often employs this simple tactic: Send emails to contacts with dates/times of upcoming concerts. Shortly thereafter, social media posts a…
ArtsHacker has always been about the nuts-and-bolts of being an effective arts administrator and I'm very happy to say that I'll be leading a session at the 2015 National Arts Marketing P…
A few years back Ellis Carter made two helpful posts on her Charity Lawyer Blog about what to Include and Exclude from Non-Profit organization bylaws. The exclude list may be the more valuab…
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. Â Our state arts …
It’s not easy being a Gen Xer. Our generation tends to be overlooked in the world of marketing. I like to give my millennial colleague and fellow ArtsHacker author Sarah Marczynski a (…
Classical music is not known for being visually driven for obvious reasons. What if that notion changed amongst artists associated with the classical industry? What if they began thinking li…
If only they came and saw our art, they would be hooked for life. This is one of those commonly voiced assumptions that is untrue. Some people need more than one interaction, often with dive…
In at least three meetings this summer, the conversation has shifted toward millennials and their ticket-buying/donation making tendencies. Â We’re a hot topic in lots of organizatio…
