This Is Not The Ticketing Site You Were Looking For by Joe Patti

As the holiday season approaches, I am remind of the less than altruistic truth that others are eager to make money off your success..even if you don’t perceive yourself as successful.…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 6:04pm on November 11, 2015☆⚑

I Love The Smell Of Bach In The Morning by Joe Patti

This month’s New Yorker has a story about researchers who have discovered how interdependent our senses are when it comes to enjoying an experience. (h/t Tyler Cowen) For example, peop…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:45pm on November 10, 2015☆⚑

Positive Signs For Reimbursement Of Overhead Costs by Joe Patti

You may remember back in January that I wrote about the new rules promulgated by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requiring that any entity receiving federal funds much cover at least 1…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:27pm on November 9, 2015☆⚑

Arts Make For Good Medicine by Joe Patti

There is a recent article in the Boston Globe about Harvard Medical School requiring its students to take arts courses that bears reading. (h/t Thomas Cott) The Yale School of Medicine, for …

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 9:39pm on November 4, 2015☆⚑

Are You Running Your Arts Org According To A 19th Century Social Movement? by Joe Patti

Last month Non-Profit Quarterly had a piece on four impulses that shape non-profits. These impulses often contradict each other to some extent which results in the internal philosophical con…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 9:34pm on November 3, 2015☆⚑

Can You Care In An Unreasonable Way? by Joe Patti

Seth Godin says he figures Apple computers reached their peak about three years ago. Since then, we’ve seen: Operating systems that aren’t faster or more reliable at running key …

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 9:09pm on November 2, 2015☆⚑

You Want To Do Better, But Aren't Sure How by Joe Patti

A week ago I wrapped up my final post about the arts entrepreneurship training programs being developed in colleges and universities by pointing out that there was still the unmet need of ar…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 1:22am on October 29, 2015☆⚑

Throw A Big Fat Fake Wedding by Joe Patti

A few weeks ago I read an article about how a company in Argentina is doing good business throwing fake weddings. Apparently most young people aren’t getting married or are only having…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 1:14am on October 28, 2015☆⚑

Where Arts And Creativity Have Been Part Of Long Term Solutions by Joe Patti

I have recently started to become a little more vocal about one of my pet peeves about how the arts are viewed. It is no news to anyone that most career paths that involves pursuing a creati…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 1:00am on October 27, 2015☆⚑

What Do We Mean When We Say Entrepreneur? by Joe Patti

Final day of observations on last weekend’s Society for Arts Entrepreneurship in Education (SAEE)  conference. The Terms We Use Matter Some of the best observations about teaching s…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:26pm on October 21, 2015☆⚑

The Question That Is Going To Take Awhile To Answer by Joe Patti

As promised yesterday, today I am going to continue discussing my observations from attending the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship in Education (SAEE) conference this weekend. I think it be…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:06pm on October 20, 2015☆⚑

Teaching Arts Students Entrepreneurial Skills, It Has Begun by Joe Patti

This weekend I attended the annual conference of the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship in Education (SAEE) at Ohio State University. Even though my university doesn’t have arts entrepr…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:59pm on October 19, 2015☆⚑

Making Ticket Refundability The Customer's Choice by Joe Patti

When conversations about demand based pricing for the performing arts comes up, there is often a comparison made to the airlines and the way they factor in dozens of variables when they pric…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:55pm on October 14, 2015☆⚑

Just Pray Your Grandma Doesn't Run Against You For Homecoming Queen by Joe Patti

Recently I have been seeing more stories about shared use of public buildings. In Bremen, Germany, the city philharmonic is sharing space with students in a local school building. In Clevela…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 7:36pm on October 13, 2015☆⚑

Ah! The Problem Is Your Show Is Like A Chicken Sandwich With Mashed Potatoes and Gravy by Joe Patti

The first segment of this week’s This American Life episode offers proof that marketing departments everywhere run up against the same challenges, regardless of whether they are in the…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 6:58pm on October 12, 2015☆⚑

The Most Receptive Arts Audience May Be Behind Bars by Joe Patti

Over the last few days you may have read about how the inmates at New York’s Eastern Correctional Facility beat Harvard University’s top ranked debate team. It caught my attentio…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:56pm on October 7, 2015☆⚑

A Plague (Of Phones) On Both Your Houses by Joe Patti

Back in July I came across a blog post titled, “When the Audience Phones It In,” which bemoaned all the recent incidents of audience members using phones and other electronic dev…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:44pm on October 6, 2015☆⚑

Arts Participation Tied To Education, Not Wealth by Joe Patti

Some encouraging news coming from Pacific Standard in support of the growing trend to focus on participatory arts experiences over simple attendance. According to the results of a new study …

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:05pm on October 5, 2015☆⚑

Advisory Board Functionality by Joe Patti

I was curious to know how many people out there have advisory boards/committees that are not part of the governing board. If you have one, what has your experience been? The reason I ask is …

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:25pm on September 30, 2015☆⚑

Improving The Artistic Palate by Joe Patti

This past summer there was an article on Vice.com about award-winning chefs who have been interning or volunteering at other restaurants, farms and with food scientists in order to pick up n…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:02pm on September 29, 2015☆⚑

Is Anyone Really Reading This? Three Foundations Want To Know by Joe Patti

A guest post today. Barry Hessenius asked if I would spread the word about study being conducted by the Knight Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation and WESTAF who are looking into the ways in …

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 1:54pm on September 28, 2015☆⚑

If A Scientist Can Be Creative, So Can A Normal Person by Joe Patti

There was a recent post on the Priceonomics blog about the creative and artistic practice of scientists. According to a recent research study, It seems avocational creativity discoveries of …

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:45pm on September 23, 2015☆⚑

Thinking About The Implications Of Local News by Joe Patti

Arts organizations, and really any business, need to be cognizant of different environmental factors that may impact them. It is relatively easy to predict (or blame) the impact of the econo…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:25pm on September 22, 2015☆⚑

Spoilers To Help You Enjoy The Show by Joe Patti

Slate had an article last month about schools in North Carolina that were flipping the museum field trip. This is based on the concept of a flipped classroom where you do all the reading, vi…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:45pm on September 21, 2015☆⚑

Phhsst! You Think You Are As Good As Me? by Joe Patti

Often when the concept of Professional-Amateurs or the capability of everyone to be creative comes up, there is a feeling of resistance that rises up among arts professionals. The study on c…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 2:31am on September 17, 2015☆⚑