Evidence of Creativity by Joe Patti

Since Americans for the Arts is having a blog salon on Arts Education, this seems like a good opportunity to call attention to one possible solution to the question of how you integrate the …

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 9:44pm on March 17, 2015☆⚑

Info You Can Use: Board Members Can Be Personally Responsible For Gross Inaction by Joe Patti

Responsible governance by non profit boards is becoming an increasingly important and discussed topic. Non-Profit Law blog recently pointed out a court decision that emphasizes the need for …

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 7:38pm on March 16, 2015☆⚑

Be Careful What You Bring To Your Data by Joe Patti

I heard about this crazy theory that there is a correlation between parking and a country’s productivity. An international business professor did some research and apparently, American…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:00pm on March 11, 2015☆⚑

Shirtless Men As Institutional Marketing by Joe Patti

Oklahoma City Ballet Executive Director Shane Jewett wrote a piece recently on the Clyde Fitch Report discussing the ways in which his organization has used performance and institutional mar…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:10pm on March 10, 2015☆⚑

Memento Labore by Joe Patti

Last month I wrote about a 2012 study that found the biggest impediment to creativity identified by Americans is lack of time. A recent piece on Medium tells the story of an author who conta…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:30pm on March 9, 2015☆⚑

Info You Can Use: We'll Help You Be Pinterest Awesome by Joe Patti

I saw a tweet today that immediately struck me as using a great approach for getting people to see a connection between their interests and the role of an arts organization in their communit…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:03pm on March 4, 2015☆⚑

Would The 18 Year Old You Listen To Career Advice From 40 Year Old You? by Joe Patti

Yesterday Thomas Cott tweeted two articles taking a Pro and Con view of the value of arts degrees. The first talked about how you don’t have to appear on Broadway to have derived value…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 7:16pm on March 3, 2015☆⚑

Can Fundraising Be Inspirational To All Involved? by Joe Patti

Last Thursday I attended an art show opening at the shop of a wood furniture maker. The owner of the shop invited some college kids in to festoon his walls with their work which leans heavil…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:51pm on March 2, 2015☆⚑

Recent Trends In Non Profit Governance by Joe Patti

Last month Non-Profit Quarterly (NPQ) published a summary of BoardSource’s governance index, Leading With Intent. The summary is encouraging in that it shows a vast majority of non-pro…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:47pm on February 25, 2015☆⚑

Info You Can Use: Talking To Strangers by Joe Patti

The recent NEA report on why people don’t attend arts and cultural event mentioned not having someone to attend with was a barrier to entry. Daniel Pink recently tweeted a story that g…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 9:50pm on February 24, 2015☆⚑

Bring Your Own by Joe Patti

I wasn't aware until recently that airlines have started to strip all the video equipment from their planes and have begun requiring people to bring their own personal devices and headphones…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:17pm on February 23, 2015☆⚑

Info You Can Use: Do You Know The Value of A Volunteer's Time? by Joe Patti

Did you know I am a contributor to ArtsHacker, a website dedicated to offering all sorts of solutions to arts organizations? Did you know that a volunteer’s time is worth an average of…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 6:59pm on February 18, 2015☆⚑

Ah January, When The Conferences Flock To NYC by Joe Patti

Broadway producer Ken Davenport recently noted that the very first BroadwayCon would occur next year. Davenport envisioned that many participants would follow the practice of the Comic Book …

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 6:42pm on February 17, 2015☆⚑

Would You Trade Board Oversight For Investor Scrutiny? by Joe Patti

The Clyde Fitch Report takes a close look at a bill being proposed in the U.S. Senate to give Broadway investors the same tax break as those who invest in movies. The goal of the legislation…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 5:37pm on February 16, 2015☆⚑

Even More Live, Live Performance by Joe Patti

A lot of people are going to be entering a dark room and putting on blindfolds. No, I am not talking about fans of 50 Shades of Grey. ArtPride NJ tweeted an article today about a Sensory pla…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:17pm on February 11, 2015☆⚑

By Faith Alone by Joe Patti

Yesterday I wrote about the need for grace in the face of criticism. It must have struck a chord with some folks because the traffic to that post exploded (I am sure a great deal of credit g…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:52pm on February 10, 2015☆⚑

Grind Your Teeth and Then…? by Joe Patti

Sometimes I think Seth Godin is writing just for me because one of his recent posts about graciously accepting critical feedback came across my Twitter feed shortly after we got a “you…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:14pm on February 9, 2015☆⚑

Donor Cultivation In The Digital Age by Joe Patti

Last year the Wyncote Foundation released a report about how cultural institutions were using digital technology, Link, Like Share: How Cultural Institutions Are Embracing Digital Technology…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 9:36pm on February 4, 2015☆⚑

You Bet Your Art! by Joe Patti

In recent years, after every Super Bowl, the city whose team lost not only loses a great deal of pride, but an art object of great value. When you think about it, some of the most expensive …

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 7:41pm on February 3, 2015☆⚑

It Is About Time, All The Time by Joe Patti

You have probably been hearing or reading a lot about the recent National Endowment for the Arts survey results, particularly about why people they don’t participate in arts activities…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 7:17pm on February 2, 2015☆⚑

Pick-up Trucks Singing Karaoke by Joe Patti

Howard Sherman tweeted an article today by Jake Orr about theatre being intellectually inaccessible. I mention this only as a reference point for a comment on the article. I will probably ci…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 9:04pm on January 28, 2015☆⚑

Info You Can Use: Figuring Out True Program Cost by Joe Patti

After reading my post yesterday about how the federal government is requiring that non-profits receive at least 10% of grant/contract funding to cover indirect costs, you may be wondering ho…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:12pm on January 27, 2015☆⚑

Info You Can Use: Know Your Funding Rights by Joe Patti

An event of note to be aware of is that last month the federal Office of Management and Budget said “that when governments hire nonprofits to provide services, those nonprofits legitim…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 7:53pm on January 26, 2015☆⚑

If You Got The Data, She Wants To Study It by Joe Patti

Reader Heather Grob responded to my recent post asking about more information regarding propensity score matching to learn more about arts audiences. Heather, an associate professor in the S…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 9:39pm on January 21, 2015☆⚑

The Good, The Bad of The Ugly Glasses by Joe Patti

Even though most news outlets have only been carrying the announcement that Google was stopping sales of Google Glass in the last few days, for some reason I have known about it for a month …

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:05pm on January 20, 2015☆⚑