Using Listening Maps In Program Books

Map Quest: Using Listening Maps In Program Books

Let’s talk about program books. I love looking through them at other organizations’ performances or exhibits, but they are a pain to pull together.  There is an ungodly amount of information that must be gathered from every department, organized and formatted, that somehow needs to all fit into an eight page, black and white program section that needed to be to the printer yesterday. One section in the books that many symphony and opera companies include ...

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Being Diverse and Inclusive The Other 11 Months Of The Year

Being Diverse and Inclusive The Other 11 Months Of The Year

The new season is upon and I’m sure many community engagement managers out there spent the summer making plans for a variety of initiatives.  Probably high on that list were “diversity initiatives”. If you google “diversity”, the definition is “variety; a range of things.” Nowhere in there does it say “putting people of different skin tones into theater/concert hall/museum seats,” but in so many organizations, both in the arts world and non-arts world, that is ...

Tips For Young Professionals Entering The Field

Tips For Young Professionals Entering The Field

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 down en route to photograph a masterclass or set up 100 chairs for an event!)  Summer also means new graduates entering the nonprofit and arts administration world and I love nothing better than a list of advice for emerging leaders. Nonprofit With ...

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