Five Ways to Get Into Millennials’ Wallets
It’s the question being asked at strategic planning sessions, conferences, and board retreats around the country: “How do we get millennials into our organization?” We’re talking about how to get them to walk into the concert hall so that they become accustomed to going to a symphony concert and then in a few years, when they have money, we can ask them for it. It may surprise some out there that the generation that entered ...
UPDATE: Get Ready for New Wage Rules
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 into effect on December 1, 2016. Since these new rules have the potential to affect millions of employees, particularly those who work in arts nonprofits, it’s important to take a look at them. As the regulations stand right now, workers must earn $23,660 per year or more ...
Let’s Get Real With Our Donors About Our Diversity Engagement Efforts
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 letters highlight sell-out shows and performances or exhibits with renowned guest artists. I bet most of them also highlight your organization’s education and community engagement programs. Our elevator speeches that make it into these development letters include facts and figures of the programs: “25,000 ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…