Culture Track 2017 Is Here!
After waiting for three long years, the 2017 edition of LaPlaca Cohen’s Culture Track has arrived! Arts and culture data nerds, rejoice! As per the Culture Track website: Culture Track is a national online survey of cultural consumers’ attitudes, motivators, and barriers to participation. There are tons of good nuggets of data in the report, but it bears reiterating the most high-level concept. We arts administrators have known this anecdotally for years, but it is ...
How To Find Your Brand Archetype
To enlarge a fan base and keep them interested, the artist needs to regularly pump out content that aligns with their branded archetype—providing additional facets to who they are. After all, the core of branding is distinguishing one from the masses—creating visual, aural, and emotional identity. Ask Questions Before content generation though, the archetype needs to be selected and be front and center in the artist’s mind and their staff’s minds (manager, publicist, etc.). An ...
STOP Opening Attachments From Strangers! (And Other Hacking Prevention Tips)
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The Ohio Arts Council recently presented a webinar titled “Don’t Get Hacked,” aimed at providing tips, practices, and tools that will reduce vulnerability to data theft. The presenter Ted Hattemer started out with common advice about upgrading from vulnerable operating systems like Windows Vista and XP and using anti-virus/malware software. You Are The Weakest Link Often though it is human beings that are weak link in the security chain, employing poor discipline like opening email ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…