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No One Knows You’re A Non-Profit (Sometimes Even After You Tell Them)

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While it has sort of been generally known that visitors to arts and cultural organizations aren’t fully aware of whether the organization is a non-profit or not, Colleen Dilenschneider recently posted research that qualifies just how few visitors are able to make that distinction, (subscription required) what the implication of that lack of knowledge is, and how to reverse that perception. Basically, even the disciplines with the best levels of awareness of non-profit status don’t even get close to 50% awareness. Overall, only 38.6% of US adults believe that nonprofit exhibit-based organizations … Read more

Review: 2023 Nonprofit Technology Conference

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In mid-April 2023, your correspondent attended NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Denver, Colorado. This was the first in-person instance of NTEN’s annual conference since 2019 (though this instance kept the hybrid option introduced in 2021). There were reportedly over 2,000 attendees across both options, with over half of us gathered for three days in Denver. This review consists solely of my own opinions and reactions to the conference. In full disclosure, I received a scholarship (following a brief application process) from NTEN to cover the cost of my conference registration fee, … Read more

We’ve Suspended ArtsHacker’s Twitter Account. Here Are The Reasons.

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Considering the decision by Twitter’s new CEO to reduce the company’s product, engineering, legal, and trust and safety departments to levels that can no longer effectively prevent rampant abuse, we have decided to set ArtsHacker’s account to private. These actions, combined with the CEO using his personal account to spread misinformation, are enough to confirm a new business plan that relies on monetizing content policies that no longer align with the site’s mission. Over the years, Twitter has served as a remarkably useful platform during conferences and conventions and to help arts … Read more