Chorus America Conference 2024 Review: A Tech Vendor’s Perspective
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I found Eric Rubio’s review of the 2024 SphinxConnect conference remarkably helpful and it inspired me to do the same for the conferences I attend. But one twist is where Erik was an attendee, my perspective is from a vendor. As a first-time vendor from UpStage CRM at the 2024 Chorus America Conference, it was an eye-opening experience. Here’s a breakdown of my experience: Highlights Areas for Optimization General Observations Unique Considerations for Tech Vendors ...
Conference Review: SphinxConnect
In late January 2024, your correspondent attended the Sphinx Organization’s SphinxConnect in Detroit, Michigan. The conference is billed as “the largest and longest-standing convening dedicated to diversity and inclusion in classical music” and there were over a thousand people gathered in Detroit with many more viewing plenary sessions and other selected portions of the conference online. The streamed content should be available for on-demand viewing at Sphinx’s YouTube channel later this winter. This review consists solely of my ...
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 ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…