What Jeff Bezos Can Teach Arts Organizations
Recently, Business Insider published Jeff Bezos’ latest letter to Amazon shareholders. As I read it, I kept thinking how applicable his words are to arts organizations. As arts administrators, we often exist in our own nonprofit arts organization bubble and compare ourselves only to what others in our industry are doing. Of course, it is important to know what our peers are doing, but this is a dangerous practice because there is so much to be ...
It’s Like Waiting For Guffman…Sans The Guffman
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We apologize for the lull in posts; one of the realities of an all-volunteer crew of authors is we sometimes cycle into super-crazy-busy work periods at the same time. It doesn’t happen often but it does happen. We’ll get new articles up as soon as possible and in the meantime, thank you so much for your patience! In the meantime, if you’ve never seen Waiting For Guffman, you need to find time to rectify that ...
Care To Throw Down For A Cash Prize In A Content Competition?
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) is holding a content competition open to arts administration researchers, instructors, and practitioners. They’re looking for content that exemplifies, expounds upon, or aligns with The Wallace Foundation’s Nine Effective Practices of Audience Building. If that sounds familiar, good. One winner will receive an $800 cash prize and one complimentary registration to their 2017 conference in Edinburgh, Scotland (so cool) where they will also have the opportunity to present ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…