Big Data and Connecting the Arts
One of my college professors told my class that he started each morning by watching one Ted talk. Over the summer, I started most mornings with one and my particular favorites were from the 2015 TedxBroadway*. I’m a data geek and was drawn to Elliot Masie’s “Big Data and the connected arts” presentation. Masie, a Broadway producer and investor is also an international expert in the fields of learning, workforce development and big data. Big ...
Generation Why
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While the “Golden Circle” probably sounds like one of your mid to high end donor categories (depending on whether or not you have platinum, diamond, and dilithium levels), it’s also a a concept by author Simon Sinek that’s all about starting with the question “why?”, noting that many companies start their marketing with “what” they’re selling (i.e, events), then decide “how” to sell them, and may never even get to the “why”. Instead, he suggests putting ...
Twitter Doesn’t Count After November 20th
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Twitter is on a role with controversial changes lately, and one imminent update is very hard to like, and will certainly not go down as anyone’s favourite. Last month, Twitter announced they will discontinue share counts in their API. Translation: you know those social sharing buttons at the top of this post that help you share this page on Twitter and Facebook? (Feel free to try it now.) As of November 20th the Twitter button isn’t going ...
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