Arts Triage
A career in arts admin presupposes a strong work ethic and an insatiable appetite for challenge. There’s always more to be done than hours in which to do it. That’s when 21st-century productivity apps take a back seat to this 200-year-old strategy from the Napoleonic Wars. I’m sure many of you are familiar with triage: sorting the work that lies before you based on how much your effort will reap. It involves zeroing in on ...
What Department Gets Assigned Community Engagement?
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Who Is In Charge of Engagement? Someone comes up to you and says they really enjoyed the program they attended and want to spread the word to their friends and get them involved, to whom do you refer them? Is there someone who will offer to collect the contact info of the person and their friends and perhaps follow up with them later to see if they need more information? In short, who is your ...
A Little Owl Told Me You Can Schedule Your Tweets…
Keeping an active presence on social media is becoming increasingly more important for all organizations. Arts organizations have many great opportunities to connect with their audiences, find new audiences, and share the work they are doing using different platforms. But, posting something everyday (sometimes multiple times a day on multiple sites!) can leave you rocking back and forth in front of your computer. The answer? Schedule your tweets. There are many different sites that will ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…