Thursday, August 5, 2021
I had a post appear on ArtsHacker this week that dealt with the concept of rebranding. In the post I cite an article by Mark Ritson arguing for revitalization of a brand rather than rebran…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:32AMAs I go about arguing against using measures like economic impact and test scores for valuing the arts, I occasionally get push back from people who note that for better or for worse dollars…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:32AMTuesday, August 3, 2021
For Purpose Law Group made a post on their site advocating shared leadership models for non-profits. They note that there is an increasing recognition that a hierarchical model with a sole…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:48AMMonday, August 2, 2021
When things have been going poorly for an organization and they seek a fresh start, (perhaps upon emerging from a national epidemic), the impulse is often to rebrand. However, in a Marketing…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 11:45AMThursday, July 29, 2021
Being a big proponent of libraries a radio story by Marketplace on the value of libraries caught my attention. Being an economics focused show, their analysis initially focused on return on …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:03AMWednesday, July 28, 2021
Something has been puzzling me lately and I haven’t come any closer to figuring out the answer. I appears to me that when there is discussion about populations which are under-served by th…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:32AMMonday, July 26, 2021
An appreciative nod to Artsjournal which posted a piece by Shelly Palmer on how the use of non-fungible tokens (NFT) can enhance event ticketing security, improve the resale market, and pote…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:06PMSaturday, July 24, 2021
CityLab had an article about an art museum in Bologna, Italy which is using eye tracking to learn how visitors interact with works on display. In the process, the museum has learned unexpect…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:24PMBig news today from Actors’ Equity Association the union which represents stage actors and stage managers. The union basically immediately opened membership to anyone who has ever worked…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:24PMI saw an article on CityLab about some pretty successful Open Streets efforts that rose up during Covid. If you aren’t familiar with the concept, Open Streets is a national effort to tem…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:24PMFriday, July 16, 2021
Yesterday, economist Tyler Cowen addressed one of the dichotomies being recognized in the arts sector – the conflict between values of equity, fairness, diversity, etc., espoused in the ar…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:18PMLast week my organization was notified that we were being awarded funds for a grant we wrote to address the issue of blight in our community. The project was inspired by a comment a friend o…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:18PMThe Americans for the Arts blog had an interview with an arts group that was flexing their skills to solve problems in their community. They spoke with Yin Kong, one of the founders of Think…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:18PMWednesday, July 7, 2021
I have noticed Drew McManus will get me riled up about an arts administration topic and then suggests I write an Arts Hacker post about it. Last week was no exception. Last Thursday he poste…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:03PMLooking at some storytelling resources I came across a related project I was unaware of. The Human Library trains volunteers to be “books” you withdraw to learn something about some tabo…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 03:42AMTuesday, July 6, 2021
There has been a growing campaign internationally in the non-profit/charity sectors over recent years for employers to include a salary range when conducting job searches rather than utilizi…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:48PMThursday, July 1, 2021
While everyone is waiting for their Shuttered Venue Operating Grant (SVOG) application to be processed, you should be taking a look at the National Endowment for the Arts American Rescue Pla…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:36AMWednesday, June 30, 2021
In an illustration of how arts and science can be mutually supportive, NextCity had a piece about an effort to train art teachers to teach girls to code. Code/Art was started by MIT grad A…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:24PMTuesday, June 29, 2021
Back in March Harvard Business Review (HBR) had a piece on how marketing will change post-Covid. It is definitely geared toward commercial business and often oriented toward business to bu…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:54AMThursday, June 24, 2021
Covid forced a lot of conversations about the value of streaming content from performing arts venues and visual arts galleries. As we emerge into more optimistic times, some groups are alr…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:54AMTuesday, June 22, 2021
When I saw a story on CityLab about restaurants replacing their printed menus with digital ones, I began to read it eagerly. Staff at a couple of venues at which I have worked have long had …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:24PMMonday, June 21, 2021
Last week I saw an article reporting that podcasts have been a growing revenue source for NPR in recent years. NPR podcasts reach more than 21 million people, and the most popular shows have…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:54PMThursday, June 17, 2021
An article from Oregon Arts Watch about an arts incubator program, Tulatin Valley Creates rolled across my feed this week. The article inevitably talked about how the program helped artist…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:06AMWednesday, June 16, 2021
So like me, you may have been driving home Monday night and heard an interview on NPR conducted by host Mary Louise Kelly with poet Tess Taylor discussing art as civic repair. Taylor talks…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:42AMTuesday, June 15, 2021
Links to a study examining the validity of claims about the efficacy of the arts in solving issues of health and well-being came across my Twitter feed today. The study authors, Stephen Cl…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:24AMTuesday, June 8, 2021
Video came across my social media last month about the litter picking samurai of Tokyo. These theater performers call attention to the trash dropped in the streets of the city to generate …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:54PMAmong the biggest questions I have when it comes to creating a presence for my organization on a social media platform are: 1- Is it worth/appropriate for our organization to present in this…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 04:54PMThursday, June 3, 2021
We ran into an unanticipated complication of the Covid epidemic last week. You may have heard that cars are engineered to operate more efficiently at highway speeds because engines get hot e…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:54PMLast week Vu Le made a tweet that revealed a very troubling picture of corporations misunderstanding how non-profits operate and work that they do. This seems to be the “non-profits should…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:54PMThursday, May 27, 2021
Daniel Pink posted a link on Twitter about a study performed by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University which revealed people have a misperception about when they are mos…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:06PMYou may recall that back in 2010 the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) was permitted to put a property tax up for vote on an election ballot to ensure a source of financial support. In return …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:06PM 
