Tuesday, June 30, 2020
In an earlier entry, I had written about meeting the legal duty of care and planning to re-open your venue as Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed. It is good to be aware of legal duty of car…
Linked From artshacker.com at 04:10PMThursday, June 25, 2020
There’s an excellent article in the 6/23/2020 edition of SmashingMagazine.com by Suzanne Scacca that examines the ways COVID-19 is forcing the restaurant sector to radically rethink the wa…
Linked From artshacker.com at 11:52AMMonday, June 15, 2020
If you’ve been looking at your Google Analytics data (which I know you are), you’ve probably seen traffic coming from “l.facebook.com”. You might be asking yourself, “What the heck…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:39PMTuesday, June 9, 2020
There’s a great article from Adam Molina on soundguys.com that walks you through all of the considerations for selecting a microphone to use when creating online content. It’s clearly wr…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMThursday, June 4, 2020
For the longest time, I’ve used Doodle to schedule online meetings. It’s still a great tool but since Covid-19 shutdowns began, I’ve discovered that Vyte.in is just as effective and te…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:24PMMonday, June 1, 2020
As it becomes more clear that social distancing practices aren’t going to end anytime soon, our attention is turning to how to leverage our online offerings to build future audiences. Many…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMWednesday, May 27, 2020
In another post, we had shared some general guidance provided by the Downtown Professionals Network for re-opening arts and cultural venues as Covid-19 restrictions ease up. The Event Safety…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:17PMTuesday, May 26, 2020
There’s a fascinating article (h/t Rainer Glaap) at ActivityStream.com that examines very positive results from efforts to science our way through maximizing revenue during live events …
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMThursday, May 21, 2020
In the beginning of all the closures, most museums heavily promoted their virtual tours. (Or, if they didn’t have one already, they created one.) Many saw increased engagement in the tours…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, May 18, 2020
As live-streaming performances moves from being quickly assembled, impromptu performances organizations were using to keep connected with audiences during Covid-19 quarantine toward being a …
Linked From artshacker.com at 01:09PMThursday, May 14, 2020
A new experiment looks for definitive data on whether a plain text or a designed email will result in more donations. KUOW Public Radio is Seattle’s NPW news station. Their independent, no…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, May 11, 2020
It’s been one month since we started asking readers to complete a short, two question survey designed to measure how the employment status of arts administrators and independent contractor…
Linked From artshacker.com at 05:00PMWednesday, May 6, 2020
A a non-representative survey by Rainer Glaap, Germany Bremen, April 26, 2020: The streaming offer of cultural institutions has massively increased with the beginning of the corona pandemic …
Linked From artshacker.com at 05:00PMSaturday, May 2, 2020
If you are looking for advice on best practices for arts and cultural entities once they are allowed to re-open, Downtown Professionals Network (DPN) has created a website specifically focus…
Linked From artshacker.com at 05:30PMTuesday, April 28, 2020
Given that we’re all using written communication more than usual, it’s a good idea to take a step back and consider tone. Unless you’re all-in on injecting emojis into everyday busines…
Linked From artshacker.com at 06:35PMThursday, April 23, 2020
Google Grants have been around for a decade already and are still a great way for your organization to appear at the top of search results. That said, unlike in the early days, there are mor…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, April 20, 2020
On April 12, we asked readers to complete a short, two question poll designed to measure how the employment status of arts administrators and independent contractors is being impacted by cor…
Linked From artshacker.com at 04:55PMThursday, April 16, 2020
Do Your By-laws Allow For Online Meetings? If you live in the United States, you may remember there was much ado when members of the House of Representatives had to return to Washington D.C.…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, April 13, 2020
Last week, I launched a poll at my orchestra management blog asking readers share their employment status in the wake of coronavirus related shutdowns. The responses were so strong, I decide…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMTuesday, April 7, 2020
Automating emails can be a huge time-saver, not to mention provide more relevant messages to the recipients. In addition to the standard automated emails sent when people sign up for your li…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMThursday, April 2, 2020
Regular readers have likely noticed the updates we’ve been rolling out over the last few weeks and now that we have all of them in place, we wanted to take a moment to give everyone a litt…
Linked From artshacker.com at 05:52PMFriday, March 27, 2020
Thanks to fellow ArtsHacker Ceci Dadisman for putting a bug in my ear about reminding everyone who manages a Google Analytics (GA) account to add all of the remote and work from home IP addr…
Linked From artshacker.com at 06:19PMMonday, March 23, 2020
I’d be willing to bet that not everyone to which you send emails opens them. Am I right? If this is the case, you’ve probably got some people on your list who haven’t opened any of you…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMFriday, March 20, 2020
While the decision to cancel #20NTC was disappointing, it’s been equally heartening to see the community members and the organization step up to help fill the void. To that end, NTEN has b…
Linked From artshacker.com at 04:34PMTuesday, March 17, 2020
I don’t have to tell you about the immense toll the COVID-19 pandemic is having on our industry. In light of so many organizations going dark for an undetermined length of time, the questi…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, March 16, 2020
As event cancellations have started to mount due to the growing number of Covid-19 cases around the country, there has been a lot of concerned conversation occurring about the invocation of …
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMSunday, March 15, 2020
No need for any backstory here, we’re all well aware of how much COVID-19 is impacting operations and one of the more pressing challenges is communicating organizational announcements to p…
Linked From artshacker.com at 05:19PMTuesday, March 10, 2020
If your organization has an active RFP, we want it! Nonprofit Bids is set to launch but we need RFPs to populate the site. We have already had a number of providers sign up so your organizat…
Linked From artshacker.com at 12:35PMMonday, March 9, 2020
I’m often asked what tools I use to manage digital marketing campaigns. Well, the wait is over! Let’s dive right in. Airtable I love Airtable so much that I’ve devoted an entire post a…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMMonday, March 2, 2020
On my personal blog, I have written about the problem of ticketing websites that masquerade as legitimate performance venues and either sell fake or highly marked up tickets. I have to say…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMSunday, March 1, 2020
The 2020 SETC conference was a great deal of fun and the Click.Click.Done. Must-Have Google Analytics Settings and Reports session was well attended with an engaging group of participants. I…
Linked From artshacker.com at 12:26PM 
