Wednesday, September 16, 2020
In an age where arts organizations are learning how to re-engage patrons with remote activity, it never hurts to reexamine what we take for granted. To that end, there’s a fantastic articl…
Linked From artshacker.com at 05:13PMTuesday, September 8, 2020
There is a lot of talk about whether patrons will pay for digital content. I’ve always been (even pre-pandemic) in the camp that people will pay for great content. There is data coming out…
Linked From artshacker.com at 01:25PMWednesday, September 2, 2020
A recent release of Zoom has brought, among other things, “High Fidelity Audio Mode” (High fidelity music mode in the application settings) to the Windows and Mac clients. The feature w…
Linked From artshacker.com at 11:40AMTuesday, August 25, 2020
Even in non-pandemic times, scheduling regular admin user audits is a good idea. What we’re talking about is going through all the online platforms your organization maintains and making s…
Linked From artshacker.com at 05:11PMMonday, August 3, 2020
Recently, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the union which has members working in performing arts venues, convention centers, movies, and television productions,…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:00AMTuesday, July 28, 2020
One of the more popular questions coming in from my Venture Platform users right now is how to embed a video so it can only playback on a password protected page. The goal is straightforward…
Linked From artshacker.com at 06:20PMMonday, July 20, 2020
Communications that don’t involve asking for money (donation, ticket sale, etc.) are important to keep patrons engaged and deepen their relationship with your organization. Here are some i…
Linked From artshacker.com at 10:33AMTuesday, July 14, 2020
We’ve all been there: you need images in landscape aspect ratio for digital content but all of your source files are in portrait. Frustrating, right? For the most part, trying to convert a…
Linked From artshacker.com at 03:08PMTuesday, July 7, 2020
The folks at LaPlaca Cohen are working on a special COVID-19 edition of their indispensable Culture Track survey. The key findings are now available for download with the full report arrivin…
Linked From artshacker.com at 11:24AMTuesday, 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…
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