2,148 stories from Butts In The Seats
Back in March I made a post about an artist's project in Pittsburgh that called attention to the disparity in appraisals between White homeowners and Black homeowners. In a story of art …
I have read a fair number of articles about transitioning problematic board members off a board, but I have to credit Vu Le for laying out a relatively detailed process for accomplishing the…
I had planned to write about something different today but this post by Ruth Hartt on LinkedIn grabbed my attention. Cain Lewis goes on to talk about how he doesn't care about Airbnb: So tel…
Whenever I have visited a museum that forces you to go through the gift shop before you can exit, I have viewed the design as a cynical cash grab. As I think about it, while I have frequentl…
I know for a fact that for at least 30 years now, market textbooks and classes have made the distinction between marketing and advertising/promotion the first definition provided. That h…
Via the Marginal Revolution blog I came across a piece analyzing the economics of stadium naming.  The basic conclusion was that if you see a corporation buying naming rights for a st…
I caught a story on NPR's Marketplace yesterday that discussed the way airlines use premium seating. One of the people interviewed mentioned that airlines craftily use the separation of …
There was an article on The Conversation website back in March by Elisabeth Gruner discussing how she stopped giving grades on student papers in favor of comments and wished she had done so …
About three months ago I mentioned that we were having a concert filmed for public television in our venue. We recently got word that it will make its broadcast debut on Georgia Public Broad…
Seth Godin recently made a post with a suggestion that runs counter to concept that arts organizations need to broaden their audience. He has made posts throughout the years about attrac…
So hat tip to Roger Tomlinson who made a social media post calling attention to "A Manager's Guide to Helping Teams Face Down Uncertainty, Burnout and Perfectionism" Â Â It appears it i…
For years now I have been following and writing on the Culture Track survey.  At one time the survey was being conducted every three years or so in order to measure changing trends an…
There is a saying among those who work in the technical side of live theatre and events that if someone notices what is going on, you are doing your job wrong. The idea is that for the m…
Seth Godin recently made a post on one of my favorite topics " valuing metrics that don't really matter. Just because they're easy to measure doesn't mean they matter. […] If you're workin…
Artsjournal had recently included a link to a Guardian article reporting that people working in performing arts are twice as likely as the general population to experience depression. Th…
Seth Godin made a post about leveraging the power of word of mouth by incentivizing sharing with friends. Krispy Kreme grew to become a doughnut behemoth in the US. The formula was simple: S…
So I saw the recent Dr. Strange movie this weekend and one of the biggest takeaways I had (no spoilers) was that classical music is powerful no matter what universe you are in. Though, like …
I am always interested in seeing the novel approaches people employ to present performances. I happened to catch a story last week on Vice about a guy who is bringing pop up movie experience…
Some notable news via American Theatre, for those who have found it difficult to heed Polonius' advice of "neither a borrower nor lender be." (aka pretty much all of us)Â The Acting Compa…
There was a story last month on Nieman Lab looking at how successful a tax credit for digital news subscriptions has been in Canada. The intent was to help news organizations stay in bus…
Scott Walters made a Twitter post yesterday that suggested organizations start their existence with a Quality of Life Statement rather than Mission Statement or Values Statement. Intrigu…
The folks on the Non-Profit Happy Hour Facebook group posted a link to a Ohio State University (I'm sorry, THE Ohio State University) post which claims that charities should not use the word…
Apparently the pandemic was good for classical music stations. In a story on the Current site, the general manager WDAV in Charlotte, NC had a hard time believing his station had achieved nu…
Early in April you may have seen that Yellowstone National Park is celebrating its 150th Anniversary by offering an Inheritance Pass for $1500 with the catch that it can't be used for anothe…
Last month Marginal Revolution blog posted an excerpt of a piece by Adam Mastroianni about how grant funding is broken. I immediately hopped over to see what he had to say. While his pos…
