2,146 stories from Butts In The Seats
Seth Godin recently made a post about fans which can sort of hit close to home for arts organizations. His observations also serve to illustrate that the relationship dynamics experienced by…
This weekend someone posted a video of Gustavo Dudamel conducting the LA Philharmonic in a rehearsal of Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony 13 years ago in the nextfuckinglevel sub-reddit with t…
Kyle Bowen at Museum as Progress presented an interesting perspective on the way arts organizations can approach supporting the outcomes their visitors and participants seek. He tackles the …
I am generally opposed to promoting arts and cultural experiences as events that will make you swoon or enter some sort of ecstatic state. These aren't common outcomes and there can be an im…
Patrick Bringley, who wrote a memoir about his time as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has an off-Broadway show based on his book. He now stars as a version of himself in a one-man…
Seth Godin made a post last week that aligns with the idea that it is easier and cheaper to retain a following rather than constantly trying to acquire new customers. Aubrey Bergauer will of…
Last month an article in The Guardian reported that the number of parent reporting that they enjoy reading aloud to their kids 0-4 has dropped from 64% in 2012 to 41% for the same age group …
Last week, Philip Cubeta had linked to a story on Inside Philanthropy analyzing the collection and distribution practices of donor advised funds (DAF). I have previously written about proble…
Interesting bit of research by Jeff Apruzzese who looked at whether opening for a major band on tour provided a bump in fame to launch them to stardom. Apruzzese had been a live musician on …
When I made my post about the new TKTS booth in Philadelphia last week it occurred to me to check if Opera Philadelphia would be offering it $11 tickets for any seat in the house again this …
For the last three weeks the Freakonomics radio podcast has run a three part series on the economics of live theater, Broadway shows in particular. They are using the example of the effort t…
The iconic TKTS booth in NYC's Times Square and London's West End has branched out and started serving Philadelphia. The Philly branch provides discounted tickets for theater performances, t…
As ever, I am paying attention to data on various trends, one of which is the level of perceived trust of cultural organizations. Colleen Dilenschneider and the folks at IMPACTS Experience h…
Ruth Hartt made a post yesterday that is getting a fair number of responses from folks in the arts community, including somewhat gratifyingly, board members who need to be invested in the go…
Kyle Bowen piqued my attention today in the Museums as Progress newsletter where he discussed Goodhart's Law. "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. Long time read…
Last week I had an ArtsHacker post covering a sessions sponsored by ArtsMidwest regarding compliance with Trump Administration Executive Orders on DEI programs. The content of this session i…
Short, interesting piece on the INC magazine site on Tax Day about tax mistakes content creators and influencers make that has a bit of overlap for all creative and arts workers. The first a…
The Art Newspaper conducts an annual survey of the social media usage of 100 most visited museums in the world. They have typically taken a look at how museums have been using Facebook, Inst…
Alright so today's post is totally for amusement and entertainment purposes. Except for a pretty narrow use case, I don't really see a connection with arts and cultural organizations. I saw …
Seth Godin had a recent post on the "knock, knock" promotional business model. The way he describes it put me in mind of the Field of Dreams "if you build it, they will come," approach to ad…
A couple days ago, Sam Reich, CEO of Dropout TV announced an $1/month increase in the subscription rate for the service. However, he made it very clear that this increase was for new and ret…
Seth Godin recently made a post warning people against adopting the tactics of those you view as successful as your own. The problem is simple. You don't have a tactics problem. You have …
A professional grant writer had a piece on the Oregon ArtsWatch website where she expressed her disbelief at the Oregon Arts Commission's (OAC) new grant guidelines. But it was all in a good…
Yesterday I received an email letting me know that Colleen Dilenschneider and her colleagues at IMPACTS Experience had released a new post titled Ticket Purchasing Frustrations Are On the Ri…
There was an article on Fast Company this week that discusses customer churn. For the most part the piece is written from the perspective of being a company that has sold another business a …
