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Happy Sweet 16 Butts In The Seats!

Tue, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 115
It wouldn’t be February without congratulating Joe Patti for another terrific year of posts at Butts In The Seats; Musings on Practical Solutions For Arts Management. It is celebrating its 16th anniversary this week! If that wasn’t enough, Joe is also a regular contributor at ArtsHacker.com where his posts are among the site’s most frequently visited and shared
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Creating Better Surveys Using Narrative Driven Questions

Mon, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
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Audience surveys have been around for ages but most I come across are still rooted firmly in an old-school approach that relies on a certain level of understanding on the part of respondents in order to be effective. But there’s value in considering an approach that relies more on narrative driven questions. Narrative driven questions
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Credit Where Credit Is Due

Fri, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
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Joe Patti posted an article yesterday referencing an idea he had a solid decade ago in the form of a procurement platform focused on nonprofits so they could solicit competitive bids for goods and services. If the idea sounds familiar, it’s exactly what will launch in a few weeks in the form of Nonprofit Bids.
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(Image + Perceived Value) x Competition = Relevance

Thu, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
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There’s a fascinating article written by Taylor Stevens in the 2/26/2020 edition of the Salt Lake Tribune that examines calls to review how local tax initiative dollars benefitting nonprofit arts orgs are allocated. The tax has been in place since 1996 and since then, the primary recipients have been the Utah Symphony | Utah Opera,
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Nonprofit Bids Is Coming Soon And It Needs Your RFPs

Wed, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 133
Thanks to the overwhelmingly positive feedback for creating a nonprofit Request For Proposal (RFP) portal, you can expect it to launch mid-March, just in time for the 2020 NTEN Conference. In order to make sure it’s ready for launch, we need to stock it with as many RFP’s as possible. Submit Your RFPs Since the
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