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You Want Me To Do What With My Data?

Thu, Oct 10, 2020
I was all kinds of excited to see the latest post from Joe Patti at ArtsHacker. The title alone triggers one of my biggest pet peeves: Yes, Data Driven Decision Making. But What Data Is Important?. It’s exactly the right question and at the core of a conference session I present on this very topic.

Just The Sort Of Thing To Help You Stay On Track

Thu, Sep 9, 2020
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I published an article at ArtsHacker yesterday pointing to something written by researcher Victor Yocco that provides exactly the sort of thing arts marketers need right now: effectively design to gain and hold attention for digital products. He had me at an overview of transient and sustained attention. The ArtsHacker articles covers some the highlights

Woo-Hoo Early Studies Support Digital Content Value

Wed, Sep 9, 2020
Now that groups have been experimenting with the world of digital content delivery, we’re starting to see initial studies emerge measuring effectiveness. Ceci Dadisman published an article at ArtsHacker that examines one such study from a special edition of Culture Track that demonstrates patrons find digital content to be valuable. She also examines some specific

Did You Know About Zoom’s New High Fidelity Audio Mode?

Thu, Sep 9, 2020
They didn’t make a big fuss about it, but Zoom’s latest update brings a new High-Fidelity Audio Mode option that made especially for live music settings. In addition to making sure your settings are correct, there are a few additional considerations to keep in mind in order to get the most out of the new

Thankless Tasks

Wed, Aug 8, 2020
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There’s no getting around the fact that groups are shedding staff and while there’s no shortage of heart-wrenching aspects to that process, one that gets overlooked is removing staff members with admin accounts from the institution’s online platforms. It’s a sucky job but it still has to get done. In order to make it suck
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