Archives
- 2009.11.20: Cultural Workforce Forum
- 2009.11.18: My chat with Bill Ivey
- 2009.11.16: Rent, buy, build, or borrow
- 2009.11.13: Is our fundraising writing wrong?
- 2009.11.10: Arts policy, reconsidered
- 2009.11.06: Oh, the power(lessness), the absolute power(lessness)
- 2009.11.04: What if the 'new normal' is really the original normal?
- 2009.11.02: Thoughts on the 'portfolio career'
- 2009.10.30: An artist's alternative to material wealth
- 2009.10.28: Signs that you've stayed too long at the party
- 2009.10.27: Of management metaphor and myth
- 2009.10.26: The challenge of blending physical business with on-line
- 2009.10.22: Blogging the GIA
- 2009.10.21: Rethinking arts economies and arts exchange
- 2009.10.20: Calling all emergent leaders
- 2009.10.14: Personal communications...in bulk
- 2009.10.13: Getting beyond the left-brain/right-brain debate
- 2009.10.07: Collaboration is a muscle
- 2009.10.05: Project Audience
- 2009.10.02: Rethinking arts journalism...LIVE!
- 2009.09.30: The challenge (and opportunity) of nonprofit debt
- 2009.09.29: Boston Foundation retools and refocuses
- 2009.09.25: My chat with Elizabeth Streb
- 2009.09.24: Elizabeth Streb's new rules of conduct
- 2009.09.22: Smashing assumptions about arts venues
- 2009.09.21: Think you're a content provider? Think again.
- 2009.09.09: Podcasting about teaching about art and business
- 2009.09.08: Art as business as art
- 2009.08.31: Focusing on the day job
- 2009.08.25: First reflections on the Arts in Crisis whistle stop
- 2009.08.24: A portrait of the artist on-line
- 2009.08.21: Channeling your questions to Michael Kaiser
- 2009.08.20: 1002nd Entry
- 2009.08.19: The father of invention
- 2009.08.17: Eyes on the Artprize
- 2009.08.14: When a rolling average meets a cliff
- 2009.08.13: Graphing the average day
- 2009.08.11: Thinking like a designer
- 2009.08.10: Engaging audiences...the report
- 2009.07.30: Activating a building's monolithic skin
- 2009.07.27: Slow money
- 2009.07.24: Concert Companion...on the cheap
- 2009.07.23: Risk and reward
- 2009.07.22: Broad strokes about the arts business
- 2009.07.20: Can you catch up by cutting back?
- 2009.07.17: Correlation in the choral nation
- 2009.07.16: What, exactly, do you sell?
- 2009.07.15: Going hyper-local in a global world
- 2009.07.14: Look who's six!
- 2009.07.06: On the road, off the clock
- 2009.06.30: Truth, beauty, trust
- 2009.06.29: Considering the Creative Ecology
- 2009.06.23: A glimpse inside the Obama arts policy
- 2009.06.19: Of boards, bungles, and the two-headed beast
- 2009.06.18: Amateur vs. professional
- 2009.06.17: The evolving hybrids in corporate structure
- 2009.06.16: The fewer, the older
- 2009.06.11: Speaking in Austin, Texas
- 2009.06.10: Cutting back around the globe
- 2009.06.09: Multiple personalities
- 2009.06.04: Yes, Virginia, you already have a business model
- 2009.06.03: A different kind of cultural infrastructure
- 2009.06.02: Algorithm as editor, curator, or benevolent dictator
- 2009.06.01: Pay attention...or not
- 2009.05.29: The new flow
- 2009.05.28: Data, data, everywhere
- 2009.05.26: The corporation as shape-shifter
- 2009.05.21: Towards an artistic theory of everything
- 2009.05.20: The minimal web site
- 2009.05.18: Is dynamic pricing in your future?
- 2009.05.15: The TED Commandments
- 2009.05.13: Operas captured in 140 characters (or less)
- 2009.05.12: On Facebook and mortality
- 2009.05.11: Assessing Lincoln Center
- 2009.05.08: Business planning meets mixed-media
- 2009.05.07: The urge to merge
- 2009.05.06: Does this make me a twitterer or just a twit?
- 2009.05.05: Nonprofit economics
- 2009.05.04: Credit where credit is due
- 2009.04.30: Glocalizing Grand Rapids
- 2009.04.28: From recruitment to retention
- 2009.04.27: Our capacity for collective action
- 2009.04.24: Opening wounds to heal them
- 2009.04.23: Facebook and philanthropy
- 2009.04.22: Ephemeral architecture
- 2009.04.21: Renegotiation
- 2009.04.15: From search to social
- 2009.04.14: Handel's financial opus
- 2009.04.09: What I learned in Philly
- 2009.04.07: Duck and cover...but don't change
- 2009.04.02: In Philly
- 2009.04.01: The iLibrary of iCongress
- 2009.03.31: What if I WANT to be a passive audience?
- 2009.03.30: Benchmarking engagement
- 2009.03.19: Remix, remash, remarkable
- 2009.03.18: Capacities for imaginative learning
- 2009.03.17: Is Obama combining arts policy and disability policy?
- 2009.03.16: Making molehills out of cliffs
- 2009.03.13: Is a conservatory a professional school?
- 2009.03.11: Somewhere between profit and nonprofit
- 2009.03.10: The impact of social media on social interaction
- 2009.03.05: Art as collateral
- 2009.03.04: Stimulus for the brain and the bottom line
- 2009.02.27: One remarkable ''Sistema''...
- 2009.02.26: What can we learn from the 'netbook'?
- 2009.02.24: The dark side of participation
- 2009.02.16: Shrubs and social systems
- 2009.02.13: Of art and innovation
- 2009.02.12: Following crumb trails
- 2009.02.10: Do arts jobs count as jobs?
- 2009.02.09: The pros and perils of the embedded institution
- 2009.02.06: Feels like we all need a happy distraction
- 2009.02.05: Diving into oceans, and into art
- 2009.02.04: Arts in Crisis: Elements of scale
- 2009.02.02: Stimulus or pork byproduct?
- 2009.01.30: The 'black swan' tips for living
- 2009.01.29: Circle of life
- 2009.01.27: Me, in 20 slides
- 2009.01.26: The perverse incentive
- 2009.01.23: Expression and environment
- 2009.01.22: The sentinal event
- 2009.01.21: Three generations
- 2009.01.09: Caution or conviction?
- 2009.01.08: Off to Arts Presenters
- 2009.01.07: The newspaper as politburo?
- 2009.01.06: Strategically free
- 2009.01.05: Little bridges
- 2008.12.29: This must be my month off
- 2008.12.16: I know, I know
- 2008.12.05: Cuts that leave a mark
- 2008.12.04: The distributed symphony
- 2008.12.02: Defining the goal, defending the essential
- 2008.12.01: Stuff I said in Dublin
- 2008.11.25: The Metaphors We Manage By
- 2008.11.24: Guinness and whisky, but first a little snooze
- 2008.11.18: Wanna get to Carnegie Hall? Got 10,000 hours?
- 2008.11.13: Enabling and rewarding your critics
- 2008.11.12: Shacking up
- 2008.11.10: Learning to speak and listen...
- 2008.11.05: Policy to come?
- 2008.11.04: Expertise vs. control
- 2008.10.30: Diversify
- 2008.10.29: My world tour (limited stops)
- 2008.10.28: The language of value
- 2008.10.24: A new anthem for my peeps
- 2008.10.23: Philanthropy in economic hard times
- 2008.10.22: The audience around us
- 2008.10.21: Walking the boundaries
- 2008.10.10: Duck and cover
- 2008.10.07: The university as arts patron
- 2008.10.06: The candidates and the arts
- 2008.10.01: Inverting the traditional web strategy
- 2008.09.30: Embedding...not just for journalists anymore
- 2008.09.29: The cash (and consequences) of cultural tax districts
- 2008.09.25: Forecasting the future by ''living'' it out loud
- 2008.09.24: Constructing the concert experience
- 2008.09.23: There's good money in bungee-cord ballet
- 2008.09.22: Good concept, bad context
- 2008.09.19: Good man gone
- 2008.09.17: More cowbell
- 2008.09.15: An audience of three billion
- 2008.09.10: Trumped by sports...again
- 2008.09.09: You are what you listen to
- 2008.09.08: Community-funded journalism
- 2008.09.05: So small, so big
- 2008.09.04: What are the ''proxy interests'' of your potential audience?
- 2008.09.03: Even the ''offline'' world is ''online''
- 2008.09.02: Cash flow, or lack thereof
- 2008.08.29: Three questions for the CEO candidate
- 2008.08.28: Seeking social currency
- 2008.08.27: Orchestra concert as carnival ride
- 2008.08.26: The new 990 is here! The new 990 is here!
- 2008.08.25: The great transfer of wealth...or not
- 2008.08.22: The power, the absolute power
- 2008.08.21: Horses for courses...or mopeds or trucks or sneakers
- 2008.08.20: How many children left behind?
- 2008.08.19: Living in a cloud
- 2008.08.18: Casting a design eye on social issues
- 2008.08.12: Slicing and dicing your customers and donors
- 2008.08.11: Oozing back into business
- 2008.07.14: Look who's five!
- 2008.07.01: An open source PSA
- 2008.06.30: July hiatus
- 2008.06.27: Not aloof and detached, but deeply, deeply human
- 2008.06.26: A thought to chew on
- 2008.06.24: Americans, as it turns out, are for the arts
- 2008.06.18: Posting results, pondering impact
- 2008.06.17: Changing the players, and the game
- 2008.06.13: Who's in, who's out?
- 2008.06.11: Other than the large, blue, geodesic bear
- 2008.06.10: Fixed seating vs. flexible space
- 2008.06.04: Prepping for Denver
- 2008.06.02: Is the performing arts industry designed to learn?
- 2008.05.29: How about a movable performing arts center?
- 2008.05.28: Phase shift
- 2008.05.23: Do music degree programs create professional musicians?
- 2008.05.22: Mass creativity
- 2008.05.20: Fail early, fail often
- 2008.05.15: One letter, big difference
- 2008.05.14: You are here
- 2008.05.13: Even when the big-boned lady sings, it ain't over
- 2008.05.12: Attendance vs. engagement
- 2008.05.09: Visualizing the connections
- 2008.05.08: Creating space for play
- 2008.05.07: Because art *is* context
- 2008.05.01: Three words, three problems
- 2008.04.30: Still digging out...
- 2008.04.21: Focusing energy off-line
- 2008.04.17: In thanks and praise to Fan Taylor
- 2008.04.16: Bruce Sterling on the future of everything
- 2008.04.15: Removing one more reason for institutions
- 2008.04.14: Progressive disclosure
- 2008.04.11: On recession and expression
- 2008.04.10: Comic distractions for a Thursday morning
- 2008.04.09: Who owns the idea of what the campus means?
- 2008.04.08: What's your U-Index?
- 2008.04.07: Old product, new sales channel
- 2008.04.04: The difference between ''feeling'' and reality
- 2008.04.03: ''Business-like'' is not the problem
- 2008.04.01: What I know about you
- 2008.03.31: The geography and demography of dating
- 2008.03.28: Considering a Creative Scotland
- 2008.03.27: Donors *already* have voting rights
- 2008.03.26: What does your brand sound like?
- 2008.03.25: A new report on orchestral economics
- 2008.03.24: The dull but necessary craft
- 2008.03.17: The 'we' inside of me
- 2008.03.14: When music 'wants to be free,' charge for something else
- 2008.03.13: The self-organizing audience
- 2008.03.12: Curating our own space
- 2008.03.11: Nonprofit retention and vacancy
- 2008.03.07: GyPSiis and caravanserai
- 2008.03.05: Invoking the 'C' word with a vengeance
- 2008.03.04: Some arts leaders could use this kind of play
- 2008.03.03: The positive power of ignorance
- 2008.02.29: The all-Google office?
- 2008.02.28: When do you serve your mission by closing your doors?
- 2008.02.27: Bringing a new eye to facility design
- 2008.02.22: A little vision of collective meaning
- 2008.02.20: Sort of like PowerPoint haiku
- 2008.02.19: Illiterate or hyperliterate? It depends on how you count
- 2008.02.14: Balancing the masses and the elite
- 2008.02.13: Allocating that complex asset, the museum collection
- 2008.02.12: Getting in our own way
- 2008.02.11: Thanks to Microsoft, I'm a better person...
- 2008.02.08: Agent or manager...the distinction blurs
- 2008.02.07: Does anyone listen to lyrics?
- 2008.02.06: More on authenticity
- 2008.02.05: What's ''authentic''?
- 2008.01.31: For another $30 million, you get cupholders
- 2008.01.30: Greetings from South Africa (aka, Wisconsin)
- 2008.01.22: Systematizing innovation, or the future of the B-School
- 2008.01.16: Curating impact through artists
- 2008.01.15: Your customer doesn't always care
- 2008.01.14: Rules of engagement
- 2008.01.11: Presenters to the left of me, presenters to the right of me
- 2008.01.09: Way beyond butts in seats
- 2008.01.08: Slicing the pie horizontally
- 2008.01.07: Learning web basics without looking stupid
- 2008.01.04: Learning how we learn
- 2008.01.03: The continuing rise of contrivance
- 2007.12.13: Here's what our production line looks like
- 2007.12.12: Making arguments rather than complaints
- 2007.12.10: When even local isn't local anymore
- 2007.12.06: A ruckus on rankings
- 2007.12.05: Why we should care about Guitar Hero
- 2007.12.04: Support the contents or the box?
- 2007.11.27: Easily distracted
- 2007.11.19: Dancing at the edge of nonprofit
- 2007.11.16: Rethinking the audience chamber
- 2007.11.14: Ben Cameron on ''financial masochism''
- 2007.11.12: For those about to rock
- 2007.11.09: Talk about transparent!
- 2007.11.08: Where law meets creative expression
- 2007.11.06: Pre-natal brand preference?
- 2007.11.05: Who gives the gift, and who gets the gift?
- 2007.11.01: Digging into arts administration education
- 2007.10.31: A major matrix
- 2007.10.30: Ten tips for new theater buildings
- 2007.10.29: A naming gift without the name
- 2007.10.22: Facts with a human face
- 2007.10.18: Preserving and changing at the same time
- 2007.10.17: Then I must be intangibly wealthy
- 2007.10.15: Your ticket price is merely the starting offer
- 2007.10.12: An new (epic) stage of life
- 2007.10.11: What interns do vs. what interns want to do
- 2007.10.10: Do these spreadsheets make my assets look big?
- 2007.10.09: An unpleasant argument
- 2007.10.05: Virtual dishes are more fun to clean
- 2007.10.04: A mini manifesto (addendum)
- 2007.10.02: I think the alien gives it away
- 2007.10.01: It's the invisible structures that get you
- 2007.09.28: Strategy as storytelling
- 2007.09.25: We manage what we measure, so let's measure what we value
- 2007.09.24: What is scientific literacy? An essay contest helps decide
- 2007.09.21: A Friday diversion
- 2007.09.20: Evolution vs. adaptation vs. ultimate good
- 2007.09.19: Faking authenticity
- 2007.09.18: At least one indicator changing in our favor
- 2007.09.14: Rethinking city transformation
- 2007.09.13: Next comes free agency
- 2007.09.12: Okay, so how about a 'fantasy orchestra' league?
- 2007.09.11: On price and value
- 2007.09.06: Managing the evidence...literally
- 2007.09.05: A mini manifesto
- 2007.08.15: My little crisis chrysalis
- 2007.07.06: Measuring multiple impacts
- 2007.07.05: Lingering on leisure
- 2007.06.29: Dialing back for the summer
- 2007.06.27: But I still need a grant in my FIRST life
- 2007.06.21: Nice work if you can get it (and not be indicted)
- 2007.06.20: Turns out you never owned the recording anyway
- 2007.06.18: Working to REDUCE one impact of the arts
- 2007.06.15: Engaging art, engaging audiences
- 2007.06.13: Defining (or redefining) the amateur
- 2007.06.11: Welcome to my world
- 2007.06.07: What's not to love about amateurs?
- 2007.06.05: How to respond to global commerce? Be more local.
- 2007.06.04: The interplay of business and the arts
- 2007.06.01: To change, or not to change
- 2007.05.30: ''Leisure Class'' or ''Cheap and Easy''?
- 2007.05.29: Time-wasting money-losers, aka charity events
- 2007.05.24: The need for narrative
- 2007.05.23: Fractured and seamless, alone and connected
- 2007.05.21: Reconsidering leisure time
- 2007.05.09: Into the fire...literally
- 2007.05.04: Choosing not to be active
- 2007.05.02: How many users are actually generating content?
- 2007.05.01: Oh, so much to do...
- 2007.04.27: The five meanings of ''scale''
- 2007.04.26: Defining the future of Americans for the Arts
- 2007.04.25: Chasing the fountain of youth
- 2007.04.24: Quiet Junior, mommy and daddy are talking
- 2007.04.18: Time to rethink the professional arts conference
- 2007.04.17: Button by button, thread by thread
- 2007.04.16: Same basket, fewer eggs
- 2007.04.13: Same as it ever was
- 2007.04.12: Planning the creative city
- 2007.04.10: What do markets ''feel'' like?
- 2007.04.09: Creativity ain't what it used to be (and never was)
- 2007.03.23: Off for the week (or more)
- 2007.03.21: Measuring leisure time
- 2007.03.20: Portrait of the artist's workspace
- 2007.03.19: Creative, expressive, connected, remembered
- 2007.03.16: Like ''La Boheme,'' but with money
- 2007.03.14: Making the entire planet a toy
- 2007.03.13: One symphony's dance with capital markets
- 2007.03.12: MacDowell Redux: Serving artists DOES serve the public good
- 2007.03.08: Experiments in distributed financing
- 2007.03.06: Your income statement will tell you what you sell
- 2007.03.05: I suppose it's a form of customer service
- 2007.03.01: Artists crossing over (no, not into the afterlife)
- 2007.02.28: Stumbling towards ecstasy
- 2007.02.27: Managing yield, balancing guilt
- 2007.02.21: Staying exempt
- 2007.02.20: Sunday in the Park with Cans
- 2007.02.16: Revisiting a mission shift
- 2007.02.15: Buddhist Economics
- 2007.02.14: Perhaps the Luddites had a point
- 2007.02.13: Enabling your fans, connecting their friends
- 2007.02.12: Building awareness and conversation, one restroom stall at a time
- 2007.02.09: Different players, familiar tune
- 2007.02.08: Buying culture in bulk
- 2007.02.07: To present or to preserve
- 2007.02.05: Seeing the big ideas
- 2007.01.30: Wandering elsewhere
- 2007.01.26: Don't tell the marketing department
- 2007.01.25: None of us is as dumb as all of us
- 2007.01.24: Should PR come in one voice, or a thousand?
- 2007.01.23: Glazed and confused
- 2007.01.22: The smartest nonprofits online
- 2007.01.19: Audio on Arts Presenters
- 2007.01.17: Preserving the ethnosphere
- 2007.01.16: Getting ready for the road
- 2007.01.12: The prognosis on classical music
- 2007.01.11: Sophomore slump
- 2007.01.10: The key to happiness? Low expectations.
- 2007.01.08: Measuring cultural vitality
- 2007.01.05: A shot across the bow
- 2007.01.04: Rethinking a window to the world
- 2007.01.03: Reclaiming 'culture'
- 2007.01.02: The For-Profit Charity
- 2006.12.18: Time for a break...
- 2006.12.13: Creative connections as practical necessity
- 2006.12.12: Fostering the healthy artist
- 2006.12.07: Watching your word-of-mouth
- 2006.12.06: Generation C(ontent), Generation C(ash)
- 2006.12.05: Hercules, Atlas, Sisyphus, Garland, Rooney
- 2006.12.04: When does a work of art begin?
- 2006.11.30: A good prospect for a (virtual) board member, perhaps
- 2006.11.29: The non-representative fundraising photo (that works)
- 2006.11.27: More ways to express your public self
- 2006.11.22: If we want to measure the arts, we'll need new metrics
- 2006.11.21: Does 'smart business' trump good governance?
- 2006.11.17: Separate and connected...like a giant fungus
- 2006.11.16: Haggling vs. higher ground
- 2006.11.14: Architecture of value, part deux
- 2006.11.09: Exploring the architecture of value
- 2006.11.07: Encouraging co-authorship
- 2006.11.06: Encouraging the active audience
- 2006.11.03: I'll be back...
- 2006.10.30: The rise of the active audience
- 2006.10.24: The absentee landlord
- 2006.10.20: Keeping an eye on dashboards
- 2006.10.18: The line-item nonprofit
- 2006.10.16: Extreme commuters
- 2006.10.13: So let's rename ''classical'' as ''authentic retro-ambient''
- 2006.10.11: Copyright in verse
- 2006.10.10: What the heck is 'cultural policy' anyway?
- 2006.10.09: Scatter maps for fun and profit
- 2006.10.05: Is Andrew overbooked?
- 2006.10.03: Dinosaur or phoenix?
- 2006.10.02: Is culture overbuilt?
- 2006.09.29: Transformational, transactional, and tacit
- 2006.09.28: Painting with a broader corporate palette
- 2006.09.27: One more way to map your world
- 2006.09.26: Only half an argument
- 2006.09.20: Wish I were here
- 2006.09.20: Three (short) detours back to public value
- 2006.09.18: A connector's connector
- 2006.09.15: Off to Alaska
- 2006.09.14: Fan Taylor's code of excellence
- 2006.09.12: Live vs. mediated
- 2006.09.11: Witness and Response
- 2006.09.08: Managing the magic list
- 2006.09.07: Anticipation and memory
- 2006.09.05: A weblog-worthy quote
- 2006.09.01: The promise of portable video
- 2006.08.30: Going to scale without falling to pieces
- 2006.08.29: An early holiday gift from the U.S. Census
- 2006.08.28: It turns out EVERYBODY wants to be flexible
- 2006.08.25: Keeping an eye on the kitty
- 2006.08.24: Living a different life
- 2006.08.23: Better learning through comics
- 2006.08.21: Batting 600
- 2006.08.17: Pandora's music box
- 2006.08.16: The path to California's $500 million for arts education
- 2006.08.15: Help wanted
- 2006.08.14: Mission, Models, and Money
- 2006.08.11: Sharing the power
- 2006.08.09: Understanding and fulfilling the presenter's contract
- 2006.08.08: Designed to dissolve
- 2006.08.07: But how do you REALLY feel about ballet?
- 2006.08.04: Of death and dying
- 2006.08.02: Thinning the nonprofit arts herd
- 2006.08.01: What makes a museum?
- 2006.07.31: Act like a business? Why aim so low?
- 2006.07.24: Off again
- 2006.07.19: The longer narrative on the ''long tail''
- 2006.07.17: Escaping Atlanta
- 2006.07.14: The Artful Manager turns three
- 2006.07.13: Striving for clarity, watching for jargon
- 2006.07.12: Content and commerce
- 2006.07.11: The art of data visualization
- 2006.07.10: Jugglers wanted
- 2006.07.07: Lawsuits and Lion King
- 2006.07.06: Growing out of creativity
- 2006.06.26: Off for the week (and then some)
- 2006.06.23: A massive dose of perspective
- 2006.06.20: Two questions worth asking
- 2006.06.19: Defining success
- 2006.06.16: What might nonprofits looks like in 2016?
- 2006.06.14: A bit too ubiquitous
- 2006.06.13: Calling the question
- 2006.06.12: Opera vs. cheese
- 2006.06.09: Of mission and motion
- 2006.06.07: Here comes ''crowdsourcing''
- 2006.06.06: Gift or purchase?
- 2006.06.05: Conversations to come
- 2006.06.02: To be cool, or not to be
- 2006.05.31: Museums and the rights of publicity
- 2006.05.30: Choreographing public space
- 2006.05.26: Americans for the Arts panel
- 2006.05.23: Affective forecasting
- 2006.05.22: Separating 'generic' and 'expected' from 'augmented'
- 2006.05.19: Ping
- 2006.05.16: Two conversations worth a moment
- 2006.05.15: Clarity vs. Chatter
- 2006.05.08: I need a week
- 2006.05.04: The art of letting go
- 2006.05.02: In praise of the walkable city, in memory of Jane Jacobs
- 2006.05.01: Setting literature free
- 2006.04.28: Museums and rain forests and chocolates (oh my)
- 2006.04.27: The math of book profits (or loss)
- 2006.04.26: How can a hamburger have more friends than I do?
- 2006.04.25: Back in business
- 2006.04.21: Seeking clarity
- 2006.04.20: On the road to Toronto
- 2006.04.18: Moving forward in Kansas City
- 2006.04.17: Counting what counts
- 2006.04.13: Copyright and heritage
- 2006.04.11: Who owns culture?
- 2006.04.10: The power of flaws
- 2006.04.06: Prison, purgatory, or playground
- 2006.04.04: Being really, really, really committed to the art
- 2006.04.03: The art of the start
- 2006.03.31: Music and Media
- 2006.03.29: The board-of-directors disconnect
- 2006.03.28: The physics of friendship
- 2006.03.27: Access vs. excellence
- 2006.03.24: Measuring progress in ''smiles per hour''
- 2006.03.22: And you thought you had a youth marketing problem
- 2006.03.21: Feeling the squeeze
- 2006.03.20: Economic impact: strike two
- 2006.03.16: What does a ''great organization'' look like?
- 2006.03.15: The next generation
- 2006.03.13: Knowing your audience, knowing your stuff
- 2006.03.09: Do we ''age into'' arts attendance?
- 2006.03.08: Attracting the 'young and the restless'
- 2006.03.07: To be of use
- 2006.03.06: Martinis and art, shaken and stirred
- 2006.03.02: John Kani and the spirit of UBUNTU
- 2006.03.01: Sandow on classical music...again
- 2006.02.28: Just when you thought you had this web thing down
- 2006.02.27: Rethinking the arts ecology through health care
- 2006.02.23: Programming by the numbers
- 2006.02.22: Mapping 100 years of music as subway stops
- 2006.02.21: The practical approach to board unity
- 2006.02.20: A powerful study on aging and the arts
- 2006.02.16: Inviting the elephant into the room
- 2006.02.15: Beyond Richard Florida
- 2006.02.14: Churn, baby, churn
- 2006.02.13: "Word of mouth" on steroids
- 2006.02.06: I'm off this week
- 2006.02.03: Stuff I wish I'd said
- 2006.02.02: Rethinking the business card
- 2006.01.31: Is an audience a crowd of individuals, or a gathering of groups?
- 2006.01.30: Mergers and inquisitions
- 2006.01.27: Behind the scenes
- 2006.01.26: Interview for Artsline
- 2006.01.26: Curating your own life soundtrack
- 2006.01.25: Ecological mission vs. insular alliance
- 2006.01.24: Critical uncertainties
- 2006.01.19: Face-time in NYC
- 2006.01.18: 500 Posts
- 2006.01.17: Finding new ways to find things
- 2006.01.16: Traveling to NYC
- 2006.01.13: If you build it...well, you know
- 2006.01.12: First cocooning, then hiving, and now 'insperiences'
- 2006.01.11: Instead of asking for money, let's just make our own
- 2006.01.10: Heritage vs. the marketplace (the marketplace wins)
- 2006.01.09: How to post resources to the web
- 2006.01.06: Why you should continue to date me
- 2006.01.05: The potential of sense-making research
- 2006.01.04: Can the same person sit in the same concert hall twice?
- 2006.01.03: Rebelling against the bait and switch
- 2005.12.19: Off until the new year
- 2005.12.15: Aggregating the distributed life
- 2005.12.14: Talk about a radical restructure!
- 2005.12.13: Dancing to another place
- 2005.12.09: Fun with Riders
- 2005.12.08: The private artist and the public good
- 2005.12.07: So you want to accept donations on-line?
- 2005.12.06: Describing the vibrant creative community
- 2005.12.02: It's not your grandfather's media format
- 2005.12.01: Don't go to the zoo, go to the jungle
- 2005.11.30: Perhaps we installed these by accident
- 2005.11.29: Can culture save downtown?
- 2005.11.28: Of characters and authenticity
- 2005.11.23: What about Sim conservatories?
- 2005.11.22: If you don't know your own community, don't blame the government
- 2005.11.21: The thrift belt
- 2005.11.18: Mathematics for Musicians
- 2005.11.17: The on-line communications toolkit
- 2005.11.16: The demise of civil society
- 2005.11.15: Welcome to the future...get used to it
- 2005.11.14: Honoring Peter F. Drucker
- 2005.11.11: Playing a positive role in innovation
- 2005.11.10: Constructing our public self
- 2005.11.09: You be the editor
- 2005.11.08: Measuring the creative community
- 2005.11.05: Greetings from Ottawa!
- 2005.11.05: If Culture Counts, How Do We Count It?
- 2005.11.04: Off to Ottawa
- 2005.11.03: Tell your donors now (if you haven't already)!
- 2005.11.02: What do you really need to know to connect?
- 2005.10.31: Arts on iTunes
- 2005.10.28: Stanford on iTunes
- 2005.10.27: The rankness of rankings
- 2005.10.26: Everything's about a date in Kansas City
- 2005.10.24: Balancing the triangle at Steppenwolf
- 2005.10.21: The art of persuasion
- 2005.10.20: Construct your own marketing metaphor
- 2005.10.19: Drawing collective conclusions
- 2005.10.18: Would you buy your own facility for $1?
- 2005.10.17: The interrupted life
- 2005.10.12: The Hessenius Group
- 2005.10.11: Flat or spiky?...it matters to place-based culture
- 2005.10.10: Filling in what we lack vs. building on what we have
- 2005.10.07: My keynote on measuring value
- 2005.10.07: Measuring Value
- 2005.10.05: Seeing the connections
- 2005.10.04: On the power of design and art
- 2005.10.03: With Broadway in Vegas, the house may win again
- 2005.09.29: A portrait of the visual arts
- 2005.09.28: Damned if you do, damned if you don't
- 2005.09.27: Alternate measures
- 2005.09.23: Remembering how to tell good stories
- 2005.09.22: Exit 9, if you must know
- 2005.09.21: Sneaky, sneaky
- 2005.09.20: Now the entrepreneur comes in ''mini''
- 2005.09.19: Exploring the ''common'' wealth
- 2005.09.16: The problem is postponed, but the debate continues
- 2005.09.15: Policy is NOT abstract...just ask Blockbuster
- 2005.09.14: The Five Modes of Arts Participation
- 2005.09.13: SOMEBODY must be teaching creative thinking
- 2005.09.12: Returning to a classic...Jack Schmidt
- 2005.09.09: Packaging and selling your attention
- 2005.09.07: Big carrot, big stick
- 2005.09.06: Trust, authority, karma, and ''interestingness''
- 2005.09.02: The 'bad-boy' clause
- 2005.09.01: Affluent interconnections
- 2005.08.31: BlogDay 2005
- 2005.08.30: From the ''you're already doomed'' department
- 2005.08.29: Do-it-yourself Beethoven scholarship
- 2005.08.26: Maybe we're trying too hard
- 2005.08.25: How to gross $100 million and still lose money
- 2005.08.24: Defining the artist
- 2005.08.22: The new MBAs are here
- 2005.08.19: Our version of 'nature vs. nurture'
- 2005.08.18: What does it mean to ''stand on your own''?
- 2005.08.16: ANOTHER RERUN: What, exactly, are we sustaining?
- 2005.08.15: The hot potato of public/private partnerships
- 2005.08.12: RERUN WEEK: The problem with purpose
- 2005.08.11: RERUN WEEK: Reintegrating our organizations and ourselves
- 2005.08.09: RERUN WEEK: The Box
- 2005.08.08: RERUN WEEK: Comfortable being out of balance
- 2005.08.05: More on the professional-grade amateur
- 2005.08.04: Art as the 'last cartel'
- 2005.08.02: Do movies matter beyond the gossip they fuel?
- 2005.08.01: Understanding teens on-line
- 2005.07.28: The laser-like focus of research
- 2005.07.27: 160 acres and a mule...or an arts district
- 2005.07.26: On the fungibility of experience
- 2005.07.25: Trust and Consumer Generated Media
- 2005.07.22: Connection as competition
- 2005.07.21: Alanis Morissette on cultural nonprofit finance structure
- 2005.07.20: The rebirth of amateur culture
- 2005.07.19: A fresh look for arts research
- 2005.07.18: So where's distributed ticketing?
- 2005.07.15: Writing a collective story of place
- 2005.07.14: Happy anniversary
- 2005.07.13: Selling the schools
- 2005.07.12: Old growth vs. new sprouts in South Florida
- 2005.07.11: Trends that shape(d) 2005
- 2005.07.05: Off for the week
- 2005.06.30: Is ''audience'' an antiquated word?
- 2005.06.29: A crushing debt
- 2005.06.28: Of science and art (again)
- 2005.06.27: Fun with Sarbanes-Oxley
- 2005.06.24: Unnecessarily separate
- 2005.06.23: Relearning conversation skills
- 2005.06.22: Espoused mission vs. mission-in-use
- 2005.06.20: The stuff you SAY you like vs. the stuff you DO like
- 2005.06.17: Rethinking the production/delivery process
- 2005.06.16: We won't say we told you so
- 2005.06.15: Howdy neighbor
- 2005.06.14: Podcasting: Why you should care
- 2005.06.13: Who gets to decide what 'performance' means?
- 2005.06.10: The crazy frog prince
- 2005.06.09: The downside of the ''mushroom method''
- 2005.06.08: Ample parking, but no atmosphere...literally
- 2005.06.07: Rockonomics 101
- 2005.06.03: Do you REALLY want to talk?
- 2005.06.02: Just a short link...
- 2005.06.01: For honor or cash...or something in between
- 2005.05.31: When good donors go bad
- 2005.05.26: What gets made, what gets seen
- 2005.05.24: The Footprints, the Giant, and the Rotarians
- 2005.05.23: The Footprints and the Giant
- 2005.05.23: Sheboygan bound
- 2005.05.19: On better decision-making
- 2005.05.18: Now THERE'S a business model
- 2005.05.17: Life in bizarro business land
- 2005.05.16: Trouble at the Milwaukee Public Museum
- 2005.05.13: Fun with keywords and data mining
- 2005.05.12: Finding capacity in the cracks
- 2005.05.11: My kayak salesman gets it
- 2005.05.10: coders + data + curiosity = cool
- 2005.05.09: Knowledge vs. magic
- 2005.05.06: The statistically improbable phrase
- 2005.05.05: Well, there goes THAT argument
- 2005.05.04: The essentials of science distilled
- 2005.05.03: Deconstructing the symphony (at least a fake one)
- 2005.05.03: Radical Restructure at the Fictitious Symphony
- 2005.05.02: Take a friend to orchestra month
- 2005.04.29: The dance of donors, cities, and arts projects
- 2005.04.28: Facing submersion, ship captain decides to take on more water
- 2005.04.27: How many users does it take to become odd?
- 2005.04.26: The essential unnecessaries
- 2005.04.25: The wonderful world of budget games
- 2005.04.22: If you ran the government
- 2005.04.21: The power of 'slacktivism'
- 2005.04.20: Building stale metaphors in stone
- 2005.04.18: Seems like only a decade ago
- 2005.04.15: The big cultural nonprofit as nation state
- 2005.04.14: When you say it with money, you mean it
- 2005.04.13: Reconnecting science and art
- 2005.04.12: A hammer or a sponge
- 2005.04.08: The Simpsons spoof cultural facilities
- 2005.04.07: Teaching the unknowable
- 2005.04.06: Do what we say, not what we do
- 2005.04.05: Stocks, flows, and connectors...oh my
- 2005.04.04: The answer, in a word, is 'no'
- 2005.04.01: We are not alone
- 2005.03.31: If you build it...you'll be sorry
- 2005.03.30: The migration of the young professional
- 2005.03.29: Charity identity theft
- 2005.03.28: It now takes a village to edit a book
- 2005.03.25: The stories behind the stubs
- 2005.03.24: Universities as urban planners and arts patrons
- 2005.03.23: The instant 'season sampler'
- 2005.03.22: A new content engine
- 2005.03.21: Mergers and inquisitions
- 2005.03.16: The higher math of government arts funding
- 2005.03.15: The future of independent media
- 2005.03.14: The education reflex
- 2005.03.07: The blog next door
- 2005.03.04: That's how much we want the money
- 2005.03.03: The new price of symphony in St. Paul
- 2005.03.02: Pricing a la Wal-Mart
- 2005.03.01: Yet another hyphenated competitor
- 2005.02.28: How much do you want the money?
- 2005.02.25: God saves the queen, but HSE saves everyone else
- 2005.02.23: The future of philanthropy
- 2005.02.22: The no-overhead organization
- 2005.02.21: The imported local symphony
- 2005.02.18: Midway between cool and creepy
- 2005.02.17: Gifts of the Muse
- 2005.02.16: Public Art and 'Piles of Sheet'
- 2005.02.15: Searching, searching, ever searching
- 2005.02.11: Get them young-ens' acculturated
- 2005.02.10: Giving circles and community banks
- 2005.02.09: What do we buy when we buy music?
- 2005.02.08: Toronto Keynote: Managing Metaphors
- 2005.02.08: Talking in Toronto
- 2005.02.04: The healthy arts leader
- 2005.02.03: The end-to-end experience
- 2005.02.02: Warehouses and retail
- 2005.02.01: Reap what ye sow
- 2005.01.31: The rise of the right brain
- 2005.01.27: More brain-blinders to watch for
- 2005.01.26: Krens and the great rich whale
- 2005.01.25: It's all about the peak and the ending
- 2005.01.24: Cultural sprawl
- 2005.01.21: Feedback on conference panels
- 2005.01.20: Dark matter
- 2005.01.19: Peanuts, pretzels, art, candy bars, cigarettes
- 2005.01.18: Patterns of compensation
- 2005.01.13: Hurray for our team
- 2005.01.12: Taking brand placement to a whole new place
- 2005.01.11: A new approach to conference panels
- 2005.01.10: Let's take a break from the word 'change'
- 2005.01.07: Exploring common ground in the performing arts
- 2005.01.06: Rockettes aftermath
- 2005.01.05: More carrots and sticks
- 2005.01.04: Carrots and sticks
- 2005.01.03: Less of a lecture, more of a conversation
- 2004.12.23: Home for the holidays
- 2004.12.22: Talk about an enthusiastic audience
- 2004.12.21: A major league question
- 2004.12.20: Selling what you can't change
- 2004.12.16: Convenience at a cost
- 2004.12.14: The ol' revenue shuffle
- 2004.12.13: Monday brain-bender
- 2004.12.10: Myths of the creative workforce
- 2004.12.09: A bake sale on steroids
- 2004.12.08: Another iPod-inspired techno-trend
- 2004.12.06: Uncluttered, unmuddled, unearthed
- 2004.12.03: Shrinking media and lagging coverage
- 2004.12.01: The Ten Commandments of Arts Advocacy
- 2004.11.30: Boxing culture
- 2004.11.29: Problems at the PACs
- 2004.11.22: Thanksgiving break...go eat something
- 2004.11.19: The forest and the trees
- 2004.11.18: Evidence of insanity
- 2004.11.17: They're busy, but happy about it
- 2004.11.16: Continuing sagas from Boston
- 2004.11.15: Outreach Midori-style
- 2004.11.11: Government and funding and museums...oh my
- 2004.11.10: Okay, pretend we didn't ask
- 2004.11.09: The stage we can't ignore
- 2004.11.08: Blogging your brains out
- 2004.11.05: The changing role of producers
- 2004.11.04: Social Networking Software
- 2004.11.02: Arts partnerships and the public schools
- 2004.11.01: Telling compelling stories
- 2004.10.28: One sign of a maturing technology
- 2004.10.27: Oozing back up
- 2004.10.26: On-line goodies
- 2004.10.25: Overbuilt: The Sequel
- 2004.10.22: Catching a clue from The Cluetrain Manifesto
- 2004.10.21: Learning about art and audience from designers
- 2004.10.19: Returns on investment
- 2004.10.18: Corporate myopia
- 2004.10.15: Some Friday diversions and fluff
- 2004.10.14: Overbuilt?
- 2004.10.13: Value and the arts
- 2004.10.12: Process over product
- 2004.10.08: What's it worth?
- 2004.10.07: Gaining ground by giving it away
- 2004.10.06: Exploring the long tail
- 2004.10.04: Another false chasm?
- 2004.10.01: To serve you better
- 2004.09.30: Act big or think small?
- 2004.09.29: See what's inside the latest technology
- 2004.09.28: When debt is your greatest asset
- 2004.09.27: What's in a price tag?
- 2004.09.24: Getty Roundtable Weblogs
- 2004.09.24: Some games to prove my point (and scare you)
- 2004.09.23: GETTY: The perils of partnership
- 2004.09.21: Holding open the experience yet to come
- 2004.09.20: What's in a web site?
- 2004.09.17: The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
- 2004.09.17: Let the galas begin
- 2004.09.16: For the wanna-be cultural literate
- 2004.09.15: The IRS and executive compensation
- 2004.09.14: Fill out this survey, or I'll probe your brain
- 2004.09.13: The joys of statistics
- 2004.09.10: Teaching old books a new trick
- 2004.09.09: The silent (audience) killer
- 2004.09.08: GETTY: Crafting the audience
- 2004.09.03: More on the value of art
- 2004.09.02: Roller Coaster Tycoon
- 2004.09.02: The next best thing to an arts org. simulator
- 2004.08.31: GETTY: More capital ideas
- 2004.08.30: New museum model or Trojan horse?
- 2004.08.25: GETTY: Some capital ideas
- 2004.08.24: Orientation and orienteering
- 2004.08.23: The art of the everyday
- 2004.08.19: Value solved: This weblog is worth $4,992.64
- 2004.08.18: Finding Forrester
- 2004.08.17: GETTY: In search of elbow room
- 2004.08.16: Will dance for cash
- 2004.08.13: GETTY: Fun with Fungibility
- 2004.08.11: GETTY: Nonprofit and for-profit
- 2004.08.09: GETTY: Extending a conversation
- 2004.08.05: More than half the pie
- 2004.08.03: Another take on the org. chart
- 2004.08.02: Of costs and control
- 2004.07.29: Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
- 2004.07.29: Value revisited
- 2004.07.28: Go somewhere else
- 2004.07.27: Regretting the Walkman
- 2004.07.26: Strategic calisthenics
- 2004.07.21: Selling out or sifting through?
- 2004.07.20: And stop displaying such old stuff
- 2004.07.19: The gift that keeps on taking
- 2004.07.16: Mike Wallace of the weblog world
- 2004.07.15: The value of creative production
- 2004.07.14: A year ago today
- 2004.07.12: An engine shifting gears
- 2004.07.11: Big Night
- 2004.07.09: A few odds and ends
- 2004.07.08: Cause or effect?
- 2004.07.06: Missing the larger point
- 2004.06.30: Numbers and rankings and lists
- 2004.06.29: The difference that makes a difference
- 2004.06.28: Flop or success? Ask the accountant
- 2004.06.25: More from Miami's PAC
- 2004.06.24: Selling Strads in bulk
- 2004.06.23: Come on, get happy
- 2004.06.22: Tax reform poster children
- 2004.06.21: When in doubt, look to the frogs
- 2004.06.15: Some tidbits while my brain cools
- 2004.06.04: Off to Pittsburgh
- 2004.06.03: Here's a useful thought
- 2004.06.02: Just don't start playing solitaire
- 2004.06.01: The tyranny of templates
- 2004.05.26: Exploding myths
- 2004.05.25: The arts uncubator
- 2004.05.24: Simple Truth Number Two
- 2004.05.21: If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em
- 2004.05.20: Thanks for making my point
- 2004.05.18: Simple Truth Number One (of more to come)
- 2004.05.17: Valuing the arts in Silicon Valley
- 2004.05.14: Weblogs extended
- 2004.05.13: On collaborative marketing
- 2004.05.12: Innovation in a box
- 2004.05.11: Invention, innovation, and the arts
- 2004.05.07: Back from the brink
- 2004.05.04: The high cost of being 'free'
- 2004.05.04: Policy
- 2004.05.03: Performing arts and higher education
- 2004.04.30: A virtual version of 'word of mouth'
- 2004.04.28: Debt, spin, and intrigue in Milwaukee
- 2004.04.27: Knee deep in the hoopla
- 2004.04.23: The hot topic that leaves us cold
- 2004.04.22: Conferences, conferences, ever more conferences
- 2004.04.21: More on the Neglected Audience
- 2004.04.19: Those pesky indirect costs
- 2004.04.15: The neglected audience
- 2004.04.14: Metaphor marketing and the arts
- 2004.04.13: Of unions and antitrust
- 2004.04.12: Theater's version of risk management
- 2004.04.02: I'm off until April 12
- 2004.04.01: Blending the vacuous and the sublime
- 2004.03.31: For fans of the random factoid
- 2004.03.30: A more balanced view of de-accessioning
- 2004.03.29: The problem with purpose
- 2004.03.26: More on value...but now it's just silly
- 2004.03.25: How to kill classical music...a pointer
- 2004.03.24: Shopping mall responses
- 2004.03.23: Get thee to the Getty
- 2004.03.22: The performing arts center and the mall
- 2004.03.19: Don't change the players, change the game
- 2004.03.17: Here come the theaters
- 2004.03.16: Stuck in traffic of our own design
- 2004.03.15: Three questions worth asking
- 2004.03.12: On the road again..again...
- 2004.03.11: More on pricing and public relations
- 2004.03.10: A changing relationship with music
- 2004.03.09: On growth and death
- 2004.03.08: A spectrum of response to ticket price increases
- 2004.03.04: When cultural experiences fall a bit short
- 2004.03.03: Fun with Latin, Best Practices, and New Zealanders
- 2004.03.02: Build your own weblog entry (assembly required)
- 2004.02.26: Leaving on a jet plane
- 2004.02.25: The fight over rent (not the musical)
- 2004.02.24: Evangelism responses
- 2004.02.23: We can't see where we don't look
- 2004.02.20: Do we sell the bottle, or the wine?
- 2004.02.19: Open source, not just for hackers anymore
- 2004.02.18: Evangelists as arts managers
- 2004.02.17: Museums and the perils of success
- 2004.02.16: But will the 'living machines' buy opera tickets
- 2004.02.14: Action Speaks Louder than Studies
- 2004.02.13: The 100th Post
- 2004.02.12: Another place that classical music doesn't fit
- 2004.02.11: Persistence of vision
- 2004.02.10: Arts manager as evangelist
- 2004.02.09: Let's just call it negative growth
- 2004.02.06: The old (sacred) bait and switch
- 2004.02.05: Cash flow (or lack thereof)
- 2004.02.04: Only $6 per month for entertainment nirvana
- 2004.02.03: The co-construction of the arts experience
- 2004.02.02: How people think vs. how we want them to
- 2004.01.29: Of local arts, casinos, and economic impact
- 2004.01.28: Enabling or unraveling 'the big sort'
- 2004.01.26: If they were only smarter, they'd LOVE us
- 2004.01.22: Some pointers to keep you busy...
- 2004.01.20: The Elusive Goal: a self sustaining, non-profit
- 2004.01.19: Storytelling for Arts Administrators
- 2004.01.16: Really, really, really knowing your audience
- 2004.01.15: Back to the amateurs
- 2004.01.13: What's in a name? Lots of problems, that's what
- 2004.01.12: A refreshing dose of reality
- 2004.01.09: On the road again...
- 2004.01.08: A cash-laden update to the Nutcracker story
- 2004.01.07: Apple Computer enables a new generation of amateur
- 2004.01.06: Do what you say, say what you mean
- 2004.01.05: Self-delusion through surveys
- 2004.01.04: Sunday in the Park with George
- 2003.12.23: Time for a holiday break...
- 2003.12.19: Going mobile...the Artful Manager on the road
- 2003.12.18: Calm down, keep it simple
- 2003.12.16: Mapping the social elite...
- 2003.12.15: In search of the REAL organizational chart
- 2003.12.12: Art as Experience
- 2003.12.11: Peter Drucker makes my point better than I do
- 2003.12.10: Word of the Day: Invidious
- 2003.12.09: If you only have a hammer.
- 2003.12.08: Owning Culture
- 2003.12.05: The Anti-Annual Report
- 2003.12.04: What about discussing 'worst practices'?
- 2003.12.02: Where it rains, it pays
- 2003.12.01: What, exactly, are we sustaining?
- 2003.11.25: Happy Thanksgiving
- 2003.11.24: Selling the Grim
- 2003.11.21: Fun with mission statements
- 2003.11.20: Arts Administration Training: A rebuttal
- 2003.11.17: A little whimsy goes a long way
- 2003.11.13: Says you...
- 2003.11.10: Oh yeah, this is supposed to be fun
- 2003.11.07: Attack of the Rockettes
- 2003.11.06: Ousting the Nutcracker
- 2003.11.05: Zooming in on economic impact
- 2003.11.04: PAC: Miami
- 2003.11.03: A new blogger joins the fray
- 2003.10.30: Facility Feedback
- 2003.10.28: The Edifice Complex
- 2003.10.27: Flocking funders
- 2003.10.20: Conferencepalooza
- 2003.10.17: Positive spin
- 2003.10.16: At least we're all going down together
- 2003.10.15: Long live the Executive Director (we hope)
- 2003.10.14: You are here...
- 2003.10.13: What price music?
- 2003.10.13: State of the Art
- 2003.10.07: My head hurts
- 2003.10.03: Rethinking how we think
- 2003.10.01: You are what you measure
- 2003.09.30: The Creative Commons
- 2003.09.29: Brains from a Different Time
- 2003.09.25: From the Mouths of Mayors
- 2003.09.23: Creative Cities
- 2003.09.22: It's all 'Times Roman' to me
- 2003.09.18: The lean get leaner...
- 2003.09.16: Dancing with Systems
- 2003.09.13: Partnership
- 2003.09.12: Too many cooks?
- 2003.09.11: Free a Book Today
- 2003.09.09: Comfortable Being Out of Balance
- 2003.09.08: Google's Birthday
- 2003.09.04: Canadian Orchestras Unite
- 2003.09.02: Is Art Good for Us?
- 2003.09.02: Juxtaposition
- 2003.08.26: Quotes to Live by
- 2003.08.25: The Footprint or the Giant
- 2003.08.20: Okay, a Quick Entry and Then a Pause...
- 2003.08.19: A Brief Pause
- 2003.08.18: Bridging the Gap
- 2003.08.15: Cascade Failure
- 2003.08.14: How Many Seats Make a Difference?
- 2003.08.13: The Domineering Donor
- 2003.08.12: That Darn Technology
- 2003.08.11: The Box
- 2003.08.09: On Being Nonprofit
- 2003.08.08: The Lure of Something New...
- 2003.08.06: Gone fishing...
- 2003.08.05: The Arts Dividend
- 2003.08.04: Feedback
- 2003.07.31: The Art of Gobbledegook
- 2003.07.30: How I Made $14.18
- 2003.07.28: Depends on what your definition of 'is' is...
- 2003.07.25: Partner in Crime
- 2003.07.24: Mission or Means
- 2003.07.22: Reintegrating our organizations and ourselves
- 2003.07.21: What does it cost?...What have you got?
- 2003.07.18: Imagine there's no money, it's easy if you try.
- 2003.07.17: Attend the Arts...or Die...
- 2003.07.16: The Clap Trap
- 2003.07.15: That's One Big Canary!
- 2003.07.14: What's It All About?
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About Last Night
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
Artful Manager
Andrew Taylor on the business of arts & culture
Andrew Taylor on the business of arts & culture
blog riley
rock culture approximately
rock culture approximately
critical difference
Laura Collins-Hughes on arts, culture and coverage
Laura Collins-Hughes on arts, culture and coverage
Dewey21C
Richard Kessler on arts education
Richard Kessler on arts education
diacritical
Douglas McLennan's blog
Douglas McLennan's blog
Dog Days
Dalouge Smith advocates for the Arts
Dalouge Smith advocates for the Arts
Flyover
Art from the American Outback
Art from the American Outback
Life's a Pitch
For immediate release: the arts are marketable
For immediate release: the arts are marketable
Mind the Gap
No genre is the new genre
No genre is the new genre
Performance Monkey
David Jays on theatre and dance
David Jays on theatre and dance
Plain English
Paul Levy measures the Angles
Paul Levy measures the Angles
Real Clear Arts
Judith H. Dobrzynski on Culture
Judith H. Dobrzynski on Culture
Rockwell Matters
John Rockwell on the arts
John Rockwell on the arts
Straight Up |
Jan Herman - arts, media & culture with 'tude
Jan Herman - arts, media & culture with 'tude
dance
Foot in Mouth
Apollinaire Scherr talks about dance
Apollinaire Scherr talks about dance
Seeing Things
Tobi Tobias on dance et al...
Tobi Tobias on dance et al...
jazz
Jazz Beyond Jazz
Howard Mandel's freelance Urban Improvisation
Howard Mandel's freelance Urban Improvisation
ListenGood
Focus on New Orleans. Jazz and Other Sounds
Focus on New Orleans. Jazz and Other Sounds
Rifftides
Doug Ramsey on Jazz and other matters...
Doug Ramsey on Jazz and other matters...
media
Out There
Jeff Weinstein's Cultural Mixology
Jeff Weinstein's Cultural Mixology
Serious Popcorn
Martha Bayles on Film...
Martha Bayles on Film...
classical music
Creative Destruction
Fresh ideas on building arts communities
Fresh ideas on building arts communities
The Future of Classical Music?
Greg Sandow performs a book-in-progress
Greg Sandow performs a book-in-progress
On the Record
Exploring Orchestras w/ Henry Fogel
Exploring Orchestras w/ Henry Fogel
Overflow
Harvey Sachs on music, and various digressions
Harvey Sachs on music, and various digressions
PianoMorphosis
Bruce Brubaker on all things Piano
Bruce Brubaker on all things Piano
PostClassic
Kyle Gann on music after the fact
Kyle Gann on music after the fact
Sandow
Greg Sandow on the future of Classical Music
Greg Sandow on the future of Classical Music
Slipped Disc
Norman Lebrecht on Shifting Sound Worlds
Norman Lebrecht on Shifting Sound Worlds
publishing
book/daddy
Jerome Weeks on Books
Jerome Weeks on Books
Quick Study
Scott McLemee on books, ideas & trash-culture ephemera
Scott McLemee on books, ideas & trash-culture ephemera
theatre
Drama Queen
Wendy Rosenfield: covering drama, onstage and off
Wendy Rosenfield: covering drama, onstage and off
lies like truth
Chloe Veltman on how culture will save the world
Chloe Veltman on how culture will save the world
visual
Aesthetic Grounds
Public Art, Public Space
Public Art, Public Space
Another Bouncing Ball
Regina Hackett takes her Art To Go
Regina Hackett takes her Art To Go
Artopia
John Perreault's art diary
John Perreault's art diary
CultureGrrl
Lee Rosenbaum's Cultural Commentary
Lee Rosenbaum's Cultural Commentary
Modern Art Notes
Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog