If you’ve wondered about the best day of the week for sending out mass e-mails to your patrons, eROI has done extensive tracking and research to find the answer: it’s hard to say. That’s the gist of their most recent analysis of e-mail sending, reading, and clicking. Among their conclusions: Fatigue sets in as the […]
Archives for July 2005
160 acres and a mule…or an arts district
Arts organizations and arts developments are often part of a community’s effort to revitalize or re-animate areas of downtown that have stumbled into stasis. In fact, urban revitalization is often a key talking point in proposals to construct or refurbish cultural facilities (”If we build it…blah blah blah”). All of us know, however, that a […]
On the fungibility of experience
I’ve had some interesting comments and e-mail feedback on my rant about distributed ticketing. Some had attempted some version of the idea before, but had been flummoxed by distrust or neglect by the community’s arts organizations, or inelegance of the technology available. I continue to think there’s a way to hack the system to make […]
Trust and Consumer Generated Media
”Consumer Generated Media” (or CGM) is the buzzword these days for companies seeking trust, attention, and repeat sales, especially through the Internet. Intelliseek, one service company that’s mining the trend, defines it this way: ”Consumer-Generated Media” (CGM) encompasses the millions of consumer-generated comments, opinions and personal experiences posted in publicly available online sources on a […]
Connection as competition
An associate forwarded a link to this AOL feature that lets you measure your social network against anyone else on the system…and determine the ”winner.” Says the FAQ: Using a complicated algorithm, AIM Fight crawls through the depths of the Internet to answer the all-important question that plagues us all: How popular am I right […]
Alanis Morissette on cultural nonprofit finance structure
There’s too much fun to be had with the Alanis Morissette Lyric Generator, a virtual ‘Mad Libs’ for the adult-contemporary crowd. Here’s just one generated lyric from my suggested nouns and names: “Will to Live” I feel miserable STRUCTURAL DEFICITS make me ill I feel miserable GRANT GUIDELINES tear at my foundations I feel miserable […]
The rebirth of amateur culture
An interesting BBC News interview/overview with copyright activitist Larry Lessig suggests that the 21st century is bringing a burst of amateur culture and creativity. Says Lessig: ”Digital tools are inspiring creativity in a way that I do not think we have seen in a very long time….If you think of the 20th Century as this […]
A fresh look for arts research
The folks over at CPANDA (Cultural Policy & the Arts National Data Archive…when you discuss it at cocktail parties, the acronym is pronounced ‘see’-‘panda’) have redesigned their web site in an effort to make arts and cultural research more engaging for a wider world. The site still primarily serves as a warehouse for research datasets […]
So where’s distributed ticketing?
When I need to take an airline flight, or even resolve an issue with an airline ticket I already bought, there are any number of organizations or individuals I can contact for help. I can call the airline, of course, but I can also browse available fares on the web, I can call a travel […]
Writing a collective story of place
There’s a delicate tension in most creative work, between the personal and the universal. An author or artist or performer can explore the most personal of their perspectives, and the result resonates because it speaks for many. In the traditional arts, the audience is often witness to the personal expression…sitting in the dark and watching […]