I finally got around to reconstructing my speech to the New Jersey Theatre Alliance conference on September 23. It’s available in web and PDF format in the Thoughtbucket section of this weblog. Comments, criticisms, and large wads of unmarked cash are welcome. If you’re an impatient sort, here’s the gist of it: ….such is the […]
Measuring Value
A keynote speech to the New Jersey Theatre Alliance ”Arts Alive” conference. September 23, 2005.
Seeing the connections
A fascinating project from graduate students at Stanford, MIT, and CalTech, and a senior research scientist at Yahoo! (described here and available in greater detail here) seeks to make visual the interconnections of 10,000 music artists as perceived by their audience. Based on user ratings and preferences from 150,000 Yahoo! Music LAUNCHcast members, the project […]
On the power of design and art
Great thoughts and comments in Carol Coletta’s ”Smart City” radio program, as she interviews Jennie Winhall of the UK’s Design Council and Williams College economist Stephen Sheppard (you can hear the program here). Winhall works for a special division of the Design Council called RED, which strives to apply design and process analysis to complex […]
With Broadway in Vegas, the house may win again
Regional and metropolitan performing arts centers and touring houses may have yet one more thing to worry about in their eroding business models — the aggressive entry of Las Vegas into their world. The New York Times covered the trend yesterday (login required, try BugMeNot if you don’t have an Times account). But the issue […]
A portrait of the visual arts
RAND has a new report out on the structure and dynamics of the visual arts — a sister work to their 2001 exploration of the performing arts and their 2002 treatise on the media arts. All three are available for purchase or free download from the RAND web site. Like the previous works, A Portrait […]
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
The issue of ticket pricing is never far from the surface when we talk of the plight of professional nonprofit culture. One camp claims that prices are too high (also see Drew McManus’ discussion here)…driving away all but the most committed attendees. Another camp claims that prices are too low (an old article, I know), […]
Alternate measures
I’m still reconstructing my keynote from the Arts Alive conference in New Jersey. I was inspired to rewrite the whole darn thing just hours before, so I have to rework my original draft. My thanks to the organizers for inviting me. And stay tuned for a posted version of my comments. In the meanwhile, I […]
Remembering how to tell good stories
The opening keynote of the New Jersey conference I’m attending was Andy Goodman, a communications consultant to nonprofit organizations with a previous life as a television scriptwriter and radio syndicator. Goodman reminded us of the power and humanity of storytelling when communicating a nonprofit’s message, and he showed painfully familiar examples of how far many […]
Exit 9, if you must know
I’m in New Brunswick, New Jersey, today and tomorrow for the New Jersey Theatre Alliance conference: Arts Alive! Staying ahead of the curve. I speak at the end of the event tomorrow afternoon, so today I’ll just be lurking and listening. In fact, I’m off to do so right now. More details tomorrow.
