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charity
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arts service organizations, audiences, charity, community, Uncategorized
The Conversation After The Show
01.25.12 | Permalink | 4 CommentsWhen a theater is only open to the public for 15 minutes before and after a performance—and is otherwise closed and locked, with the public let in and, if necessary, kicked out—the question arises of how to make the performing arts a conversation, a participatory activity more articulated than active listening. Here’s a simple story of [...]
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advocacy, charity, collaboration, community, conversation starter, funding and support, international, partnerships, social profit, theatrical ecosystem
Belarus Free Theatre: NOW
Early in 2011 the national and international theatrical community rallied together behind the Belarus Free Theatre as they struggled to find a way to not only continue their powerful work in the theatre, but bring awareness to the truth of the situation in their country of Belarus. Human rights infringements, horrors of torture, disappearances, and [...]
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advocacy, arts service organizations, charity, collaboration, community, funding and support, partnerships, spotlight, talk about what's good, the future
A Little Conspiracy
The theatre niche of the social media stream operates much like any other Animal Farm and in this particular backwater Animal Farm I am a donkey who has lived a long time. Hang around long enough and one sees the patterns of people entering and leaving or the ebbs and flows of the heat of the conversation. One [...]
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charity, crowdsourcing, funding and support, ideas, kickstarter, music
Kick It
07.19.11 | Permalink | 6 CommentsI get a lot of questions about Kickstarter and funding commissions through this tool, and have chimed in on a number of Twitter conversations about its effectiveness. Kickstarter is a threshold giving system: for those unfamiliar with it, an artist or small organization can set up a fundraising campaign through the tool. Kickstarter provides a [...]
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charity, conversation starter, corporate sponsors, development, facts + figures, funding and support, ideas, marketing, meetup, sponsorship, theatrical ecosystem
Event Horizons
At the recent Chicago Theater (anti-)Conference hosted by Theater Wit, I received a lot of questions about events. I’ve got some pretty strong feelings about them. I’ve planned about a zillion and I gotta say, I rarely love the process. But, I like going to events. I enjoy knocking back my free glasses of wine, [...]
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charity, development, funding and support, ideas, marketing, theatrical ecosystem
Chase Community Giving… what if you win?
UPDATE on endowment possibilities at the end… I may be late to the party on this discussion; many 2amt commentators were featured in today’s You’ve Cott Mail dispatch. But one risk of Chase Community Giving has gone largely unexplored: what effects would a huge financial windfall have on a small charity’s decision-making? Everybody obediently chasing [...]
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audiences, charity, conversation starter, corporate sponsors, designers, development, directors, funding and support, ideas, non-profit theatre, presenting, producers, rabble rousing, sponsorship, storefront theatre, technical work, the process, theatrical ecosystem
Dream a dream
06.24.10 | Permalink | 9 CommentsAfter the first sustained pause in the conversation between (sober) theatremakers the party question of choice is “what is your dream project?” It’s a fun topic and generally it means you don’t have to talk for a minute which limits your probability of saying something stupid. It works best for actors and directors and pretty [...]
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charity, conversation starter, corporate sponsors, funding and support, ideas, non-profit theatre, rabble rousing, sponsorship, theatrical ecosystem
Where your mouth is.
06.22.10 | Permalink | 4 CommentsYou can vote for my theatre company if you want to, I won’t stop you. And I do appreciate the gesture. Note, I’m not saying what the vote is for, or who will benefit from it. Because in the end, it won’t be my theatre company, will it? Chase, Pepsi and American Express are all [...]
