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Hillary Clinton Supports Arts Education at NH Town Hall

Hillary Clinton Supports Arts Education at NH Town Hall

On July 28th, Hillary Clinton expressed her support for arts education at a town hall meeting in Nashua, New Hampshire. The presidential candidate responded to a question about education with an answer that featured great enthusiasm for the arts. She remarked how valuable it was that she had an opportunity to sing in a chorus and participate in drama and visual arts classes in school. “But the point is when you remove the arts you really hurt kids who learn that way!”

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Top Contenders (Pretenders?) to be the Next Facebook

CNN’s What’s Next blog recently published a list of current social media outlets/apps that could take over as the “next Facebook” if everything falls into place. While there has been wild speculation in the past that other products would have replaced the big blue “F” by now, it hasn’t happened; however, I’m pretty sure that […]

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Social Media Demographics: Using the Right Tools to Reach Your Audience

Have you ever wondered if it’s worth your time to start that Pinterest page for your organization or business? Is it important that you know what Digg is? Thankfully, OnlineMBA.com has pulled together a fantastic infographic that will help you determine if Facebook is better for your message or if you should hurry up and […]

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Social Media Trends for 2012

David Armano of the Harvard Business Review recently published six 2012 predictions for social media. Although he made some inaccurate predictions about 2011, here is what he is suggesting for 2012 (with links added by me): “Convergence Emergence. For a glimpse into how social will further integrate with “real life,” we can look at what […]

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The Top-50 Tweets from #AFTA11: Part Two

So, I’ve gone through the entire stream of tweets using the hashtag #AFTA11 (all 2389 of them!) cut out all fat, and filtered them down to my picks for the top 50 most-useful tweets to me from this year’s Americans for the Arts Annual Convention. I say most useful because I wanted to separate out […]

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A Pop Conversation

In the height of the 2007 football season, shortly after the Audience Experience Initiative project began talking about a new vision for audience engagement, I found myself on my Monday bus commute after a Steelers defeat. “What if these people felt as opinionated about what happened at the ballet this weekend as they do about […]

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A Pop Conversation

In the height of the 2007 football season, shortly after the Audience Experience Initiative project began talking about a new vision for audience engagement, I found myself on my Monday bus commute after a Steelers defeat. “What if these people felt as opinionated about what happened at the ballet this weekend as they do about […]

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Not Just Butts in Seats…Eyeballs on Screens

I have now successfully attended four Americans for the Arts Annual Conventions (Philadelphia, Seattle, Baltimore, and San Diego) as a member of the staff. In my previous two roles, I worked with the dedicated members of the State Arts Action Network while in the Government and Public Affairs Department and I managed the Arts Education […]

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Social Media & Cause Marketing Broaden Appeal, Reach of Philanthropists (from Arts Watch)

Social Media. We know we need it. But are we really getting the most out of our Facebook accounts and Twitter feeds? Corporations across the country are paying close attention to the online craze and have discovered that using social media to partner with nonprofits allows them to reach the broadest possible audience in a […]

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