Archive for November, 2010
It’s Not Too Late to Join the Census / Community Database!
Posted by: | CommentsTomorrow (December 1) is the DEADLINE for organizations to sign the Participation Agreement for the Arizona Arts & Cultural Census/Community Database Project.
As of 2:30 pm today, here is who has committed to participate. (If your organization is NOT on this list, then we haven’t officially heard from you!)
- A Ludwig Dance Company
- Actors Theatre
- Arizona Broadway Theatre
- Arizona Curriculum Theater
- Arizona Museum of Natural History
- ASU Gammage
- Broadway in Tucson
- Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
- Carnival of Illusion
- Children’s Museum of Phoenix
- Childsplay
- Conder Dance
- Desert Botanical Garden
- Herberger Theater Center
- Hozhoni Foundation
- KAET / Arizona PBS
- KJZZ & KBAQ / Friends of Public Radio
- Mesa Arts Center
- Musical Theatre of Anthem
- Paradise Valley Community College
- Phoenix Conservatory of Music
- Phoenix Theatre
- Red Rocks Music Festival
- Scorpius Dance Theatre
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
- Sharlott Hall
- Smoki Museum
- Southwest Shakespeare Company
- Theatre Artists Studio
- West Valley Arts Council
- West Valley Symphony
To download a Participation Agreement and/or for additional information, visit: http://www.allianceforaudience.org/Pages/arts&culturecensus.html
This Wednesday (12/1) is the Deadline to Join the Community Database
Posted by: | CommentsThe following organizations have already returned their Participation Agreements to participate in the Arts & Cultural Census/Community Database… (If you’re not on this list, we haven’t officially heard from you!)
- A Ludwig Dance Company
- Actors Theatre
- Arizona Broadway Theatre
- ASU Gammage
- Broadway in Tucson
- Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
- Carnival of Illusion
- Childsplay
- Conder Dance
- Desert Botanical Garden
- Herberger Theater Center
- Hozhoni Foundation
- Mesa Arts Center
- Red Rocks Music Festival
- Sharlott Hall
- Smoki Museum
- Southwest Shakespeare Company
- Theatre Artists Studio
- West Valley Arts Council
CLICK HERE: http://allianceforaudience.org/Pages/arts&culturecensus.html for additional information and to download the Participation Agreement.
Important Deadline to Join Census / Community Database
Posted by: | CommentsWednesday, December 1 - That’s the deadline for organizations that wish to participate in the Arizona Arts & Culture Census and Community Database, a collaborative initiative to gather information, analyze and affect the participation of attendees, members and supporters of arts and cultural organizations.
Complete information – including the downloadable PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT to be signed & returned by December 1 - is posted here: http://allianceforaudience.org/Pages/arts&culturecensus.html
These organizations have already signed their Participation Agreements:
- Actors Theatre
- ASU Gammage
- Broadway in Tucson
- Carnival of Illusion
- Desert Botanical Garden
- Herberger Theater Center
- Mesa Arts Center
- Red Rocks Music Festival
- Sharlott Hall Museum
- Smoki Museum
If your organization is not on this list, we haven’t yet heard from you!
Please contact Matt Lehrman at MLehrman@allianceforaudience.org for additional information or assistance.
Announcing a New Service: It’s not “Ticketing” it’s CRM!
Posted by: | CommentsAlliance for Audience is delighted to announce a partnership with Patron Technology (the company behind the popular PatronMail system) to supply PatronManager CRM services to arts and cultural organizations in Arizona.
If you were around for the birth of Alliance for Audience & ShowUp.com, you may recall that we were preceded by more than two years of discussion by an ad-hoc group convened by the Arizona Commission on the Arts that came to call itself the Ticketing Tactics Task Force (or “TicTacs”).
I bring this up as a reminder that the desire to improve TICKETING processes for arts & cultural organizations was the very FIRST goal of this association – and it’s been a long time coming.
That time has arrived… and it’s far better than we ever dreamt. Welcome to the world of affordable, web-based CRM for arts & cultural organizations:
PatronManager CRM is an all-in-one system that manages and integrates all your organization’s operations: ticketing, donations, correspondence, e-mail, and calendar. It is not simply a ticketing system with a donation module bolted on. CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management and it represents an entirely new approach to managing customer relationships. Key features include:
- Centralized information – Data is not scattered across multiple spreadsheets and documents. All the key information – tickets, patrons, donations, etc. – is stored in one central database that the entire staff can easily access.
- Affordability – For organizations that sell tickets, PatronManager CRM carries no annual fee, and for others it is priced so that arts and culture organizations operating on lean budgets can afford it.
- Web-based – Everything is accessible from a web browser. No software, hardware or IT staff is required.
PatronManager CRM was developed in partnership with the Salesforce.com Foundation, and was designed to meet the management needs and tight budgets of small and medium sized organizations; PatronManager CRM carries no annual fee for ticket-selling organizations and eliminates the complexity of software.
Alliance for Audience is partnering with Patron Technology to bring this sophisticated technology to Arizona – and with the benefit that the FIRST 15 AFA MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS to sign up for this service will incur NO SET-UP FEES.
We have arranged for a Patron Manager CRM representative to come to Phoenix & Tucson on December 6, 7 & 8. To attend a live demonstration and discussion in Phoenix or Tucson, please contact Margaret R H Fallon, AFA’s Director of Services at
- 602-971-2223 x103 or
- MFallon@allianceforaudience.org (please put “PatronManager” in the subject line)
Times & locations will be finalized based on who signs up with Margaret. (Each demo session lasts 90 minutes.) - A limited number of travel grants are available to AFA member organizations wishing to attend from the Flagstaff and Prescott areas.
If you are unable to attend the live demonstration, please request a private on-line demonstration for you and your team by clicking here: AFA PatronManager CRM.
“Webinar” on Census/Database is Now Available On-Line
Posted by: | CommentsThanks to the miracle of modern technology, yesterday’s webinar that introduces the Arizona Arts & Cultural Census/Community Database is NOW AVAILABLE TO VIEW ON-LINE.
Please view it here: http://allianceforaudience.org/Pages/arts&culturecensus.html
Remember: December 1 is the deadline to sign the PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT for your organization to be part of the launch of this important initiative. (That agreement is also downloadable via the above link.)
Sign up by December 1 to Participate in Census / Community Database
Posted by: | CommentsThe Arizona Arts & Culture Census and Community Database is a collaborative initiative to gather information, analyze and affect the participation of attendees, members and supporters of arts and cultural organizations.
Participation in the Census/Database is:
- voluntary,
- available exclusively to member organizations of Alliance for Audience,
- offered without charge, and
- conducted via the “eMerge” technology of TRG Arts which enables authorized users to access the Census/Database to conduct research and compile dynamic direct mail lists in an environment that is highly secure and which carefully guards confidentiality and protects privacy concerns.
Organizations that wish to participate in the Census/Database must sign & return this Participation Agreement no later than December 1, 2010. Please read the participation agreement carefully for important responsibilities and strict timelines.
Additional information about the Arizona Arts & Culture Census and Community Database is available here:
In case you have missed the briefing sessions previously offered, there’s one last chance THIS WEEK to participate:
WEBINAR
When: Wednesday, November 17; 3:00 – 4:30pm
Where: On-Line. Conference Call instructions will be provided on Tuesday 11/16 to those who RSVP
RSVP: http://dataphone.eventbrite.com
NOTE: This is the SAME introduction presentation that TRG’s Will Lester and Alliance for Audience’s Matt Lehrman have made numerous times in recent months. If you’ve already seen it, it is NOT necessary to attend again – but you are invited (and encouraged) to send additional representatives from your organization.
Please address questions to Matt Lehrman at MLehrman@allianceforaudience.org; 602-971-2223 x101.
p.s. The URL to download the Participation Agreement is: http://www.allianceforaudience.org/Participation%20Agreement%20-%20Arizona.doc.pdf
Happy Anniversary ShowUp.com
Posted by: | Comments- Visitation tracking reveals that ShowUp.com specifically powers the arts & cultural attendance decisions of as many as 150,000 prospective audience members EVERY WEEK!
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To date more than 67,000 audience members have attended events directly thanks to the discount tickets made available for purchase via the Chase Ticket Marketplace. As a result, AFA member organizations have earned nearly $1 million in ticket revenue that would have been lost and filled seats that would have otherwise (and tragically) remained empty.
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Today, more than 240 arts & cultural organizations comprise the membership of Alliance for Audience. You are part of a (nearly) statewide collaboration of Arizona’s arts & cultural community focused on both the immediate need and on-going challenge of “audience development.”
As always, thanks for the opportunity to be of service. Happy Anniversary to us all!
Governor Janet Napolitano presides over the launch of ShowUp.com - November 15, 2004
Community Database Overview – LAST CHANCE
Posted by: | CommentsLAST CALL! Next Wednesday is the FINAL briefing overview for the imminent creation of an Arizona ”Community Database” – a project you’ll most often hear discussed as the Arizona Arts & Cultural Census.
Participation in this project is FREE and open to all member organizations of Alliance for Audience. This project is powered by a partnership with TRG Arts – and this presentation will provide a thorough overview of how & why organizations choose to participate.
NOTE: This is the SAME introduction presentation that TRG’s Will Lester and Alliance for Audience’s Matt Lehrman have made several times in recent months. If you’ve already seen it, it is NOT necessary to attend again – but you are invited (and encouraged) to send additional representatives from your organization.
WEBINAR
When: Wednesday, November 17; 3:00 – 4:30pm
Where: On-Line. Conference Call instructions will be provided on Tuesday 11/16 to those who RSVP
RSVP: http://dataphone.eventbrite.com
Who Should Participate: Marketing Directors, CEO’s & General Managers, Box Office Managers, Development Directors, Board Members and everybody from your organization who is interested in knowing more about WHO your audiences, visitors & supporters are and HOW to find more of them!
Please direct questions/comments to Matt Lehrman at MLehrman@allianceforaudience.org; 602-971-2223 x101.
Important “Community Database” Meeting Tomorrow – Please RSVP
Posted by: | CommentsQuick Reminder: Be sure to RSVP for one of the 2 remaining information sessions about the imminent creation of an Arizona ”Community Database.”
Participation is FREE and open to all member organizations of Alliance for Audience. This project is being created through a partnership with TRG Arts.
NOTE: This is the SAME presentation that TRG’s Will Lester and Alliance for Audience’s Matt Lehrman have made several times in recent months. If you’ve already seen it, it is NOT necessary to attend again – but you are invited and encouraged to send additional representatives from your organization.
PHOENIX
When: Tuesday, November 2; 10:30am – Noon
Where: Phoenix Art Museum, Whiteman Lecture Hall
RSVP: http://dataphoenix.eventbrite.com
WEBINAR
When: Wednesday, November 17; 3:00 – 4:30pm
Where: On-Line. Conference Call instructions will be provided to those who RSVP
RSVP: http://dataphone.eventbrite.com
Who Should Attend: Marketing Directors, CEO’s & General Managers, Box Office Managers, Development Directors, Board Members and anybody/everybody from your organization who is interested in knowing more about WHO your audiences, visitors & supporters are and HOW to find more of them!
A downloadable file of the presentation slides (plus notes) is available here: http://notes.allianceforaudience.org/2010/07/07/is-arizona-ready-for-a-list-collaboration-are-you/
Please direct questions/comments to Matt Lehrman at MLehrman@allianceforaudience.org; 602-971-2223 x101.
We look forward to seeing you at one of these final information sessions.