Earlier this week, Arts Service Inc. had the pleasure of hosting Megan Woodward of Confluence Arts Solutions for an insightful webinar on “Mapping a Marketing Campaign.” If you missed it, here are the top five takeaways that can transform your marketing strategy: Plan Early, Act Consistently 🗓️ Start your marketing campaign with a detailed [...]
Last week, ASI hosted a transformative webinar as part of our “From the Ground Up” series. Sean Crawford, MBA, a seasoned nonprofit fundraiser, strategist, and freelance musician, delivered a presentation titled “Board Building 101.” His insights provided actionable strategies for creating a diverse and effective board. Here are the top five takeaways from his [...]
On Tuesday, January 16th, 2024, we had the pleasure of hosting a virtual presentation by Nikki Ronan and Brian Ronan of City of Light Creative & Consulting, a firm that specializes in helping nonprofits with donor relationship management. They shared their valuable insights and best practices on how to retain and cultivate our existing [...]
Our friends Lynette Shy and Megan Wurtz of Confluence Arts Solutions (CAS) joined ASI in presenting a hands-on marketing workshop designed to support small, under-resourced, or over-burdened arts and culture marketers with a navigable plan for developing efficient systems for effective marketing. Throughout their presentation, the CAS team shared valuable insights on the following [...]
November is National Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month, an opportunity to honor the stories, achievements and resilience of Indigenous Peoples, who have lived on this land since time immemorial and whose presence continues to impact our evolving nation. In recognition of the significant contributions made by the first Americans to the arts and cultural landscape of [...]
It's been a flurry of activity at ASI headquarters in 2023 and we've been working at max capacity to bring you new programs like Grant on Grants, the MEDAL program and the Springboard Fellowship (the deadline for which is on February 15th!). With so many balls in the air, we've gotten really good at juggling multiple deadlines and we [...]
New YouTube video! Our latest series "Devon and Nicole Learn Things" has a new episode in which Devon and Nicole learn how to make a lightbox for product photos. (See second picture for a photo we took with our lightbox setup!) You can make a lightbox of any size, depending on what you'll [...]
In today's world, having an online presence for your creative business is more important than ever. It can be difficult to juggle your website and ecommerce alongside any number of social media networks, so here are five tips that will help you create a sustainable social media marketing plan that will convert followers into [...]
Creative Professionals Exchange (CPX) 2020 Friday-Saturday, November 6-7, 2020 In 2019, ASI created the Creative Professionals Exchange (CPX) to bring together individual artists and arts administrators to begin discussions about relevant issues and trends in the arts. This year, the COVID-19 health crisis has brought to the surface many of the systemic issues and flaws [...]
ASI attended Americans for the Arts Arts Advocacy Days on March 4 & 5 in Washington, DC. The Congressional Arts Handbook is a useful tools when advocating or educating your staff, board, the public, or others about the arts community! CONGRESSIONAL ARTS HANDBOOK Facts & Figures at Your Fingertips to Be a Successful Arts Advocate [...]
