Run It Like a Business
eBook - ePub

Run It Like a Business

Strategies for Arts Organizations to Increase Audiences, Remain Relevant, and Multiply Money--Without Losing the Art

  1. 236 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Run It Like a Business

Strategies for Arts Organizations to Increase Audiences, Remain Relevant, and Multiply Money--Without Losing the Art

About this book

Featured on Publishers Weekly 2024 Announcement Issue

TEDx speaker Aubrey Bergauer—“the Steve Jobs of classical music”—reveals how to run a successful arts business in the post-pandemic era, adapting for-profit methods for not-for-profit goals.

In the US alone, the arts are a $763 billion sector whose 100,000+ organizations serve almost every community in the nation. There’s no reason arts organizations should struggle to make ends meet. And now, with arts-tested strategies from Aubrey Bergauer, they won’t. This foolproof guide shows how to reach new levels of engagement—while always putting art first.

Running your arts organization like a business is your path forward to:

  • Grow audiences and keep them coming back again

  • Make our organizations more inclusive

  • Get younger attendees in the seats and on the donor rolls

  • Generate millions more dollars in revenue

  • Continue to create the art we love—without the stress of figuring out how to afford it

    Just because arts organizations are non-profits doesn’t mean they shouldn’t make money; it means the money they make goes back to fund the mission—whether that’s music, visual arts, theatre, dance, or one of many other mediums that enrich our lives.

    The for-profit world knows how to achieve success across customer engagement, user experience, company culture, the subscription economy, technology and media, new revenue streams, and brand relevance. Run It Like a Business provides a powerful, proven framework to help all arts organizations revitalize their economic engines and ultimately serve the arts and its patrons.
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    Information

    Year
    2024
    eBook ISBN
    9781637744390

    Table of contents

    1. Cover
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
    4. Contents
    5. Introduction: Avoiding the Toilet
    6. 1. It’s Not the Product, It’s the Packaging: Prioritize the Customer Experience
    7. 2. If It Works for Netflix: Recurring Revenue and the Subscription Economy
    8. 3. Don’t Fear the Machine: Digital Content Drives Analog Attendance
    9. 4. We Have a Lot to Offer Besides the Art: The Case for Vertical Integration
    10. 5. Who’s on First: Diversifying the Audience
    11. 6. Heidi vs. Howard: Hire Fairly, Compensate Radically
    12. 7. We’re Not a Family, We’re a Team: Company Culture
    13. 8. The 40-Year-Old Virgin Silo: Organizational Structure
    14. 9. Not Throwing Away My Shot: Companies That Advocate, Outperform
    15. 10. The Art Is Not the Problem: Brand Relevance
    16. Epilogue: Where Are We Now?
    17. Acknowledgments
    18. Endnotes
    19. Index
    20. About the Author

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