02/22/2023

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    • Beyond the flames
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      Beyond the flames

      Business Strategy / Community Engagement / Innovator Series / Museums • 13 min

      How We The Curious navigated a crisis with the power of purpose

    • Profit for purpose
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      Profit for purpose

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / Innovator Series • 19 min

      How Mayflower Theatre operates with a mission-focused mindset

    • Reinventing the orchestra
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      Reinventing the orchestra

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series / Orchestras / DEAI • 17 min

      Paraorchestra breaks down barriers to create transformational change

    • Exploring Tessitura's technology roadmap
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      Exploring Tessitura's technology roadmap

      Company News / Technology • 7 min

      A peek at how we decide our product priorities

    • Fostering community
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      Fostering community

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series / Community Engagement / Theatre • 18 min

      How Belvoir St Theatre crafts connection with its commitment to diverse programming

    • Giving in a changing economy
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      Giving in a changing economy

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series / Fundraising • 13 min

      Why arts fundraisers should remain optimistic in a new philanthropic landscape

    • Harnessing creativity through data
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      Harnessing creativity through data

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series / Marketing / Audience Development • 15 min

      Takeaways from Capacity Interactive’s Cultural Compass research

    • Unique and special
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      Unique and special

      Company News / Technology • 5 min

      Vice President of Product Debra Weissman shares takeaways from her first three months at Tessitura

    • Building durable success
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      Building durable success

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy • 3 min

      Andrew Recinos and Dave Wakeman discuss how live event producers can build fans for life

    • Boost your fraud defenses
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      Boost your fraud defenses

      Security / Finance / Technology • 4 min

      Three steps you can take to prevent a spike in fraud

    • Hedgehogs and hospitality
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      Hedgehogs and hospitality

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series / Community Engagement / Business Strategy • 15 min

      A case study in values-driven strategy at Irish Arts Center

    • How Pittsburgh’s cultural district is revitalizing downtown … again
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      How Pittsburgh’s cultural district is revitalizing downtown … again

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series / Community Engagement • 14 min

      Pittsburgh Cultural Trust plays a role in catalyzing economic recovery

    • The invisible jazz hand
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      The invisible jazz hand

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series • 12 min

      Birmingham Hippodrome makes an economic case for musical theatre

    • Decoding the trend busters
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      Decoding the trend busters

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy • 2 min

      Andrew Recinos highlights arts organizations increasing participation

    • Nurture deep roots
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      Nurture deep roots

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy • 16 min

      Understanding the value of purpose in arts and culture

    • Everyone can innovate
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      Everyone can innovate

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / Collaboration / Digital / Technology • 7 min

      Discover the innovator inside you

    • Want big results? Start smaller
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      Want big results? Start smaller

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / Digital / Technology • 5 min

      How to make innovation routine

    • What holds you back?
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      What holds you back?

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / Digital / Technology • 7 min

      Surprising barriers that keep your team from innovating

    • Spring into digital donations
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      Spring into digital donations

      Fundraising / Memberships / Ticketing and Admissions • 8 min

      Three ways to leverage online giving this season

    • Putting the i in team
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      Putting the i in team

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / Digital / Technology • 5 min

      Why the right team is the secret to unlocking innovation

    • Power, Glamour, Rebellion
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      Power, Glamour, Rebellion

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series / Audience Development • 19 min

      Exploring social change as exhibition outcome at ACMI

    • Becoming awe-centric
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      Becoming awe-centric

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy • 17 min

      Andrew Recinos shares three steps to elevating awe in your arts and culture organization

    • Cultivating connection
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      Cultivating connection

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series / Community Engagement • 20 min

      Melbourne Recital Centre built community by transforming its spaces

    • Good data is about people
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      Good data is about people

      Arts and Culture / BI and Analytics / Technology • 45 min

      How data is fueling the future of arts and culture (and why Tessitura members have an edge)

    • The audacity of relevance
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      The audacity of relevance

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series / Community Engagement • 16 min

      Alex Sarian urges us to prioritize shared cultural experiences in the face of social isolation

    • Be well
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      Be well

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy • 20 min

      Is this the moment for us to change the arts and culture narrative?

    • Win the whole visit
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      Win the whole visit

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series / Audience Development • 13 min

      Liam Darbon from Tate invites us to reach future audiences with an innovative single customer view approach

    • Putting butts in seats with digital arts education
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      Putting butts in seats with digital arts education

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series / Audience Development • 13 min

      Zenetta S. Drew challenges us to rethink the impact of cultural literacy on audience development

    • Who we are, what we value and where we’re headed
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      Who we are, what we value and where we’re headed

      Arts and Culture / Technology • 40 min

      Recapping the TLCC Orlando 2023 opening session

    • Putting it together
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      Putting it together

      Arts and Culture / BI and Analytics / Business Strategy / Digital / Technology • 5 min

      How one museum brings digital transformation to life

    • Ready, set, summer! Five ways to prepare for the busy visitor season
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      Ready, set, summer! Five ways to prepare for the busy visitor season

      Arts and Culture / Museums • 5 min

      Tips for museums and attractions to offer a seamless experience

    • Audience behaviors are changing. Are you keeping up?
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      Audience behaviors are changing. Are you keeping up?

      Arts and Culture / BI and Analytics / Business Strategy / Digital / Technology • 5 min

      Leveraging customer networks in a digital world

    • Propelling innovation
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      Propelling innovation

      Arts and Culture / BI and Analytics / Business Strategy / Digital / Technology • 5 min

      Three technology advances driving digital transformation in arts and culture

    • Debunking four digital transformation myths
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      Debunking four digital transformation myths

      Arts and Culture / BI and Analytics / Business Strategy / Digital / Technology • 5 min

      Setting the record straight about common misconceptions

    • Beyond the buzz
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      Beyond the buzz

      Arts and Culture / BI and Analytics / Business Strategy / Digital / Technology • 5 min

      What I wish someone had told me about digital transformation

    • Data, decide, do
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      Data, decide, do

      Business Strategy • 5 min

      Three steps to data-informed decision making

    • It's not always bots
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      It's not always bots

      Security / Finance / Technology • 5 min

      Six ways to reduce the impact of fraudulent chargebacks

    • You’ve got a smash hit. Dream or nightmare?
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      You’ve got a smash hit. Dream or nightmare?

      Arts and Culture / Ticketing and Admissions • 5 min

      A hit should be all upside. True Tickets helps keep it that way.

    • Accidental lessons
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      Accidental lessons

      Arts and Culture / Collaboration / Fundraising / Memberships / Ticketing and Admissions • 5 min

      Four reminders when diving into new arts and culture territory

    • What we learned
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      What we learned

      Arts and Culture • 30 min

      Andrew Recinos shares how arts and culture institutions can thrive in uncertain times

    • Make your DEI commitments mean more
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      Make your DEI commitments mean more

      Arts and Culture / DEAI / Marketing • 7 min

      Four ways marketers can activate their organization's diversity and inclusion goals

    • Seven things I learned at Digital Marketing Boot Camp
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      Seven things I learned at Digital Marketing Boot Camp

      Arts and Culture • 6 min

      Karyn Elliott writes about her experience at Capacity Interactive’s Digital Marketing Boot Camp for the Arts

    • How to have a digital mindset in an analog industry
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      How to have a digital mindset in an analog industry

      Arts and Culture • 5 min

      What arts & culture can learn from a digital-first event planner

    • Intentional support
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      Intentional support

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series • 10 min

      Barbara Polk reveals ways the Kennedy Center invests to engage employees

    • Make the most of GivingTuesday
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      Make the most of GivingTuesday

      Arts and Culture / Fundraising • 5 min

      Ellie Griffiths takes you from setting goals to saying thank you

    • Turn insight into action
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      Turn insight into action

      Arts and Culture / BI and Analytics • 5 min

      Three steps to a meaningful customer data strategy

    • Data overdrive: How to become a reporting rockstar during the year-end fundraising push
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      Data overdrive: How to become a reporting rockstar during the year-end fundraising push

      Arts and Culture / Fundraising / BI and Analytics • 5 min

      Tessitura’s analytics tools allow you to answer critical end-of-year campaign questions.

    • Distractions abound. What does that mean for training your staff?
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      Distractions abound. What does that mean for training your staff?

      Arts and Culture / DEAI / Education • 5 min

      We’ve been evolving our learning materials and programs to maximize learner engagement because of the many competing demands on time and attention.

    • Know your visitors
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      Know your visitors

      Arts and Culture / Audience Development / Business Strategy / Customer Service / Marketing • 7 min

      Four keys to cultivating better customer relationships

    • Show up as yourself
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      Show up as yourself

      Arts and Culture • 3 min

      Stephanie Ybarra of Baltimore Center Stage discusses the power of vulnerability

    • Fundraising isn’t always a party
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      Fundraising isn’t always a party

      Fundraising • 5 min

      Combat the cost of living crisis by making the most of your donor data

    • Automations to simplify your to-do list
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      Automations to simplify your to-do list

      Technology • 6 min

      Five Tessitura tools to help save you time

    • Digital tickets
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      Digital tickets

      Digital / Technology • 6 min

      How Tessitura’s members are adapting to a contactless world

    • The next generation of payment processing
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      The next generation of payment processing

      Arts and Culture • 5 min

      Lessons for the arts and culture sector from the company that powers payments for Uber, Spotify, and eBay

    • What arts & culture can learn from a data analytics visionary
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      What arts & culture can learn from a data analytics visionary

      Arts and Culture • 5 min

      The CEO of Sisense on gut feelings, thinking in multiple dimensions, and innovating for a better world

    • The power of museums
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      The power of museums

      Museums • 5 min

      Four ways museums make the world better

    • Tessitura: The technologist’s co-op
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      Tessitura: The technologist’s co-op

      Arts and Culture • 5 min

      How Tessitura’s member-owned model fuels innovation in arts and culture

    • Tessitura is a non-profit. Here’s why.
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      Tessitura is a non-profit. Here’s why.

      Arts and Culture • 5 min

      A tech company that puts arts & culture at the front of the line

    • Build back stronger
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      Build back stronger

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / Community Engagement / Technology • 3 min

      Andrew Recinos on creating passionate communities at the intersection of art, culture and technology

    • Imagining a world abundant with arts & culture
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      Imagining a world abundant with arts & culture

      Arts and Culture • 5 min

      The power of arts and culture to celebrate our common humanity

    • Arts & culture: best common denominator
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      Arts & culture: best common denominator

      Arts and Culture • 5 min

      The power of arts and culture to gently dismantle barriers

    • Tessitura E-commerce sites
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      Tessitura E-commerce sites

      Digital / Technology • 5 min

      Some of our favorite websites powered by Tessitura E-commerce

    • Can arts & culture increase compassion?
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      Can arts & culture increase compassion?

      Arts and Culture • 5 min

      New research shows a connection between arts and compassion that many have long suspected.

    • Supercharge your skills
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      Supercharge your skills

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / Education / Technology • 8 min

      Building organisational resilience with Tessitura super users

    • Resources for cancellations and capacity restrictions
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      Resources for cancellations and capacity restrictions

      Ticketing and Admissions / COVID-19 / Technology • 3 min

      We are here to help you as you navigate ongoing developments

    • Does arts & culture lead to innovation?
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      Does arts & culture lead to innovation?

      Arts and Culture • 5 min

      From the Medicis to Apple, exploring the creative journey from arts & culture to breakthrough innovation.

    • The Long Tail of Product Development
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      The Long Tail of Product Development

      Technology • 5 min

      Alex Harris offers a peek into the work of Tessitura’s Innovation team

    • Do we remember how to be curious?
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      Do we remember how to be curious?

      Arts and Culture • 5 min

      How arts and culture leads the way out of a curiosity drought

    • How one nonprofit digitally transformed to support art and culture in a changing world
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      How one nonprofit digitally transformed to support art and culture in a changing world

      Digital / Technology • 3 min

      The AWS Public Sector Blog shines a light on Tessitura

    • Expanding the radius
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      Expanding the radius

      Arts and Culture / Accessibility / Fundraising • 45 min

      Increasing philanthropic support with an authentic approach to DEAI

    • Five questions to ask before your next donor meeting
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      Five questions to ask before your next donor meeting

      Fundraising • 5 min

      With Tessitura, the answers are right at your fingertips

    • Quick giving inspiration for Giving Tuesday
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      Quick giving inspiration for Giving Tuesday

      Customer Service / Digital / Fundraising / Technology • 3 min

      Once you’ve inspired people to give, you want to make it as easy as possible.

    • Why arts & culture is essential today
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      Why arts & culture is essential today

      Arts and Culture • 12 min

      Healing the world requires five human traits: arts & culture delivers them all.

    • The end is the beginning
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      The end is the beginning

      Arts and Culture / BI and Analytics / COVID-19 / Finance • 5 min

      How the Houston Ballet tells the story of their data through times of change

    • Hosting: the strong, silent type
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      Hosting: the strong, silent type

      Business Strategy / Technology • 3 min

      Anna Wessely writes about Tessitura’s migration to the commercial cloud

    • Hosting engaging digital performances
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      Hosting engaging digital performances

      Arts and Culture / Digital / Ecosystem Partners / Virtual Experiences • 3 min

      An interview with Tessitura, Vimeo, and The National Theatre

    • Make your on-sales a success
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      Make your on-sales a success

      Ticketing and Admissions / Digital / Customer Service / Technology • 5 min

      Eight tips to help you plan for a smooth on-sale

    • Reopening, reconnecting, rebuilding
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      Reopening, reconnecting, rebuilding

      Arts and Culture / Audience Development / Business Strategy • 5 min

      Karyn Elliott shares five strategies to prepare for welcoming your audiences back

    • From lockdown to full capacity
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      From lockdown to full capacity

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / Virtual Experiences • 5 min

      Ten things cultural organizations in Australia & New Zealand have learned from reopening

    • Digital Transformation
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      Digital Transformation

      Digital / Technology • 3 min

      John Jakovich writes about cultivating innovation at Tessitura

    • Six museums inspiring us right now
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      Six museums inspiring us right now

      Museums / Community Engagement / Digital • 5 min

      Museums are demonstrating value with innovative and audience-focused responses

    • Five tips for building engagement with virtual experiences
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      Five tips for building engagement with virtual experiences

      Business Strategy / Digital / Virtual Experiences • 5 min

      Build an intentional customer journey to cut through the Zoom fatigue

    • Little things are coming!
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      Little things are coming!

      Technology • 5 min

      Chris Szalaj shares small features that will have a big impact in Tessitura v16

    • Innovation at Tessitura
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      Innovation at Tessitura

      Business Strategy / Technology • 3 min

      Thoughts from Co-Founder Chuck Reif

    • Highlights from Tessitura Europe Community Week
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      Highlights from Tessitura Europe Community Week

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / COVID-19 • 5 min

      Our top takeaways from a week of sharing, gaining insight and finding inspiration as a community

    • Tailor your gift certificates for virtual events
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      Tailor your gift certificates for virtual events

      Digital / Ticketing and Admissions / Technology / Virtual Experiences • 4 min

      Tips for using TNEW to make the most of the gift-giving season

    • Six takeaways from Arts Marketing Association’s first Arts Marketing Festival
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      Six takeaways from Arts Marketing Association’s first Arts Marketing Festival

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / COVID-19 • 3 min

      Highlights from the two-day virtual festival that brought together arts professionals from the UK and beyond

    • A refounding moment
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      A refounding moment

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / COVID-19 / Virtual Experiences • 5 min

      Digital transformation in arts & culture: An interview with Kristin Darrow

    • Moving from data visualization to predictive forecasting and machine learning
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      Moving from data visualization to predictive forecasting and machine learning

      BI and Analytics / Technology • 5 min

      Chris Wallingford offers a peek into the future of Tessitura Analytics

    • It’s always the season for retail revenue
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      It’s always the season for retail revenue

      Business Strategy / Ecosystem Partners / Memberships / Technology • 3 min

      And for connecting Tessitura with your retail point-of-sale software

    • Six quotes that captured our imagination at Digital Marketing Bootcamp for the Arts
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      Six quotes that captured our imagination at Digital Marketing Bootcamp for the Arts

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / COVID-19 • 3 min

      Highlights from the two-day virtual event that brought together digital marketers from the arts and cultural sector

    • Refresh your Tessitura knowledge with our free training resources
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      Refresh your Tessitura knowledge with our free training resources

      Technology • 4 min

      Online courses, guides, and videos for beginners and experts alike

    • Once upon a time, in a world where data became insight…
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      Once upon a time, in a world where data became insight…

      BI and Analytics • 6 min

      Telling your data story

    • Making donations faster and easier
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      Making donations faster and easier

      Digital / Fundraising / Technology • 4 min

      How we created One-Page Giving

    • Turning data into dashboards
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      Turning data into dashboards

      BI and Analytics / Technology • 6 min

      Amy Welsh shares her five-step process for creating Tessitura Analytics dashboards

    • Delivering virtual experiences with Tessitura
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      Delivering virtual experiences with Tessitura

      Digital / Ticketing and Admissions / COVID-19 / Technology / Virtual Experiences • 5 min

      How to get started with bringing your work into the digital space

    • Let your customers choose what to pay in TNEW
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      Let your customers choose what to pay in TNEW

      Digital / Ticketing and Admissions / Business Strategy / COVID-19 / Technology • 3 min

      Ideas and considerations for editable pricing

    • Seven tips for reopening
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      Seven tips for reopening

      Business Strategy / COVID-19 / Ticketing and Admissions • 9 min

      Make every visitor feel safe, and communicate more than ever.

    • How to approach physically distanced seating
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      How to approach physically distanced seating

      Ticketing and Admissions / Business Strategy / COVID-19 / Technology • 6 min

      Let your data help determine your approach

    • Innovators in Conversation: Howard Herring
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      Innovators in Conversation: Howard Herring

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / Collaboration / Digital / Innovator Series / Orchestras • 45 MIN

      Hear how the New World Symphony is responding to this moment by fully realizing the orchestra’s digital possibilities.

    • Innovators in Conversation: Shannon Bennett
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      Innovators in Conversation: Shannon Bennett

      Arts and Culture / COVID-19 / Innovator Series • 45 mins

      How can arts and culture rapidly evolve?

    • Reducing membership churn
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      Reducing membership churn

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / COVID-19 / Fundraising • 7 min

      Insights on renewing members during a period of change

    • How Aristotle can help with your donor segmentation
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      How Aristotle can help with your donor segmentation

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / Fundraising / COVID-19 • 6 min

      Rhetoric, value, and the art of tailored persuasion

    • Innovators in Conversation: Claire Spencer
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      Innovators in Conversation: Claire Spencer

      Arts and Culture / COVID-19 / Innovator Series • 44 mins

      Learn how CEO Claire Spencer and her team are charting a course through immediate crisis to recovery directly linked to the Centre’s values.

    • Innovators in Conversation: Annie Burridge
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      Innovators in Conversation: Annie Burridge

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / COVID-19 / Digital / Innovator Series • 54 mins

      How Austin Opera quickly launched a digital programming series with brand-new content during closures related to COVID-19.

    • The Opportunity of Asking
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      The Opportunity of Asking

      Arts and Culture / Fundraising / COVID-19 • 5 min

      Hands-on advice for making the most of GivingTuesdayNow

    • Saying Please and Thank You
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      Saying Please and Thank You

      Arts and Culture / Fundraising / COVID-19 • 5 min

      Getting ready for GivingTuesdayNow

    • Innovators in Conversation: Scott Stulen
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      Innovators in Conversation: Scott Stulen

      Arts and Culture / Audience Development / Business Strategy / Collaboration / COVID-19 / Innovator Series • 45 mins

      How Philbrook Museum is leaning outward, rather than in, during the COVID-19 crisis

    • Connection and Presence
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      Connection and Presence

      Arts and Culture / COVID-19 • 3 min

      Erin Koppel writes about Tessitura Arts & Culture Connections

    • Your customers are not strangers
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      Your customers are not strangers

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / COVID-19 • 6 min

      How to maintain relationships and retain revenue when your doors are closed

    • Understanding your audience during a crisis
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      Understanding your audience during a crisis

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / COVID-19 • 6 min

      Why segmentation is more important than ever during COVID-19

    • Be where your donors are
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      Be where your donors are

      Arts and Culture / Fundraising / COVID-19 • 3 min

      How to use video to keep close to your donors

    • What does it mean to be a relational fundraiser during social distancing?
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      What does it mean to be a relational fundraiser during social distancing?

      Arts and Culture / Fundraising / COVID-19 • 3 min

      Three things savvy fundraisers can do now

    • Back to basics: CRM strategy
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      Back to basics: CRM strategy

      Business Strategy • 5 min

      Jenifer Thomas LaMorte writes about how to achieve successful CRM by aligning your platform, process, and people.

    • Tessitura Europe Conference features over 100 presenters in 60+ sessions
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      Tessitura Europe Conference features over 100 presenters in 60+ sessions

      Company News / Arts and Culture / Community Engagement • 4 min

      Chilina Madon writes about the people power behind the Birmingham conference

    • Enlightenment
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      Enlightenment

      Arts and Culture / Technology • 35 min

      Andrew Recinos and John Jakovich talk about how neat ideas and practical application can lead to tremendous results.

    • Websites are relationship builders
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      Websites are relationship builders

      Business Strategy / Digital • 5 min

      Jenifer Thomas LaMorte writes about how to maximize your website's potential to deepen engagement with your patrons

    • Creating a State of the Imagination Theater
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      Creating a State of the Imagination Theater

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series / Theatre • 15 min

      Criss Henderson and Chris Plevin describe how Chicago Shakespeare Theater built The Yard, one of the most flexible theater venues in the world

    • Truly integrating volunteers and interns into your organization
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      Truly integrating volunteers and interns into your organization

      Arts and Culture / Collaboration / Community Engagement / Innovator Series • 19 min

      Nicole Smith of the Adrienne Arsht Center demonstrates the power of building meaningful volunteer and internship programs

    • Music for Life: The power of creativity for people living with dementia
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      Music for Life: The power of creativity for people living with dementia

      Arts and Culture / Collaboration / Community Engagement / Innovator Series • 15 min

      Daisy Swift demonstrates the impact of creative music making and Wigmore Hall’s commitment to building a dementia-friendly society

    • How to Be a Poetical Scientist
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      How to Be a Poetical Scientist

      Arts and Culture • 6 min

      How the first self-described poetical scientist, Ada Lovelace, shaped the future of technology

    • Getting the Marriage Right
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      Getting the Marriage Right

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / Collaboration / Innovator Series • 22 min

      When artistic and administrative teams truly unite on a shared goal, they can achieve powerful outcomes.

    • The Value of Everything, Part 4
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      The Value of Everything, Part 4

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy • 5 min

      In the final part of this series, we examine intention — sustaining conscious thought over time.

    • The Value of Everything, Part 3
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      The Value of Everything, Part 3

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy • 3 min

      To look at the value of everything, we need to take inventory of what's happening.

    • Seven stories of success from the opera world
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      Seven stories of success from the opera world

      Arts and Culture / Audience Development / Business Strategy / Customer Service / Marketing / Presenting and Performance • 3 min

      From the Royal Opera House to Opera Australia, these seven companies have bold ideas to share.

    • The Value of Everything, Part 2
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      The Value of Everything, Part 2

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy • 3 min

      What matters most when everything is important? Let's evaluate the information that you collect.

    • The Value of Everything, Part 1
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      The Value of Everything, Part 1

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy • 3 min

      What matters most when everything is important?

    • Stepping into the Void: A Courageous Collaboration
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      Stepping into the Void: A Courageous Collaboration

      Arts and Culture / Community Engagement / Innovator Series • 14 min

      Claire Spencer addresses the topic of mental health among performing arts workers in this powerful talk

    • Does the Lookalike Segment Make All Audiences Look Alike?
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      Does the Lookalike Segment Make All Audiences Look Alike?

      Arts and Culture / Audience Development / Community Engagement / Innovator Series / Marketing / Theatre • 15 min

      Tory Bailey shows that even small steps can help engage new audiences

    • Arts Administration as Transformative Creativity
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      Arts Administration as Transformative Creativity

      Arts and Culture / Fundraising / Innovator Series / Theatre • 14 min

      In this galvanizing talk, Torrie Allen proposes that by adopting a creative mindset, administrative professionals can find fresh approaches to their work.

    • The Pie Chart of Happiness
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      The Pie Chart of Happiness

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series • 19 min

      In this thought-provoking talk, Patrick shares his belief that the value of culture can be communicated in the simple statement that culture makes us happy.

    • 10 inspiring insights from women in arts and culture
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      10 inspiring insights from women in arts and culture

      Arts and Culture / Audience Development / Business Strategy / Customer Service / Marketing / Presenting and Performance • 6 min

      On International Women’s Day we pay tribute to the inspirational women in the field of arts and culture who work to empower artists, audiences and communities.

    • The Audience π
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      The Audience π

      Audience Development / Marketing / Innovator Series • 18 min

      Sarah Ogle, Director, Marketing & Communications Director, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse | Is there a magical formula for growing your audience? Sarah discusses developing a shared plan to focus on mission and audience. This talk was recorded live at the 2017 Tessitura European Conference.

    • What I Learned Curating Talks by Cultural Leaders
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      What I Learned Curating Talks by Cultural Leaders

      Arts and Culture / Marketing • 6 min

      How can you increase the effectiveness of your marketing spend, decrease your costs and more authentically engage with individuals by taking advantage of the data you’re collecting?

    • Dance Magazine | Yes, It IS Possible to Build New Ballet Audiences in 2017
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      Dance Magazine | Yes, It IS Possible to Build New Ballet Audiences in 2017

      Audience Development • 2 min

      Dance Magazine spotlights three Tessitura-powered dance companies who are finding ways to grow their audiences

    • Find Your Music™: Building Audiences through Community
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      Find Your Music™: Building Audiences through Community

      Audience Development / Community Engagement / Innovator Series • 17 min

      Martha Gilmer, CEO, San Diego Symphony | Learn how an emphasis on connecting with the community is reenergizing the entire San Diego Symphony team of musicians and staff, propelling ticket sales to record levels and inspiring new donors.

    • “Michael Wong, have you eaten yet?”: The journey to knowing ourselves and our members
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      “Michael Wong, have you eaten yet?”: The journey to knowing ourselves and our members

      Arts and Culture / Business Strategy / Memberships / Innovator Series • 16 min

      Nancy Yao, President, Museum of Chinese in America, shares how the challenges of her museum illustrate the importance for all organizations of really knowing their members

    • Deconstructing the Notion of "An Audience"
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      Deconstructing the Notion of "An Audience"

      Audience Development / Community Engagement / Innovator Series • 16 min

      Chris Lorway, Executive Director, Stanford Live | Learn how Stanford Live is embacing the idea that there is no "one size fits all approach” to building new audiences.

    • Taking Shakespeare on the Road
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      Taking Shakespeare on the Road

      Arts and Culture / Education / Business Strategy / Innovator Series • 18 min

      Michael Witmore, Director, Folger Shakespeare Library | Michael reflects on how institutions can choose to make access and relevance a priority in their work.

    • Warning: Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater
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      Warning: Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater

      Business Strategy / Marketing / Innovator Series • 19 min

      Elaine Chia, CEO, City Recital Hall Limited | City Recital Hall is transforming from a venue-for-hire to a presenting venue, while balancing the needs of established hirers and traditional audiences with a focus to broaden and diversify.

    • Keeping Your People and Culture Close
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      Keeping Your People and Culture Close

      Arts and Culture / Innovator Series • 14 min

      Andrew Recinos, Executive Vice President, Tessitura Network | Always a crowd favorite and a moving speaker, Andrew delivers another inspirational talk on the important work we do as individuals engaged in the business of arts and culture.

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