UPDATE!

As I’m sure you know, we had our second installment of the Crisis and Opportunity discussion forum last week. Unfortunately, we realize not all interested parties could attend the event with keynote speaker Matt Lehrman of Arizona’s Alliance for Audience and ShowUp.com.

Do not fear, however, we have his notes from the discussion including tons of information, discussion points, and more. Think of it as if Matt Lehrman was a rock star and we snagged his set list and we’re now are posting it up for all of you to enjoy. You can find those notes right here.

As always, if you have any thoughts/comments/concerns about Crisis and Opportunity 2.0, please share them on the Facebook Crisis and Opportunity Community page.

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Thank you to all who attended the Crisis & Opportunity open meeting on June 7th. We were pleased that so many of you took the time to gather with us for discussion. On July 28th, from 6-8:30pm, we will be back at the MACC for a follow-up-forum.

After conversations with attendees, and review of comments and suggestions, we felt we had a clear direction for the next gathering. We heard from most of you that innovation and collaboration were among the foremost topics on our minds, and so we are very excited to be bringing Matt Lehrman of Arizona’s Alliance for Audience and ShowUp.com to present his customized seminar–and upcoming book–Audiences Everywhere!

With Audiences Everywhere, Lehrman offers original, thought-provoking and highly impactful strategies by which individual organizations – as well as entire arts cultural communities – can work to broaden, deepen and revitalize audience and member engagement.

This will be an interactive session where your thoughts and ideas can be expressed and developed, with the aim of gaining clear actionable goals.

We’d love for you to join us to continue this conversation.

For more information, stay tuned to AustinCreativeAlliance.org , Nowplayingaustin.wordpress​.com, @AustinCreativeA on Twitter, and of course, right there on Facebook.

Here is a review of Lehrman’s most recent seminar for Arts Orange County:
“ Anyone who knows Matt or has seen one of his presentations knows that this is one enthusiastic and dynamic arts marketer. But this presentation demonstrated quite clearly that there is enormous substance behind what Matt is advocating. It was a well-thought out, clear-headed workshop, peppered with Matt’ s unique brand of humor, and with ample opportunities for interaction with the attendees.” – Rick Stein, Executive Director, Arts Orange County

On who should attend, Lehrman has this to say: ” …this is not just a discussion for Marketing Directors. This discussion has to involve Artistic Directors, Curators, artists, Education directors, CEO’s, Board members and your organization’s leadership team – and because we are talking about new paradigms and new technologies – I very much recommend that you involve some of your organization’s emerging leaders and rising stars in this discussion. Their fresh perspective is really valuable to this discussion.”

Check out Matt’s Invitation here: