Are you brave enough to allow real voices on your arts blog ? has a fledgling blog called Backstage at Curtis , written by students and faculty, truly in their own words. It sounds like a student blog – there’s no official, corporate feel to it at all. Tags: blogging The Curtis Institute of Music is. So far, so good. --.

Intro to Arts Blogging Tuesday, May 5, 2009 2 - 3 PM Eastern Time Teleclass I’m giving a class, too. Arts nonprofit people know that a blog will help their organization. Some already have blogs up on their sites. But the number one thing I hear from people is “…we have a blog, but … we’re not doing anything with it.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer ’s Peter Dobrin thinks so. Tags: arts arts marketing blogging blogs copy writing cultural clipping service cultural marketing culture facebook management marketing Music nonprofit marketing NPtech online social media social networking Do symphony orchestras need a new business model? Facebook as Google.

Reminds me of this post I wrote a while back: Are Comments Cool on Arts Blogs ? Tyler Green takes the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago to task. More from smArts & Culture: Are Comments Cool on Arts Blogs? It's Friday. Wasn't it Monday just yesterday? So relax a little. Have a nice cup of tea.

link to my post led me to a terrific blog by smArts and Culture by Maryann Devine in Philadelphia that focuses almost entirely on the arts and social media. [.]. I’ve been thinking and reading and tweeting and posting a lot about the effect of the recesssion on arts organizations in the last week or so.

I’m not sure if this is exactly what Beth was getting at, but sort of in that vein, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance on Friday launched what they’re calling the Cultural Engagement Index (CEI). It was commissioned by the Cultural Alliance with support from The Wallace Foundation and The Philadelphia Foundation.

If you’re in the Philadelphia region, and you’d like to rub shoulders with the local geek-erati, there are a couple of fabulous events coming up for you. Geeks Who Give host a super-fun game night and mentor drive for Philadelphia Futures , a local nonprofit that matches kids with, you guessed it, mentors. Live-tweeting Theater.

ve never been to Wolf Trap, but the lawn seats at Philadelphia’s Mann Center are very relaxed and social. Hat-tip to @wfiuarts.) -- Stressed about blogging for your cultural organization? Click here to find out about Arts Blogging -- Without the Angst! think this is a great way to experiment with such a program.

Workshop Mapping and Geographic Information Systems for Nonprofits Philly Net Tuesday Tuesday, November 3, 2009 6 – 9 PM Buffalo Billiards (second floor) 118 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PA Free We’re seeing more and more creative uses for mapping and GIS. Has the  National Arts Marketing conference put you in the mood for learning?

For arts people in the Philadelphia area, there’s still time to register for the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s Breakfast Club on October 14, 2009. What will Philadelphia region’s population look like in 2020? Taking my own advice about blogging -- what a novel idea! Is this a place for you ?