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The Offstage Mic — 58 episodes

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From $1M Deficit to Balanced Budget: A Case Study

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7 Performing Arts Predictions for 2026: Your Mid-Year Scorecard

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Opera Isn't Dying. The Business Model Is, featuring Caitlin Vincent

4

How to Drive Revenue Through Customer Experience, featuring Mercury Soul

5

Episode 50: The Data Defining the Future of the Arts

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Introducing Season Six of The Offstage Mic

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The Time Management Lie Holding Back Arts Executives

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Major Gifts ≠ Financial Sustainability: Why Monthly Giving Is the Game-Changer for your Arts Organization

9

How to Level Up Operations at Your Arts Organization

10

5 Steps to Using UX Design in Arts Management

11

The Research Behind Gender Bias in the Arts

12

How to Build Your Arts Marketing Budget

13

Harnessing Data At Your Arts Organization

14

How to Transform Patrons to Donors with Tailored Messaging

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Apply These 7 Research-backed Skills to Grow Your Leadership in Arts Management

16

8 Negotiation Strategies to Advance in Arts Leadership

17

Things They Never Taught You About Growing Your Leadership in Arts Management

18

Climbing The Ladder to Executive Director and Creating A Kick Ass Culture On The Way [Success Series]

19

How An Arts Administrator Found Her Confidence Because of This One Statistic [Success Series]

20

‘Fake It Till You Become It’: Level Up Your Leadership With Power and Presence

21

How One Conductor Learned You Can’t be Everything to Everyone [Success Series]

22

How One Arts Administrator Went From “I Couldn’t Land an Internship” to Multiple Job Offers [Success Series]

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How One Arts Administrator Went From Wanting to Quit the Industry To Landing Her Dream Job [Success Series]

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How to Create a Healthy Company Culture at Your Arts Organization

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Your Company Culture May Be Toxic

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Bonus Episode: The Problem with Data I See Everywhere in Arts Management

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How to Lead Change at an Arts Organization

28

Building a Business to Scale: Changes at Changing the Narrative

29

The No Cost Solution to Grow Your Revenue

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Do This One Thing to Make the Biggest Difference in Your Sales and Fundraising

31

Major Gift Fundraising & Star Trek with Board Member Susan Bay Nimoy

32

The Math of Diversity: How Much Your Audience Can Grow When It Looks Like Your Community

33

The Business of Zoos and Visitor-Based Institutions with San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Past Chair Javade Chaudhri

34

The Subscription Model Is Not Dead: 3 Ways to Grow Subscriptions at Your Arts Organization

35

Season 3 Trailer: Run It Like A Business

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Bonus Episode: Run It Like A Business—Book Launch Conversation with Kelly Harris

37

We Are On the Same Team: Union Relationships and Collective Bargaining in the Arts with Ted Nelson and Jessica Phillips

38

Attracting & Retaining Staff Talent with Karen Freeman

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How to Release Recordings without a Label with Mike Warner & Jamie Freedman

40

Storytelling Techniques with Hollywood Producer Marcia Gwendolyn Jones

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Training Artists to be Social Media Influencers with David Taylor

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Organizational Design in the Arts with Julian Chender

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Monetizing Streaming Performances with Zenetta Drew

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Increasing Fundraising Revenue with Louis Diez

45

The Subscription Economy and What the Arts Can Learn From It with Robbie Kellman Baxter

46

Growing New Audiences through Customer-Centric Arts Marketing with Ruth Hartt

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Company Culture and How to Renovate It with Kevin Oakes

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Season 2 Trailer: The Offstage Mic

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Bonus Episode: Should musicians be on the board?

50

How to Handle Office Challenges: Turnover, Toxicity, and Microaggressions

51

How to Use Data in the Arts Like they Do in "Moneyball"

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How to Balance Risk Taking at an Arts Organization

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How to Build a Culture of Iteration and Innovation at an Arts Organization

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How to Get Arts Audiences Back

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Growing High Performing Teams in the Arts

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How to Make the Education Department Make Money

57

How to Fire a Board Member + Ways to Improve Company Culture

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Season 1 Trailer: The Offstage Mic