Posts Tagged ‘music advocacy’
Influencing and advocating for your charity, arts or music organisation – part 2 decision science
Advocating for your cause following the Covid-19 pandemic using empathy, behaviour change and decision science – part 2.
Read MoreHow to bring more relevant people to your website through content marketing
Would you like to grow the number of potential customers and stakeholders visiting your website, signing up to your enews, and ultimately supporting your organisation? Who wouldn’t. And in today’s era of ‘Google it’, publishing useful content – often called ‘content marketing’ – can make a big difference to the success of your charity or…
Read MoreFour first steps: Lobbying and advocacy for music and arts organisations
WHAT IS LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY? Advocacy in the political sense means creating awareness of an issue in order to influence public policy and funding decisions. The methods you use can be wide-ranging, from communications and media campaigns, to public speaking; from commissioning and publishing research to conducting polls. Lobbying is a type of advocacy that…
Read MoreStories / case studies: music work with young people in challenging circumstances
A short post to share a range of promotional as well as evaluation/practice-sharing stories and case studies about work with young people in music. Many of the case studies and activities were supported through Youth Music’s Musical Inclusion programme. It’s been a privilege to talk to these music leaders about their work and hear the stories…
Read MoreBenefits of arts education – evidence from the U.S
If you’re needing to make the case for music or the arts in your school or organisation,Reinvesting in Arts Education – winning America’s future through creative schools, has proven useful recently for a few colleagues, so I thought I’d summarise some of the key findings here. It’s worth a fuller read, particularly the sections on…
Read MoreArts advocacy – stepping up a gear?
It looks as if arts advocacy campaigning in the UK will be stepping up a gear this year. Not only are the funding cuts forcing us all to look long and hard at the true value of what we do, and to get even better at collecting and sharing evidence and stories – but a…
Read MoreHow to make your music hub business plan an easier, more convincing, read
Your business plan is the blueprint for your organisation’s future. It communicates and shares your goals and values, and helps potential funders and supporters to understand how you will deliver on their goals and priorities, as well as your own. It is a critically important document and for that reason it needs to be a…
Read MoreAdvocating for music – sharing research more widely
I’ve been noticing for some time now how hard it is to find research evidence when you need it. Much of my work is about advocating for music, the arts, or a particular good cause. But although I often know there’s research out there to back up a particular case, I struggle to find it…
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