Why is the subscription model thriving in just about every consumer-facing sector yet in the arts is on the decline? Aubrey takes this question to Robbie Kellman Baxter, the world’s leading expert on subscription models. Aubrey and Robbie explore four areas where the arts are doing it differently, and what we can do to update our own practices to maximize the important revenue streams we need: subscriptions, memberships, and donations. Resources:<a href="https://amzn.to/3jaYv4o" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Forever Transaction</a><a href="https://amzn.to/40wGDBb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Membership Economy</a>

Increasing Fundraising Revenue with Louis Diez

Arts and culture is a big business—a $1.02 trillion sector whose 100,000+ organizations serve almost every community in the nation.

This podcast is about running that business: how to grow audiences, develop high performing teams and leaders, get younger attendees in the seats and on the donor rolls, apply strategies working in other sectors, and generate millions more dollars in revenue, all in order to serve the mission and flourish in a changing world.

Hosted by “the Steve Jobs of classical music” (Observer) and "Sheryl Sandberg of the Symphony" (LA Review of Books), in each episode Aubrey Bergauer discusses the offstage work of arts organizations and the administrators, artists, and board members who make them run.

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