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What on Earth Is a QR Code?
Ceci Dadisman, E-Marketing Communications Manager
Palm Beach Opera QR codes—the QR stands for "quick response"—are fast becoming more and more common and they are a perfect (and FREE) tool for arts organizations to engage audiences. QR codes are bar codes that allow you to link them to an event, website URL, bit of text, or virtual business card. Scanners for these codes are free and can be downloaded to any smartphone. (I use one called NeoReader but a simple web search will reveal tons of others that are good as well.)
But, you ask, how can a nonprofit arts organization use this newfangled technology? Read more from Ceci.
 Registration Is Open for the 2011 Annual Convention!
What does the future of the arts in America look like?
How can my organization work even more effectively within my community?
The Americans for the Arts 2011 Annual Convention, June 16–18 in San Diego, CA, will answer these questions and offer the critical and timely professional development you need in local arts development, advancement, and policy. Join more than 1,200 arts and community leaders coming together to imagine and plan for a creative future through leadership and innovation in our sunny, beautiful host city. Register by April 29 for the early-bird discount! Just for public arts leaders! Don’t miss a special Public Art Preconference, June 15-16, in San Diego. Learn More!
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The National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) consists of four components:
1) Nonprofit Marketing Training delivers customized skills and strategies for developing new arts audiences
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4) Basic Marketing Workshops offered by Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts affiliates around the country SAVE THE DATE: 2011 NAMP Conference, November 12-15, LOUISVILLE, KY
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Shen Yun returns to the Kennedy Center with an all-new program. Experience the Beauty of Heavenly Beings Dancing. Shen Yun presents colorful and exhilarating performances of classical Chinese dance and music. A performance by Shen Yun is a presentation of traditional Chinese culture as it once was: a study in grace, wisdom, and the virtues distilled from the five millennia of Chinese civilization. Each year, Shen Yun Performing Arts debuts a spectacular new production. Tickets: www.DCspectacular.com or call 1-800-516-9303.
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