Here are our top podcasts for 2022 — what did you hear? What did you miss?
Let's Talk: Do Big Tech Flops Impact the Future of the Arts?
Let's Talk: The Dawn of AI Policy and the Decline of Meta
In this month’s installment of our Let’s Talk podcast series, AMT Lab staff Maraika Lumholdt and Natalie Larsen continue discussing the ever-evolving world of technology and privacy , especially in the worlds of theater and the music industry. The AI Bill of Rights, an important new blueprint for the future of technology policy, is also examined.
#TBT: What's On Your Phone Series
This year’s AMT-Lab contributors are hard at work conducting interviews with leaders in the field in order to bring you the latest insights and opinions from the intersection of arts management and technology. While these dialogues are in process, we thought we would look back at one of AMT-Lab’s most popular series: What’s On Your Phone? Here is a collection of What’s On Your Phone? interviews from the last two years.
New Podcast Available: Michael Mael, Technology as a Tool to Reach New Audiences
AMT Lab Editor Stewart Urist sat down with the Executive Director of Washington National Opera, Michael Mael, for a wide ranging discussion about his career and the opportunities technology brings to the arts.
New Podcast Interview Now Available - Undervolt & Co
Undervolt and Co's Co-founder and Curator Johnny Woods, along with artists Jennifer Juniper Stratford, Birch Cooper, and Brenna Murphy, sat down with AMT Lab Editor Stewart Urist for an interview exploring the challenges and goals of this young organization.
Branding itself as a, "label for experimental video artists," the work of Undervolt's artists spans a mind boggling range of artistic styles, ranging from psychedelic computer generated dreamscapes, to "mutant" television shows, to sculptural synthesizers blending light and sound. Check out the full interview here.
May 11th Webinar - Market Smarter with Google and Facebook!
2:00pm-3:30pm Eastern Presenter: Erik Gensler Registration: $25.00
Google and Facebook offer a suite of free to inexpensive marketing tools that allow you to target and better understand your online audience. This webinar will focus on helping arts organizations use Google Analytics, Google AdWords, and Facebook advertising to market smarter.
Over the course of this 90 minute webinar, Capacity Interactive's Erik Gensler will discuss:
- How arts organizations can optimize Google Analytics understand how users are interacting with your site and which user behaviors are tied to sales. We will discuss basic reporting and set up as well as custom set up and ecommerce tracking.
- How to use Google AdWords to increase traffic to your site. You will discover how your orgnization can obtain up to $10,000 in free AdWords advertising per month. You will also learn about the Google Content Network where your organization can place banner ads on thousands of sites across the web from one central hub.
- How to target Facebook users that are interested in the programming your organization offers. You will obtain tips for crafting ads and micro-targeting users to make your Facebook advertising efficient and cost-effective.
Listen to Brad Stephenson's interview with Erik from last summer's Technology in the Arts podcast: [display_podcast] Erik Gensler is the president of Capacity Interactive Inc. - an electronic marketing consulting firm whose client roster includes Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Carnegie Hall, New York City Opera, and Roundabout Theatre Company. Capacity Interactive helps arts organizations strategically employ interactive tools to engage audiences, build community, and market smarter.
Technology in the Arts #49
Welcome back, Jason! Brad and Jason discuss what they did on their summer vacations, SQL injections and the fundamentals of creating a Web space. Use the following handy dandy links to follow along:
Technology in the Arts National Conference - Information about our upcoming conference. Email Brad to get a 25% registration discount.
Technology in the Arts Facebook Page - Become a fan of our page to connect with other fans and get all of our blog, podcast and conference updates.
Pair Web Hosting - A great hosting provider, based in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Brad's Free Web Site Experiment - A recent blog entry that features Brad's step-by-step free Web site experiment.
Cool Sites of the Episode
Brad: MinusSpace.com - A curatorial project based in Brooklyn, NY, that presents reductive art.
Jason: Qik.com - Stream live video from your cell phone to the Web.
Reminder - If you have any questions or interesting discussion items, please send them to podcast@technologyinthearts.org.
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