Yes, yes, you’re rolling your eyes, you’re saying “enough, already with the RENT, Rebecca. We get it. You love RENT.” All that is certainly true, but this is a post that is only tangentially about my favorite musical. It’s more […]
I took a small business class at BCIT in September of 2007. It was great, because it allowed me the time and space to finally write that business plan I’d been putting off for the last six years or so […]
On Feb 17, the British Columbia provincial government released its new budget. I was honestly not even going to write anything on it, because it was so depressing. But I do like to fire up the masses if I can, […]
Here in Vancouver, there’s a local gal who is an actor and a social media enthusiast, called Monica Hamburg. While our paths have not crossed at auditions (that I know of), they have crossed on Twitter. A while back, she […]
In December, I wrote a blog post about a show I went to see that was well attended, but the median age of those present was in the 40-50 range. A big issue for a lot of theatre companies right […]
This was recently forwarded to me by Mirjana Galovich, who is the director of marketing and sales for the Vancouver Museum. It is US arts philanthropy expert Diane Ragsdale’s keynote address on the subject “Surviving the Culture Change,” which she […]
Last year, I did a job for our local Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance–publicity for their annual World Theatre Day celebrations. World Theatre Day takes place every year on March 27, and is the brainchild of the International Theatre Institute. […]
I’ve been talking about Twitter for months now. It’s no secret that I am totally and utterly hooked. I love that it works in real time, and I love all the new contacts that I’ve made through Twitter. And I’m […]
I was asked this question in a phone call from one of my clients last week. “500?” she asked. I nearly choked on my coffee. There’s a marketing revolution happening, folks. And the news is mostly good, and a little […]
In the business world, mentorship is a widely-respected and -practiced phenomenon. I don’t see it happening as much in the arts world–apprenticeships, yes, but mentorships, not so much. I, myself have had mentors in the past, most recently through The […]