The Math of Diversity: How Much Your Audience Can Grow When It Looks Like Your Community
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The need for diversity in our audience and for the audience to reflect the community is a hot topic in the arts these days. And rightfully so.
There is a moral imperative to do this work at arts organizations, but I am also a fan of the business case for diversity. And in this episode, we are talking about what the numbers look like if and when the audience actually does look like the community — and wow, is there money on the table when the audience becomes more diverse.
This episode looks at just how many more tickets would be sold in a year if your audience makeup mirrored that of your community, or at least came close. We talk through the numbers, and I have a free download that does the math for you so you don’t have to.
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