Sametz Blackstone Associates

Sametz Blackstone Associates is a Boston-based brand consultancy that integrates brand, editorial, visual, and digital strategy to help organizations connect with their constituencies, build lasting relationships, and successfully navigate change.

We work with educational, research, healthcare, and cultural institutions, as well as professional and financial services enterprises, to understand their goals and challenges; craft content and digital strategies that resonate with their key audiences; and evolve systems for visual expression that build connection, recognition, and participation. We create everything from complete brand systems, to digital universes, to discrete brochures; help equip those who communicate on behalf of an organization to do it effectively, creatively, and fluently; and ensure that our clients own the thinking and tools that constitute their brand, so they have in-house assets that continue to deliver value for years to come.

Representative cultural clients include: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Emmanuel Music, MIT Museum, and WGBH.

For more information, to access a wide range of articles, and to peruse case studies, visit www.sametz.com.

Dream Warrior Group

Dream Warrior Group provides graceful yet technologically savvy solutions for Arts organizations. The goal-driven services focus on audience and action. As your technology advocate, we will be your ally and can manage and fully implement your online presence. Our services (à la carte or contracted) include: Web site design and development, e-marketing, e-promotion, social media management and optimization. We implement your message in a digital environment. www.dreamwarrior.com

Theatre Manager™ Software

Theatre Manager™ software is used at Theatres, Festivals, Arenas, Performing Arts Centers, Symphony Orchestras, Museums, Educational Institutions, Municipalities, Non-profit and For-profit organizations.

Key functionalities:
- Patron & Household CRM
- Box Office & Internet Sales without 3rd party fees
- Development & Donation Management
- Marketing - including email blasts
- Artist, Staff & Volunteer Management
- Financial Controls
- Facility & Project Management

Since 1985, our experience has been drawn from 100s of venues, with 1000s of users who use Theatre Manager software to track approximately 3/4 of a billion dollars in annual revenue. www.artsman.com

DRMTM

Ready. Set. Reimagine. DRMTM (dream team) is a national arts + culture team that leads organizations to claim the power of their brand to achieve mission purpose, clarity and capacity. DRMTM’s unique process of brand research + messaging + design builds bold and compelling brands that create vital connections and transform community life.

InstantEncore

InstantEncore powers over one million patron experiences every year. helps arts and culture organizations thrive. Our two innovative mobile services – Appscension and InsideGuide - breakdown barriers to attendance, increase convenience for patrons, and drive ROI for you.

The Wallace Foundation

The Wallace Foundation seeks to improve education and enrichment for disadvantaged children and foster the vitality of arts for everyone. The foundation has an unusual approach: funding efforts to test innovative ideas for solving important public problems, conducting research to find out what works and what doesn’t and to fill key knowledge gaps – and then communicating the results to help others. Wallace, which works nationally, has five major initiatives under way:

• School leadership: Strengthening education leadership to improve student achievement.
• Afterschool: Helping selected cities make good afterschool programs available to many more children.
• Building audiences for the arts: Enabling arts organizations to bring the arts to a broader and more diverse group of people.
• Arts education: Expanding arts learning opportunities for children and teens.
• Summer and expanded learning: Better understanding the impact of high-quality summer learning programs on disadvantaged children, and enriching and expanding the school day in ways that benefit students.

Spektrix

Spektrix is a ticketing, marketing and fundraising solution made specifically for the performing arts. With cloud-based technology and world-class support, Spektrix helps 400+ organizations across the U.S., Canada and the U.K. grow their revenue and deepen patron relationships. We do this through providing a system with frequent and seamless upgrades, sophisticated reporting, and free strategic consultation from experienced arts professionals. www.spektrix.com/en-us/