Jeff Goodman

Maybe he’s confusing autism with Judaism?

Did you resolve the issue with YouTubeTV?

Huge thanks to Jeff Goodman Consulting for supporting the Conservancy in a number of ways, including as a Corporate Partner at the Silver level. Corporate Partners support our mission and events year-round. jeffsagoodman.com

They’re both about meat, going low and slow, big breasts (turkey), small breasts (chicken), and getting hot and sweaty. But, I’ll stick with the BBQ.

🎥 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧
𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏’ 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏, 1952 
Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Music by Nacio Herb Brown; Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

#ArtIsntEasy #LeadingWithImpact #ArtsLeadership

Consider Yourself One of Us: How Arts Organizations Can Welcome New Audiences — Jeff Goodman New audiences shouldn’t need an instruction manual to enjoy the arts. This post explores how arts organizations can create more welcoming, inclusive experiences for first-time visitors by rethinking e...

People who come for the first time shouldn’t feel like they stumbled into a secret club.
Especially if we want them to come back—and bring others with them.

🔗 Read more: JeffsAGoodMan.com/blog/welcome

We don’t need to flatten or dumb things down.
 But we do need to help people navigate the experience.

That might mean explaining unfamiliar traditions.

Or welcoming different expressions of enthusiasm.

Or just making it easier to show up without feeling small.

𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲: 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬

A lot of new audience-building efforts focus on programming or promotions.
 But the biggest barrier might be the experience itself.
If the first visit makes them feel out of place or underinformed, they won’t come back. No matter how good the art is.

Consider Yourself One of Us: How Arts Organizations Can Welcome New Audiences — Jeff Goodman New audiences shouldn’t need an instruction manual to enjoy the arts. This post explores how arts organizations can create more welcoming, inclusive experiences for first-time visitors by rethinking e...

If new audiences are the future of the arts, why do we keep making them feel like they don’t belong?

My new post looks at how orgs can welcome people who are curious but unsure—without shaming, gatekeeping, or making it harder than it has to be.

🔗 JeffsAGoodMan.com/blog/welcome #artsleadership

#ArtIsntEasy #LeadingWithImpact #StrategicPartnerships #NonprofitLeadership

Partnerships with Purpose — Jeff Goodman

🔗 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭—𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫: www.jeffsagoodman.com/partnerships

🖼️ 𝐆𝐢𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥 (𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐨) (1697–1768)
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒍, Venice, c. 1730
Oil on canvas
Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Whether you’re a nonprofit looking to expand your reach, or a business looking to lead with purpose, strategic partnerships rooted in shared values and goals can turn connection into real-world change.

Some organizations rise on their own.Most rise farther—and stronger—with partners.

When we align our values—and our efforts—something bigger happens.We serve the mission better. We amplify impact. We lift each other up.

𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲: 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬

In the nonprofit world, competition is often a necessity—especially for funding.But when our missions and values align, collaboration serves the greater good.We don’t all need to rise alone. And we don’t all benefit when others sink.

A true mission should move people.
It should show how the world is better because you exist.

If your mission reads like an elevator pitch, it’s time to rewrite it.

🔗 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭?
www.jeffsagoodman.com/mission-crit...
🖼️ Magritte, 1929
#ArtIsntEasy #ArtsLeadership

𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲: 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬

A mission statement isn’t just a description.
It’s a declaration—of purpose and impact.
But here’s where so many arts orgs get stuck:
They describe what they do... and stop there.
What’s missing is the why—and the impact of success.
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The Work Comes Alive with the Sound of Impact: Why Arts Nonprofits Must Communicate Their Value — Jeff Goodman Many arts nonprofits assume their impact speaks for itself. But new supporters need more than assumptions. Learn why clearly articulating your impact is essential—and how it can drive engagement, supp...

🔗 I wrote more about this idea—why audiences need context to understand impact—here:
www.jeffsagoodman.com/blog/the-wor...

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That’s why your messaging—and your decisions—have to go deeper.

You can’t assume people just “get it.” You have to crack it open and show them.
The guts. The heart. The reason it matters.

🖼️ 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐭 – 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒚 𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒓. 𝑻𝒖𝒍𝒑, 1632

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𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲: 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬

𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬.

But here’s the problem: most of the public hasn’t shared that experience. They haven’t seen what you’ve seen or felt what you’ve felt.

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Trump on Powell: “I was surprised he was appointed” (Trump appointed him)

GOP gets their messages out simply in 3-4 words (Big Beautiful Bill, Make America Great Again). It's deceitful and oversimplifies complicated issues, but it resonates.

Democrats issue press releases and lean into nuance. And we lose.

Jeff Goodman dressed and posed similar toJulie Andrews as Maria von Trapp in the Sound of Music, standing in a field in front of the Swiss Alps, with stylized text that reads: The Work Comes Alive with the Sound of Impact.

“When you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything.”
Same goes for impact.

If people don’t understand the impact of your work, they won’t support it or sing its praises.

🎯 Show impact
🎤 Reach beyond the choir
🏔️ Belt it from the mountaintops

🔗 jeffsagoodman.blog/the-work-com...

So… @savewrightflwbc.bsky.social is having a huge year!

"What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence. Ending them is a principled decision, and it’s the right one.” - Jeff Bezos (who apparently thinks bias only applies to presidential candidates)

That’s why he can say weird things like “I love God,” and people think he’s the Pope. His behavior hasn’t changed, but his followers believe what he wants them to believe reality is.

I actually don’t think he cares about changing reality. Reality isn’t important in Trump’s world. He just says what he wants people to believe and they do (whether it’s winning every golf tournament he plays in or peace in the Middle East).

Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?

JD Vance wants you to know that, even though he went to a musical, he’s definitely not gay.

Opinion | This Israeli Government Is a Danger to Jews Everywhere (Gift Article) The price will be high if people don’t resist Netanyahu’s ugly, nihilistic Gaza policy.

Read @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social full Op-Ed here:

Being pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian doesn’t mean defending the indefensible.
It means not letting heartbreak or rage erase our humanity.