Hello everyone and welcome to the shiny new Public Media Tessitura Community!
Although I have met many of you, my name is Leah Schier - I am the Director of Business Intelligence at KERA and have volunteered to chair this new community. I started at my first Tessitura licensee in 2009 and have been crazy enough to bring KERA through implementation and go live in the spring of 2019. KERA is so pleased to see public media stations join the Tessitura Network and hope to see more soon.
As we plan for future meetings, we would love to hear from you about the types of gatherings you prefer. For example, would you prefer casual discussions, formal presentations, panel style Q & A discussions, etc. Please reply and tell us what goals/expectations you have with this group, which topics you would like to discuss in the future, and please feel free to introduce yourself.
Please save the date for our next informal gathering on Friday, January 8th and invite your co-workers to join the community.
On behalf of my co-chairs Tamara and Andrea, thank you for joining us in this digital space - we are looking forward to getting to know you all better in the coming months!
Leah
Hi! I'm brand new to public media and Tessitura. I joined PBS North Carolina on January 25th as the new Director of Integrated Fundraising. My background is in promoting traditional and digital fundraising strategies and best practices and coordinating with different departments to achieve effective multi-channel and dynamic campaigns and donor communications. I am a data nerd and enjoy working in CRMs but I am brand new to the nuances of Tessitura and public media.
I look forward to working with this group to best use our new software and make it work hard for us.
Thanks!
It's so nice to make your acquaintance here in this forum, Becca! I work at KERA in Dallas (a triple license station: PBS, NPR and AAA-format music). I was born in Fayetteville and lived in NC (with a brief stint on Hilton Head Island, SC) until I moved to TX in 1992. My formative years were through PBS NC. As a 1st gen Sesame Street kid, I hold NC public television dear to my heart. My mom is still a member there and sends me station communications from time-to-time. I'm happy that y'all are in the Tessitura network, too, and look forward to all of us learning from each other.