Nov 22, 2018
We have seen great presentations showcasing how the most
successful nonprofit marketers have incorporated storytelling
into
their organization’s
communications efforts. Whether it’s a global organization like
Water for People, a large US one like Outreach, Inc, or a small
local nonprofit, the most successful organizations say they got
where they are by first taking the time to identify their core
reason for being – their core brand promise – and then sharing that
brand promise through consistent, emotional storytelling.
In this week's show we speak with Mandee K. Hammerstein - Founder & producer of New Feathers Productions, dedicated to providing a voice and welcoming forum for new, theatrical works is delighted to be introducing a new season now at the James A. Michener Art Museum this fall. Known for her national, public relations and launching work of cultural institutions, artist-initiatives and new businesses, one of Mandee’s biggest missions is helping lead the effort to save and preserve Oscar Hammerstein II’s home in Doylestown, Pa and turn it into a multifaceted, Broadway history & house museum.
“To stand…in the room where [Oscar Hammerstein] wrote the words to “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” is to know in your bones that for anyone who loves the American musical, the successful preservation of Highland Farm will be the worthiest of causes.” Terry Teachout – Wall Street Journal, July 12, 2018
Oscar Greeley Clendenning
Hammerstein II (/ˈhæmərstaɪn/; July 12, 1895 –
August 23, 1960) was an American librettist,
theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of
musicals for almost forty years. Hammerstein won
eight Tony Awards and
two Academy
Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard
repertoire for vocalists and jazz
musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs. Hammerstein was
the lyricist and
playwright in his partnerships; his collaborators wrote the music.
Hammerstein collaborated with numerous composers, such
as Jerome Kern, with
whom he wrote Show
Boat, Vincent
Youmans, Rudolf
Friml, Richard A.
Whiting and Sigmund
Romberg; but he is best known for his collaborations
with Richard
Rodgers, as the duo Rodgers and
Hammerstein which include Oklahoma!, Carousel, South
Pacific, The King and
I, and The Sound of
Music.