Donna Walker Kuhne: The Power of Building Audiences

As I've traveled around the world to teach, speak, and lecture about audience development, in particular, Africa, is that what I've learned is that at the end of the day, people want to feel welcome, they want to have a good time, even if it's something that made them want to laugh, but to feel like, 'Wow, this was thought-provoking, this was interesting, and to feel that I made a good choice coming. And maybe I met someone that I didn't know.' I learned how class, particularly in America, is such a barrier for people to feel they belong. ~Donna Walker-Kuhne Donna Walker-Kuhne is an award-winning author, strategist and expert in building diverse audiences and engaging communities for arts experiences. She believes that thriving communities embrace the arts and are invited to participate in the arts in a consistent and predictable manner. ~

You can listen to Donna Walker Kuhne: The Power of Building Audiences online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Donna Walker Kuhne: The Power of Building Audiences is an episode from First Online With Fran by Frances McGarry.

This episode is 0:34:36 long.

This episode was published on Feb 27, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from First Online With Fran when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.