Andrew Hoekstra

Executive Director // @DeosBallet

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When they win – you win.

A simple and powerful strategy.

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@BryceKaiser I supposed confidence could be a key resource, haha

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@BryceKaiser Reminds me of Peter Drucker: only two functions, marketing and innovation. Marketing is the first two points you made...innovation is the third.

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Brb...embedding the abstracts of 2.6M+ papers on Arxiv.

GPU is getting a little hot!

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@MeetKevon I wonder how common this is. Baby #2 was a major turning point in how I perceived my "productivity" or "effectiveness"

[FOX 17 Morning Mix @FOX17MorningMix]

If you want to see a refreshing take on ballet, come see @DeosBallet at AWAKEN Series 23 this Memorial Day weekend at @St_Cecilia. #sponsored #ballet

https://t.co/orc9CJLc5v

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@presenttensefit Offloading risk and expense to dancers is the horrendous norm.

Most dancers aren't given a liveable wage.

How could you even take personal responsibility when you need to overwork yourself at survival jobs to keep dancing?

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@ChloeAngyal This is a fantastic point. It's not just the direct, one-year effect. This compounds over time!

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@devonzuegel Form 1023-EZ is just that, easy and quick.

Form 1024 is a whole different story. 8+ month wait just to get an agent assigned :(

Congrats on the status, btw

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@Molly_Johnson12 @GarrettLord Super underrated. I shoot for one meaningful commit in production on day one, high impact or not.

Onboarding processes like these are HUGE for building confidence. They pay massive dividends.

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@jasonvana Why work 40 hrs a week for someone else when you could work 60 hrs a week for yourself!

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Friendly reminder that Michigan has more than one professional ballet company.

More than one in Grand Rapids alone!

We love Grand Rapids Ballet (happy 50th!)...just not their branding.

And yes, they are fully aware that we exist.

[Michelle Dunaway @MichelleDunaway]

Celebrate a half century of the @GRapidsBallet this year! 50 years of bringing the arts to all across west Michigan - as the only professional ballet company in the state.
https://t.co/SunyQCjiKJ

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@MichelleDunaway GRB is NOT the only professional ballet company in Michigan. We love them, just not their branding. Deos Contemporary Ballet has regularly performed with paid professional dancers since 2018.

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@jspector @MeetKevon Another great way to get increase reach is to post in Twitter Communities. My biggest tweets are because of them...and they get higher engagement too!

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The US primarily uses trains for freight, not people. Very different problems to solve.

Would probably be difficult to chart US freight trains like this. Schedules are intentionally not public for security purposes.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Animated map by @piemadd shows all Amtrak trains over a 24 hour period. That's all there is. The US was once the mightiest railroad country but today train traffic is just trickling along. Source: https://t.co/67giUyucne

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@ThatChristinaG Submitted and waiting 🤞

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@DystopicHippy @ThatChristinaG @HiCommunities The effort level might help early communities now...but yeah, I can't wait for discovery to be simple.

Still trying to find one on machine learning or artificial intelligence...

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I'm just a man...
Standing in front of ballet companies...
Begging them to pay their dancers...

All of their dancers.

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Community Manager Appreciation Day!

Shout out to these great people for making (and maintaining!) the Twitter Communities I love:

@khushbooverma_ ➡️ Tech Twitter
@juliaferraioli ➡️ Open Source
@ThatChristinaG ➡️ Marketing Twitter

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I second "The Advantage"

We used this for @DeosBallet to figure out Core Values. Highly recommend.

[Jason Vana | The Sassy Brander @jasonvana]

@SPressfield @nevmed @JoeSugarman @donaldmiller @allandib @RobertCialdini @joshkaufman @ThisIsSethsBlog Business Growth:

- Traction by Gino Wickman
- This Won't Scale by @Drift
- The Advantage by @patricklencioni
- Good to Great by @level5leaders

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@ThatChristinaG @jasonvana Joined!

I should have known you'd be the moderator of one @ThatChristinaG ! Thanks for the invite.

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What twitter communities are you in?

I'm looking to join a few more.