Florida Humanities Council Inc

Public programming: in fy24, florida humanities experienced increased growth in audiences served by our own council-conducted programs. Attendance nearly doubled for all live council-conducted programs hosted in 2024 over the previous year. Driving that growth was the continuation of popular programs designed for members and potential donors including our gathering cultural heritage tours. Special events and new council-conducted programs also reached audiences across the state. These events included a series of programs and a musical performance to mark the 60th anniversary of the beatles first and only concert performed in florida. (continued on schedule o)we also successfully organized and hosted our first annual regional humanities festival, three virtual book club events hosted by the executive director, nine programs as part of a statewide book tour celebrating the release of our forum magazine anthology, and a series of poetry programs presented in partnership with the city of st. Petersburg's poet laureate. These engaging council-conducted programs had over 1,300 total attendees. Public programming supported by florida humanities in fy24 also included 130 florida talks programs from our speakers bureau that were attended by more than 8,300 people statewide.

Print and digital resources:forum magazine - through its insightful perspectives on florida, florida humanities' forum magazine provides readers with engaging and colorful stories about the people and places that define our state. Florida humanities publishes three issues of forum annually. In fy24, forum received 21 florida magazine association awards as well as three sunshine state awards from the florida chapter of the society of professional journalists. Back issues of the magazine continued to be archived at the university of south florida poynter library which reported more than 3,300 magazine downloads in fy24.(continued on schedule o)forum magazine podcast eleven new episodes of the "beyond the pages" forum podcast series were produced in fy24 featuring interviews with contributing writers to the magazine.florida humanities online - in fy24, florida humanities launched a new digital repository of humanities resources produced by both florida humanities and our many partners statewide. This new website includes documentary films, podcasts, audio programs, as well as archived articles from thirty years of forum magazine. Florida stories walking tour app - our free downloadable walking tour app allows users to delve behind the scenes of florida towns with an emphasis on local history, culture, and architecture. The app hosts a total of thirty six tours and was downloaded more than 24,000 times in fy24 from our website, the google play store and istore.university press of florida (upf) co-publication partnership florida humanities continued its partnership with upf to support the publication of humanities-themed titles. Florida humanities receives a percentage of the sales of each co-published title in both print and digital formats. In fy24, two new books were published and more than 2,700 print and ebook co-publication titles were sold by upf. Select upf co-publication titles are also utilized as premiums for florida humanities' membership program.