Welcome to Ticket Turtle
What we do, who we are, and things we like
What we do
Our mission is to help performing arts organizations across the US and Canada become organized, efficient, and financially sound by providing integrated software solutions at an affordable price.
Our reason for creating the software was to meet the unique needs of organizations that put on great performances and build community with their work (both with volunteers and in building their patron base).
We love art. As allies to the performing arts in the web age our job is to ensure that you have an affordable tool that does what you need it to.
We're in your corner.
Our company is based in Portland, Oregon. All departments are staffed by employees in the U.S.
Links we like
- American Associate of Community Theatre (AACT)
- American Composers Orchestra
- American Composers Forum
- American Music Center
- American Symphony Orchestra League
- Artswire
- The Association of Concert Bands
- ASCAP
- Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers
- The Chatfield Music Lending Library: Invaluable resource for out-of-print band music
- The Community Band and Orchestra Contact List: Over 1600 community music ensembles worldwide
- Free Management Library
- The Greater Boston Theatre Alliance – StageSource
- International Ticketing Association (INTIX)
- KickStarter - Funding creativity
- Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
- Meet the Composer Inc.
- New Music Box
- NTEN, the Non-Profit Technology Network
- The Non-Profit Times
- Oral History, American Music—Yale University
- Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Snopes.com - Separating rumor and urban myth from fact
- Symphony Orchestra Institute
- TechSoup
- Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia
- Theatre Communication
Who we are
The Ticket Turtle Story
How we came to be, and why we do what we do.
Ticket Turtle was founded by Ness and Heather Blackbird in 2004. Ness and Heather still work at the company, but are joined now by a wonderful community of dedicated staff and a continually growing community of Ticket Turtle
users in the US and Canada.
Ness comes from a background in database development and Heather in non-profit management. Ness had been working with non-profits exclusively for some years and had learned firsthand how profound functional technology can be for non-profit organizations in furthering their work. He built Ticket Turtle to be exactly that: friendly, reliable, and profoundly useful.
He worked in collaboration with theater clients he'd encountered who were in desperate need of a tool they could afford that did what they needed it to: unify ticketing, fundraising, and data management.
The company
emphasizes caring for its employees and its clients. It seeks to contribute to making the world a better place by creating something people need to do their work and providing a company worth working for.
The turtle in the
pictures is Charlie, our mascot. His official title at the company is Director of Gratitude. He is a lover of life, peace, and art. See our facebook page for more Charlie sightings!
Get to know Ticket Turtle, it's the real deal.
Visit Our Blog
Join Our Group
Watch Our Videos
© 2010 Ticket Turtle, Inc. All rights reserved.