Adaptistration – Drew McManus on the orchestra business.

Food For Thought: Website Accessibility Driven Lawsuits

Published on Mon, Apr 22, 19 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Sun, Apr 21, 19 at 12:29 pm CDT by Drew McManus

The 4/19/2019 edition of artsy.net published an article by Claire Voon that reports on a pair of lawsuits filed separated by two legally blind plaintiffs against dozens of New York City art galleries that their websites allegedly violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). As the article points out, issues of websites and accessibility via ADA standards are, at best, murky. Part of confusion comes from a separate set of standards …

Your Post-Net Neutrality Action Plan, In Google Slide Deck Form

Published on Fri, Apr 19, 19 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Thu, Apr 18, 19 at 4:10 pm CDT by Drew McManus

My thanks to the folks from Arts Alliance Illinois for inviting me to participate in yesterday’s webinar on Arts and Technology. My portion of the webinar covered a post-net neutrality action plan and I wanted to take a moment to share the Google Slide Deck with everyone. Like most of my slide decks, this includes #CopiousSpeakerNotes so that you can get everything of value from the webinar right out of the …

Web UX 101

Published on Thu, Apr 18, 19 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Wed, Apr 17, 19 at 1:42 pm CDT by Drew McManus

I recently wrapped up a workshop for Americans for the Arts and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts on Website User Experience with a terrific group of participants taking part in a two-year capacity building initiative titled Arts Marketing and Audience Engagement in the 21st Century: Building the Capacity of Pennsylvania’s Cultural Sector. It was a terrific afternoon; we covered a lot of ground and worked across a variety of skill levels …

Today’s Your Last Chance To Sign Up For The ARTS MOVE POLICY (AMP): Arts + Technology Webinar

Published on Wed, Apr 17, 19 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Tue, Apr 16, 19 at 3:47 pm CDT by Drew McManus

Today is the final day to sign up for the Arts Alliance Illinois’ ARTS MOVE POLICY (AMP): Arts + Technology webinar on Thursday April 18, 2019 from 12:30-2:00pm CT. I’ll be taking part in the webinar to present material about what arts orgs should be doing to prepare for the post net-neutrality era. Thanks to the generosity of The Joyce Foundation and the Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Family Foundation, registration is free …

Off To Johnstown, PA For A Workshop On User Experience

Published on Mon, Apr 15, 19 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Sat, Apr 13, 19 at 10:09 pm CDT by Drew McManus

I’m in Johnstown, PA today to lead a workshop on Website User Experience with a terrific group of participants taking part in a two-year capacity building initiative from Americans for the Arts. To be more precise, it’s the Arts Marketing and Audience Engagement in the 21st Century: Building the Capacity of Pennsylvania’s Cultural Sector. Funded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the program is designed to support, strengthen and advance …

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