Adaptistration – Drew McManus on the orchestra business.

The Pitfalls Of Hyperbole During Contentious Work Stoppages

Published on Wed, Apr 24, 19 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Wed, Apr 24, 19 at 2:34 pm CDT by Drew McManus

The longer work stoppages continue, the hotter passions run. It’s a truism that not even the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) strike is exempt. As the CSO work stoppage approaches its second month, tempers are burning hotter than ever. When that happens, it isn’t uncommon to see stakeholders speak first, think later. To that end, one of the primary reasons I migrated this blog’s commenting system to a platform that requires a …

More Cancellations While Negotiations Fail To Produce Deal In Chicago

Published on Tue, Apr 23, 19 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Tue, Apr 23, 19 at 3:59 pm CDT by Drew McManus

On 4/18/2019, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) pulled the trigger on its latest round of cancellations. The result was the rest of April 2019 going by the wayside. In addition to recitals and Civic Orchestra cancellations, subscriptions concerts on April 25, 26, and 27 were cancelled. The most recent negotiations prior to those cancellations failed to produce a new agreement. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the CSOA held to its last, best, and …

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 …

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