Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Why Indeed

Wed, Aug 8, 2011
In case you missed it, The Philadelphia Inquirer published an article by Peter Dobrin on 8/1/2011 which reports that hot on the heels of the bankruptcy court ruling that the musicians’ union can have access to some of the documentation it requested regarding the Philadelphia Orchestra Association’s (POA) Endowment, Philly Pops founder Peter Nero has

Fun With Venn Diagrams: Crisis Management

Tue, Aug 8, 2011
Fun With Venn Diagrams: Crisis Management
It’s been a little while since we had some fun with Venn Diagrams but a recent email exchange with a consulting colleague who was lamenting the long term damage from too much evidential fallacy oriented thinking put an idea into my head for the following Venn diagram.

What Are You Proud Of?

Mon, Aug 8, 2011
One of the unfortunate realities in this business is a lot of really fine work passes by without anyone noticing. Sure, we all see press releases about big news but the reality is much of those headlines wouldn’t be possible without the cumulative impact of all the smaller goals and accomplishments that really contribute toward
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