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NAMPC 2015 Registration Is Open

Sunday, January 21st, 2018Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 by Drew McManus

The good folks at the National Arts Marketing Project Conference (#NAMPC) have officially opened the registration gates for the Nov 6-9 conference and early-bird registration will save you anywhere from $50-$75 on the full conference fee. As mentioned back in May, I’ll be leading a session titled Click. Click. Done. Developing Your Google Analytics Skills along with Google Analytics rock stars Ceci Dadismanand Marc van Bree. The official schedule is being finalized and …

Venture Is… 2015

Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 by Drew McManus

On Monday, 7/6/2015 Ceci Dadisman published an article at ArtsHacker.com about a video production resource for budget conscious arts orgs and it looks like a great resource. In addition to custom video production, it is worth pointing out that if you have some Adobe After Effects skills under your belt, there are some wonderful turn-key templates available that can be used to create everything from standard definition online only to full …

Heading Toward A Dark Place In Hartford

Monday, July 6th, 2015 by Drew McManus

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra (HSO) appears to be the latest candidate for a particularly ugly labor dispute. Over the past month, several news outlets have been reporting on a deteriorating situation that appears to be headed toward one of two options: an imposed collective bargaining agreement (CBA) or a work stoppage. The 7/1/2015 edition of broadwayworld.com published an article that reports the HSO board recently approved a strategic plan and annual …

The IRS Moves One (Tiny) Step Closer To Open Source 990 Data

Friday, July 3rd, 2015 by Drew McManus

The 6/30/2015 edition of The Chronicle Of Philanthropy has an article by Suzanne Perry (h/t Joe Patti) that reports on the legal battle over making Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990 filings available in “machine-readable format.” Granted, that phrase covers a lot of ground so don’t expect the final result to measure up to open data standards but at least this is a step in the right direction, even if it …

Some Good Thinking On How To Present Sensory Friendly Events

Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 by Drew McManus

When it comes to performing arts and inclusion, one of the more recent issues is introducing elements related to structuring events around attendees with disabilities or developmental differences, especially families with Autistic members. To that end, Sarah Marczynski published a wonderfully informative article at ArtsHacker.com on 7/1/2015 about that very topic that does an excellent job at walking you though the topic if its new to you then diving into a …