Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

We’re Still Our Own Worst Enemy When It Comes To The Online Buying Experience

Thu, Sep 9, 2016
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While attending the 2016 Arts Midwest conference in Milwaukee last month, I noticed one of the sessions was a pro/con debate on the subject of subscriptions. Instinctively, I let out a big sigh then furrowed my brow for a good five minutes. Despite how much time the field spends debating subscriptions, it never ceases to

The Most Creative People In Arts Administration

Wed, Sep 9, 2016
The Most Creative People In Arts Administration
One of the best parts of working with such a variety of culture publications is working with some genuinely amazing people. To that end, Ceci Dadisman (my fellow contributor at ArtsHacker.com) came up with an absolutely wonderful idea a few months ago to highlight wonderfully creative arts administrators and their projects and I’m extraordinarily pleased

How Much Did That Meeting (Or Rehearsal Error) Really Cost?

Tue, Sep 9, 2016
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In 2007, I published an article with this very title so as to highlight a handy online tool designed to calculate the cost of meetings. Unfortunately, that tool faded away over time but something new from Harvard Business Review (HBR) has more than filled that void. HBR’s Meeting Cost Calculator is a wonderfully simple and

All About Orchestra Negotiations

Mon, Sep 9, 2016
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Last May, we examined some new capacity at Adaptistration which provides the ability to package several articles on related content into an easy to find resource. Fortunately, metrics made it easy to determine what readers are looking for and for the past year, the most searches focus on how orchestra negotiations work. As a result,

Why Yes, Genuine User Endorsements Do Exist

Fri, Sep 9, 2016
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Every now and then, a fun project falls in your lap and last fall, I had the pleasure of shooting a promo video for the email client I use, Postbox. They ended up shooting the entire thing on-site in my office and talking shop with the Postbox Founder and VP of Product Management, Sherman Dickman,
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