July 2017 – Page 4 – Adaptistration

Big Budget CEO Openings: One Down, Two To Go

Monday, July 10th, 2017 by Drew McManus

The San Francisco Symphony recently announced that Mark Hanson has been appointed as their new Executive Director (ED). Wasting no time, Hanson is officially reporting for the new post on September 1, 2017. Fun fact: Hanson will be the SFS’s first executive leader from outside the organization in 39 years. Peter Pastreich served in that role from 1978-1999 and the organization’s previous ED worked as his General Manager from 1990-1994, then …

Sick Day

Friday, July 7th, 2017 by Drew McManus

I’m taking a sick day, or to be more precise, a recovery day, following some dental work. The original plan included emerging to write a post for today. It also included eating dinner. That didn’t happen either. Instead, I’m going to point over to a recent post from Doug Rosenthal at Who’s Your Audience that examines five key discoveries he made over the first five years of his professional career. It’s …

The 2017 Compensation Reports Are In Motion

Thursday, July 6th, 2017 by Drew McManus

Many thanks to everyone who has been writing asking about when the compensation reports are coming out. If you missed the notice from May, know that the delay is nothing nefarious; it’s simply finding the time to devote to the sort of thorough review you expect. Initially, we were aiming for a July 10-14 publication target but that will need to be pushed back to July 24-28 to accommodate a series …

Board Life Cycle Pop Quiz

Wednesday, July 5th, 2017 by Drew McManus

Are you a performing arts organization executive or board member? If so, then get ready because today’s post is a pop quiz. According to Julia Classen, co-founder and president of Aurora Consulting, Inc., adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota’s Hubert Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and a senior fellow at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (fit that on a business card, I dare you!), which of the following is …

Happy 4th Of July

Tuesday, July 4th, 2017 by Drew McManus

While celebrating the founding of the country, take a moment today to remember those who don’t have the opportunity to be with family and friends while serving overseas in the Armed Forces. Band Facts