Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Happy Holidays From Adaptistration

Fri, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
Happy Holidays from Adaptistration
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#TBT San Antonio Symphony Negotiations Turn Sour (Again)

Thu, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
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Over the summer, the San Antonio Symphony (SAS) made a surprise announcement that it was shutting down and assigning all mission related activity to a newly formed entity, Symphonic Music for San Antonio (SMSA). This included negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for the one set to expire on August 31, 2017. At the
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Your Company Has A Basketball Team? That’s Great, Mine Has An 80 Piece Orchestra

Wed, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
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There’s a fun article by JP Mangalindan in the 12/19/17 edition of Yahoo Finance that examines the company sponsored 80-piece orchestra at Amazon.com. Although doctors’ and lawyers’ orchestras have a long history, I can’t think of another volunteer orchestra this size organized entirely within a single company (I’d love to hear about others). Although the
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ACTION ALERT: Time To Call The Capitol Switchboard

Tue, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
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The fine folks over at The National Council of Nonprofits created a chart detailing how the GOP tax plan will impact nonprofits (h/t Opera America). It’s been updated to include the post conference committee version of the bill and goes so far as to examine the dynamic impacts as well as the big, obvious box
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Large Donor Burnout: Hype Or Reality

Mon, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
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In the wake of the economic downturn, we’ve heard a lot about large donor burnout. The large donor well running dry is a frequent talking point during labor disputes and it’s common to see employers leverage permanent concessions as a demand from one or more existing large donors as a condition for continued giving. What
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