2017 – Page 15 – Adaptistration

Coming (really) Soon: Downloadable Orchestra 990s By Season

Thursday, September 21st, 2017Thursday, September 21st, 2017 by Drew McManus

With the launch of the new Adaptistration Store, the ability to offer content beyond the long-standing Coffee Tip product (which are always appreciated!) is finally available. The initial offering is the first in a new series of resource based downloadable content; specifically, Orchestra IRS Forms 990 used in each year of the Orchestra Compensation Reviews. So what makes these so special? They are grouped by season. The default random alpha-numeric filenames …

The Beleaguered Bach Festival

Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 by Drew McManus

Just when you thought the Oregon Bach Festival (OBF) may have been able to take off its PR damage control hat, the New York Times published a wonderfully comprehensive article by Michael Cooper on 9/18/2017 that thrust everything back into the limelight. Cooper provides all the overview and backstory needed to fully understand the scope of why this is such an excellent study in PR crisis management. In addition to well-worn …

Get To Know The Guest Authors

Tuesday, September 19th, 2017Tuesday, September 19th, 2017 by Drew McManus

Since launching the redesign, it turns out one of the most popular new pages is the Guest Author archive. As such, I wanted to take a moment and point it out along with listing some of the most popular guest author posts over the years (so far!): Without a doubt, one of the most popular authors is acoustician Christopher Blair. He has been contributing posts since 2009 on the topic of concert …

How To Temporarily Block A Page From Google Search Results

Monday, September 18th, 2017 by Drew McManus

There are all sorts of reasons why you might need to temporarily block a page from Google search results but for performing arts orgs, one of the most common is purposefully duplicate content. For example, a theater client of mine has a show they stage every few years; it has the same title and although the content, staging, etc. are updated each cycle, Google may place the older event page higher …

Speak No Evil: Oregon Bach Festival

Sunday, September 17th, 2017Friday, September 15th, 2017 by Drew McManus

When all else fails, try burying bad PR under a sack of cash. That appears to be what the Oregon Bach Festival (OBF) and University of Oregon (UO) decided when it came to the snowballing PR disaster following their decision to end Artistic Director Matthew Halls’ three-year contract extension a mere two months after it was signed. An article by Saul Hubbard in the 9/14/2017 edition of The Register-Guard reports that …