Here’s What I Thought Of My First Nonprofit Technology Conference
Mon, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
I’m back from #18NTC (2018 nonprofit technology conference) and wanted to take a moment to provide some observations while they are still fresh in my mind. Sessions I took the time to move through as many sessions as possible, the bulk of which fell into the IT, Leadership, Marketing/Communication, and Program tracks. Speaking of popping
Introducing Venture Event Manager
Fri, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
It’s time to unveil the project that’s been keeping me busy the past several months: Venture Event Manager, a WordPress event management plugin. Five years ago, I launched The Venture Platform, a hosted, managed web development service for arts organizations and artists. Not long after that launch, my programmer and I explored the potential for
#TBT Area-51
Thu, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
In light of this week’s earlier post mentioning my time in Doha, Qatar it seems fitting to highlight a few of the articles from that time. The first is from one of the more humbling experiences during the project in the form of realizing the limitations of only speaking a single language. If it weren’t
Doing RFPs The Right Way
Wed, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
I’m at the 2018 Nonprofit Technology Conference today running a session alongside Ceci Dadisman designed to help nonprofit admins get their RFP on. And since this session is all about sharing inside info, that means you can find the slide deck online plus Ceci and I put together a special microsite that includes…wait for it…an interactive
Well This Is Interesting
Tue, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
The 4/9/18 edition of ArabNews.com published an article that reports a new agreement between Saudi Arabia and the Paris Opera “to help Saudi Arabia set up a national orchestra and an opera.” The article doesn’t provide many details other than mentioning “the Paris Opera company help the Kingdom produce its own classical music and shows.” Consequently,
