#TBT It’s like “Things That Make You Go Buh?!?” But For Twitter

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One more thing to add in the “I wish I thought of that” file is the new @ArtsAdminsSay twitter account. It’s barely two days old and is already racking up followers. Better still, it’s wallowing in love from arts admin followers and with an endorsement like this, I dare you to not follow: I just started following every person that follows @artsadminssay, because if you're this hip to such an utterly …

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Love For Three Logos

Just because we’re in a music related field doesn’t mean we should skimp on graphic design. To that end, one of my favorite rabbit holes to lose time in is logo design. During a recent site update for one of my clients, conductor Bruce Anthony Kiesling, we managed to work a version of his logo into the mix we haven’t been able to use since the original design process several years …

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Doug Rosenthal Spent $175 On Arts and Culture Events Last Month. What Did You Spend?

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As if you need another reason to live Doug Rosenthall’s writing, he just published an article at Who’s Your Audience? reviewing the arts and culture events he attended last month. What I love about these posts is he includes the ticket price alongside reflecting on the event. Even more fun, he compares each of those outlays to a non-arts and culture expenditure. This installment is part of a loose series he’s …

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Looking Forward To An Exciting May

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May (and early June) are going to be a jam-packed period of content here at Adaptistration. Here’s what’s in store: An update to the Top-Tier Musician Compensation chart. Taking a deep dive into Seattle Symphony’s new musician retirement plan and the process they used to create a migration plan. The 2018 Orchestra Compensation Reports! I can say that barring something big derailing the process, this will be released at the beginning of …

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Valuating Art and Culture

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Just when I thought my day would be filled with nothing but mind-numbing quantitative tasks, Joe Patti comes along and makes me think. Case in point, he published a fascinating post yesterday examining the value of Arts and Culture to society. Specifically, he pushes back against the what has arguably become one of the cornerstones in valuation conversations: economic impact. [British philosopher, Dr. Julian Baggini] cautions that even framing the arts in …

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