February 2019 – Adaptistration

More Metrics Thursday: Following-Up On Tuesday’s Audience Anxiety Post

Thursday, February 28th, 2019 by Drew McManus

I was pleased to get a good amount of direct feedback in response to Tuesday’s post about audience anxiety over what to wear to concerts. The most requested item was additional metrics, so here’s a bit of additional data I can share. Location One of most common requests was a variation of the theme “were they from my city?” Chicago Los Angeles Houston Dallas Atlanta San Francisco Washington Toronto London Seattle …

Off To Knoxville For #SETC2019

Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 by Drew McManus

I’m in Knoxville, TN today and tomorrow for the 2019 Southeastern Theatre Conference (#SETC2019) convention where I’ll be leading a pre-con session about creating a data-driven culture. When: 27, 2019 | 1:30–5:30 p.m. Where:70th Annual SETC Convention | Knoxville, TN Alongside me leading the session is Ceci Dadisman, we’ve been hard at work putting together this half-day session and it’s a genuine treat to have this much time. Usually, conference sessions are limited …

Using Metrics To Identify Audience Anxiety

Tuesday, February 26th, 2019Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 by Drew McManus

There’s nothing quite like having access to unique data and to that end, as the webmaster for all the blogs hosted at Inside The Arts hosted, I can dive into multiple years’ worth of metrics data. Not long ago, I was enjoying some data mining and uncovered a fascinating nugget that identified a key anxiety point among orchestra ticket buyers. The data came from Holly Mulcahy’s Neo Classical analytics account where …

Happy 15th Anniversary Butts In The Seats!

Monday, February 25th, 2019 by Drew McManus

Congratulations to Joe Patti’s Butts In The Seats; Musings on Practical Solutions For Arts Management which is celebrating its 15th anniversary! Technically, the official anniversary date was Saturday, 2/23 but I would be remiss not to mention it now as it continues to be one of the most meaningful culture blogs available. If that wasn’t enough, Joe is also a regular contributor at ArtsHacker.com where his posts are among the site’s most frequently visited and …

I’m Not Sure This Qualifies As “If It’s Not Broke…”

Friday, February 22nd, 2019 by Drew McManus

Just a small amount of fun to round out your week in the form of this brilliantly sarcastic tweet from @ArtsAdminSay: Let’s get a group of white men together to teach us about diversity and inclusion in the arts. — Shit Arts Administrators Say (@artsadminssay) February 19, 2019 I can’t love this account enough. It’s like Vu Le’s NonProfitAF but fewer words…and no ad overload. Although I shouldn’t be too snarky, …