Update From #19NTC

One of the more notable aspects of the Nonprofit Technology Conference is the exhibition hall. It’s jam-packed with vendors, especially from the CRM sector. One of the real benefits is being able to do some comparison shopping in real-time.

If Vendor A provides a point you haven’t considered, you can walk right over to vendor B to get their view. It’s a great way to build a more realistic apples-to-apples comparison.

Here’s the interactive exhibit hall map and vendor list. I’m particularly interested in swinging by the booths for EveryAction, Neon, and Asana. Is there anyone on the list you would want to check out; if so, why?

Conference Update

The Culture Change: Making Effective Data-Driven Decisions session was a big hit.  We had nearly 300 attendees and the group was highly engaged.

At least 1/3 stayed past the end time to engage in a prolonged Q&A.

You’ll find the slides for that session and my Google Analytics session in tomorrow’s post.

Stay tuned…

About Drew McManus

"I hear that every time you show up to work with an orchestra, people get fired." Those were the first words out of an executive's mouth after her board chair introduced us. That executive is now a dear colleague and friend but the day that consulting contract began with her orchestra, she was convinced I was a hatchet-man brought in by the board to clean house.

I understand where the trepidation comes from as a great deal of my consulting and technology provider work for arts organizations involves due diligence, separating fact from fiction, interpreting spin, as well as performance review and oversight. So yes, sometimes that work results in one or two individuals "aggressively embracing career change" but far more often than not, it reinforces and clarifies exactly what works and why.

In short, it doesn't matter if you know where all the bodies are buried if you can't keep your own clients out of the ground, and I'm fortunate enough to say that for more than 15 years, I've done exactly that for groups of all budget size from Qatar to Kathmandu.

For fun, I write a daily blog about the orchestra business, provide a platform for arts insiders to speak their mind, keep track of what people in this business get paid, help write a satirical cartoon about orchestra life, hack the arts, and love a good coffee drink.

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