One Word. So Many Feelings.
Fri, Jan 1, 2020
by Drew McManus
It’s Friday, we’re only halfway through the season, and most of could use this precise laugh right about now: Beethoven. — Shit Arts Administrators Say (@artsadminssay) January 23, 2020
#TBT Stingy Event Details
Thu, Jan 1, 2020
by Drew McManus
Back in 2013 we examined the trend of orchestras to include scant information about an event on the corresponding single event pages at their website. Since then, not much has changed. Spend a little bit of time going through orchestra websites and odds are, you’ll find very little information about the works listeners can expect
The Latest Trend In Hiding Compensation Within The Nonprofit Sector
Tue, Jan 1, 2020
by Drew McManus
There’s a thought-provoking article by Sarah Pulliam Bailey in the 1/17/2020 edition of the Washington Post that examines a growing trend among evangelical organizations to shift from a traditional nonprofit status to what the IRS defines as a “Church” status. The impetus for this is a desire to obfuscate executive leadership compensation. While both status
The Price Of Failure
Mon, Jan 1, 2020
by Drew McManus
One of my long-standing pet peeves with the field is its willful evasion of examining failure. There’s too much paranoia over controlling narratives and fear of negative donor reaction that we not only miss out on learning from failures, but we begin to spin them as success. Worse still, there are plenty of examples where
Workplace Culture Jargon That Needs A Timeout