Year: 2020

Updating The Employment Status For Displaced Orchestra Administrators

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Back in September, we examined five months of data that measured the employment status of orchestra stakeholders. By the end of the that time, just over half of administrators were unemployed, with 31 percent indicating they were underemployed and only 17 percent were fully employed. I wanted to take a moment to gather some data on administrators that indicated being unemployed. Specifically, I think it’s important to discover how many remain …

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Is Your Group At A Point Where Your Board Is Ready For Committees?

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When Eric Rubio reached out with an idea about a guest author post for ArtsHacker my first thought was “what a great topic, I wish I thought of that.” It focuses on the point in an organization’s evolution where a board will begin to operate more efficiently with a standing committee structure. Drawing from recent experience, Rubio put together an outline that covers when it’s time to form committees, obtaining a …

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COVID-19 Results And Vaccine Status Checks Are On The Horizon

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While research like Project RESTART-19 is working on helping venues determine which measures help keep patrons as safe as can be expected, providers like Ticketmaster are exploring what can be done at their point of contact as literal gatekeepers. Billboard published an article on 11/11/20 by Dave Brooks that examines how the ticketing provider is attempting to use information gathered by commercial healthcare companies to verify if patrons have recently tested negative …

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Shop Talk, Last Call: Listen To The Situation

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At the end of S01E07, guest Scot Silberstein inadvertently set up a fantastic topic for a Last Call installment around the idea of the Stephen R. Covey quote “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” It triggered a fascinating exchange in how that applies to arts orgs and their audiences. [easy-tweet tweet=”If you’re marketing anything out of fear that people won’t …

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Happy Belated Veterans Day

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I was so excited to post news about the COVID-19 study results that I completely blanked on my usual Veterans Day post. And this year’s entry is extra special because thanks to the voters of Arizona, one of the biggest threats to military music will no longer be in Congress! Senator Martha McSally lost her bid to become a senator in 2016 but ended up getting appointed to the other seat …

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