Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

More Metrics That Things Are Coming Back

Wed, May 5, 2021
by Drew McManus
Just a quick post today. I’ve been combing through some data from Arts Admin Jobs and it’s remarkable at how quickly things have changed over the pandemic. Jobs Posted Things fell off a cliff as the pandemic set in starting in March 2020 and stayed at those lows until the following year. In fact, there
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Don’t Get Caught In This Accessibility Crossfire

Tue, May 5, 2021
by Drew McManus
Last week we examined a report from UsableNet about digital accessibility lawsuits. One of the issues that report featured was the sharp rise in lawsuits against companies using plugins/widgets that claim to make a website accessible compliant. Spoiler: they don’t. In fact, using them could draw negative attention to your organization. The 5/9/21 edition of
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Fraud Contributed To Net Neutrality’s Demise

Mon, May 5, 2021
by Drew McManus
The New York State Office of the Attorney General published a report last week that has been years in the making (h/t Joe Patti). The report “is the product of an extensive investigation by the [e Office of the New York Attorney General] of the parties that sought to influence the FCC’s 2017 proceeding to
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Looks Like Concern Over COVID Related Injuries Has A Ceiling

Fri, May 5, 2021
by Drew McManus
I am officially declaring defeat on finding a pair of CEO guests to for the executive decision maker installment of the series of podcasts I was doing about what orchestras of all budget size should be considering when planning for post-COVID concert activity. It is genuinely disappointing to see that this is such a third-rail
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Let Me Say This Plainly: We Need A Cultural De-Jargonizer

Thu, May 5, 2021
by Drew McManus
This seems to be a week of realization when it comes to a larger need to move away from jargon and toward more accessible language. Joe Patti posted something yesterday that introduced me to a wonderful article by Trevor O’Donnell that espouses the need for dejargonizing marketing material. Hot on the heels of Joe’s post
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