Month: March 2022

Getting Back Into The Conference Swing

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It’s been so long since I’ve had a conference appearance on the schedule, I complete forgot to promote it with my usual schedule. But better late than never so if you’re planning on attending the Ohio Museums Association annual conference in Cincinnati, OH be sure to add Click.Click.Done. Developing Your Google Analytics Skills session I’m presenting along with Ceci Dadisman to your schedule. When: 9:15am-10:15am, Monday, April 4, 2022 Where: Room …

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In All But A Few Circumstances, I’ll Take A Solid Skills/Certifications List Over A Degree

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When it comes to job requirements, I find degrees have less value than they did a decade ago. Certainly, some positions the demand specific degrees but they don’t comprise the majority of openings. Instead, placing higher value on demonstrated skill sets and platform certifications are where you’ll find job candidate gold. Joe Patti beat me to the punch on this topic by a full day with a post that wonders if …

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The Art Of The Pitch

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In April 2021, I had the pleasure of being a guest speaker for Dr. Michael W. Millar’s Nonprofit Music course at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). As a required course for Cal Poly Pomona’s music industry majors, the students cover a broad range of topics and my session focused on one of the more interactive sessions in the form of listening to and refining elevator pitches. Specifically, pitches …

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Dark Is The New Black

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Dark themes are more than a design fad, they’ve become a permanent part of the mobile device user experience and are similarly commonplace for web design. The two most recent client projects I launched have featured dark designs: the Emberlight Festival and City Lights Theater Company. There’s a lot to love about dark designs but there’s even more that goes into making them work. Simply put, it’s not just inverting white …

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Some Fascinating Shifts In Job Seeker Stats

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2022 continues to see a big increase in the number of job posts at Arts Admin Jobs but while checking in on quarterly stats, I found some fascinating trends taking shape. Job seekers are getting younger. Compared to the same period from 2021, the 18-24 age group went from 14.29% of all traffic to 23.23%. That’s going from the smaller to largest age group in the space of one year. There’s …

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