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Drew McManus

Shop Talk: Pilot Episode, Poke It With A Stick

Tue, Mar 3, 2019
Surprise! Today marks the inaugural episode of a new video podcast series where I sit down with movers and shakers in the field and talk shop. Today’s episode focuses on a topic near and dear to my own arts admin heart: substitute musician equal pay for equal work. I’m joined by a pair of leaders

There’s Always Something New To Learn When It Comes To Email Marketing

Mon, Mar 3, 2019
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I’m back from Knoxville where the pre-con workshop for the 2019 Southeastern Theatre Conference convention was a real hit thanks to such an engaged group of attendees. And even though I’ve been doing variations of this session with my co-presenter, Ceci Dadisman, she always manages to sneak some new content into the mix where I

Get Your Organize On

Fri, Mar 3, 2019
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Up until a few days ago, I had not heard of Airtable but thanks to a recent overview at ArtsHacker by Ceci Dadisman, I now know it’s something I want to learn more about. You can never have too many options when it comes to optimizing your workflow and improving efficiency. According to AirTable, their

More Metrics Thursday: Following-Up On Tuesday’s Audience Anxiety Post

Thu, Feb 2, 2019
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I was pleased to get a good amount of direct feedback in response to Tuesday’s post about audience anxiety over what to wear to concerts. The most requested item was additional metrics, so here’s a bit of additional data I can share. Location One of most common requests was a variation of the theme “were

Off To Knoxville For #SETC2019

Wed, Feb 2, 2019
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I’m in Knoxville, TN today and tomorrow for the 2019 Southeastern Theatre Conference (#SETC2019) convention where I’ll be leading a pre-con session about creating a data-driven culture. When: 27, 2019 | 1:30–5:30 p.m. Where:70th Annual SETC Convention | Knoxville, TN Alongside me leading the session is Ceci Dadisman, we’ve been hard at work putting together this half-day
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