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The Best Arts Admin Jobs Board Around

Wed, Aug 8, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 048
One year ago, Adaptistration Jobs rebranded as Arts Admin Jobs and since then, traffic has increased more than 20 percent. That’s just the first of some excellent metrics over the last year, let’s take a look at a few more. There’s a noticeable uptick in the number of academic institutions linking to listings. More employers
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Choose Your Own Nonprofit Tech Adventure

Tue, Aug 8, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 136
It’s that time of year again where you get to choose which sessions make it into the 2019 Nonprofit Technology Conference (#19NTC). 60 percent of decision making juice comes from individual user votes so don’t think this is some sort of “we value your opinion until it comes time to make the decision” sort of thing.
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Cleveland Orchestra Announces Investigation Into Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Mon, Aug 8, 2018
by Drew McManus
The 8/16/18 edition of The Plain Dealer published an article by Zachary Lewis that reports on details surround the Cleveland Orchestra’s (CO) investigation into issues surrounding allegations of sexual misconduct against concertmaster William Preucil. The CO formally suspended Preucil on 7/27/2018 in the wake of a Washington Post article that included an account of the
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Shhh…Recovery In Process

Fri, Aug 8, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 135
I am so looking forward to getting back into a productive work routine. Fortunately, all of the office renovations are officially complete, the furniture is moved in, office cats are settling down, and there’s a full weekend to get caught up. That means I can finally get back to writing the Seattle Symphony Orchestra (SSO)
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#TBT Oregon Bach Fest Still Digging Up

Thu, Aug 8, 2018
by Drew McManus
If the Oregon Bach Festival (OBF) hoped time might soften its beleaguered status, a painstaking comprehensive review of their season written by veteran culture journalist Tom Manoff and published in the 8/13/2018 edition of Oregon ArtsWatch demonstrates those aspirations have yet to materialize. Manoff paints a picture of OBF as a group struggling to dig
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