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#TBT Work Loves Me…Work Loves Me Not

Thu, Jul 7, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 114
In 2016, 523 nonprofit professional orchestra employees took part in a survey design to learn more about how and why they decided to change jobs. The end result produced one of the more enlightening series of articles over Adaptistration’s history. All things being equal, I’d love to revisit the topic with an updated survey in
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Happy 4th Of July

Wed, Jul 7, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 118
While celebrating the founding of the country, take a moment today to remember those who don’t have the opportunity to be with family and friends while serving overseas in the Armed Forces. Band Facts            
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A Step By Step Guide For To Getting Into Influencer Marketing

Tue, Jul 7, 2018
by Drew McManus
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If you’re curious about investigating whether influencer marketing might be worth allocating time and treasure, I would be remiss if I didn’t point out a post by Jonathan Eifert in in the 7/1/18 edition of ArtsHacker. There’s a lot to consider when thinking about testing the waters with influencer marketing and this article is an
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A Better Way To Find New Answers To Old Questions

Mon, Jul 7, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 131
In the process of interviewing Seattle Symphony Orchestra stakeholders about their new musician pension plan, one item that stands out is the approach both sides adopted in order to arrive at their outcome. While it certainly falls into some of the parameters for interest based bargaining, what really struck me is how much more it
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There’s A Reason Why You Pay Musicians

Fri, Jun 6, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 153
The 6/27/2018 edition of the Boston Globe published an article by Malcom Gay that reports on what appears to be a sizeable purge of the all-volunteer Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Orchestra chorus’ have always occupied a peculiar stakeholder position inside the larger orchestra field. In many orchestras, chorus musicians are unpaid volunteers, which stands in stark
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