Drew McManus
How Satisfied Are You With Your Ticketing Software?
Wed, Jul 7, 2016
by Drew McManus
While performing some work for Venture clients recently, my development team and I found the need to perform some research and in the process, I reached into my files for a resource that I sadly neglected to mention here when it was released: The 2015 Ticketing Software Satisfaction Survey report from Carnegie Mellon’s Arts Management
Solving Problems, One App At A Time
Tue, Jul 7, 2016
by Drew McManus
One of the really fun parts about working as an arts-focused software developer is coming across opportunities to solve big problems. To that end, we’re wrapping up work on a new web app designed to solve one of the most time consuming and frustrating problems: resource scheduling. One of our existing users, The Society Of
As National Political Conventions Convene, Could The Culture Cold War Turn Hot?
Mon, Jul 7, 2016
by Drew McManus
The Culture Wars from the latter decades of the 20th century managed to produce an ugly scar across the public arts funding landscape and although public debate tempered, the struggle was far from over. But unlike the very public debate that raged across national media during the 1980s and 1990s, recent battle grounds have emerged
Is It Possible To Manage A Large Budget Orchestra Using Mostly Consultants?
Fri, Jul 7, 2016
by Drew McManus
It certainly isn’t unheard of for larger budget orchestras to hire consultants for everything from temporarily filling staff holes to serving as the architect for marketing or development campaigns but relying on third party providers for the majority of admin functionality is decidedly not the norm. Nonetheless, that’s where the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is
Let’s Think About Funding Models