Drew McManus
Looks Like Concern Over COVID Related Injuries Has A Ceiling
Fri, May 5, 2021
by Drew McManus
I am officially declaring defeat on finding a pair of CEO guests to for the executive decision maker installment of the series of podcasts I was doing about what orchestras of all budget size should be considering when planning for post-COVID concert activity. It is genuinely disappointing to see that this is such a third-rail
Let Me Say This Plainly: We Need A Cultural De-Jargonizer
Thu, May 5, 2021
by Drew McManus
This seems to be a week of realization when it comes to a larger need to move away from jargon and toward more accessible language. Joe Patti posted something yesterday that introduced me to a wonderful article by Trevor O’Donnell that espouses the need for dejargonizing marketing material. Hot on the heels of Joe’s post
Good Busy
Wed, May 5, 2021
by Drew McManus
It was a busy day and I’ll need to circle back to the blog originally planned at another time. What’s keeping me busy is two new website launches in as many weeks. The first was New York Choral Society’s new site and yesterday saw the Lakes Area Music Festival site go live. Both projects were
Scamming Scammers And The Scams They Love
Tue, May 5, 2021
by Drew McManus
I had a client reach out toward the beginning of 2020 in a bit of a panic saying they were being targeted for a website accessibility lawsuit and word “leaked” from the plaintiff’s legal firm that local businesses could avoid getting caught up in the lawsuit if they used a particular accessibility compliance widget. After
More On The Dynamic Costs Of Doing Business In The Immediate Post-Pandemic Environment
Mon, May 5, 2021
by Drew McManus
The 5/1/21 edition of The Washington Post published an article by David Lynch and Yeganeh Torbati that examines the spike in costs for rental cars due to those companies’ decisions to slash the size of fleets to save costs over the pandemic. Nutshell: those cuts combined with the amount of time it takes to restock
