Drew McManus
The Fast Track To Getting Typecast
Wed, Dec 12, 2010
by Drew McManus
Last week’s article that focused on comments made by Joe Horowitz to WDET News has generated a great deal of thoughtful, and sometimes verbose, feedback, including two comments from Horowitz. Horowitz also posted an article on 12/5/2010 more at his own blog and to date, the trio of comments to that post have been short
Slatkin Speaks (sorta)
Tue, Dec 12, 2010
by Drew McManus
The 12/3/2010 edition of the Detroit Free Press published an article by Mark Stryker that reports Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) music director, Leonard Slatkin, referenced the two month old strike in a piece he wrote for his website, leonardslatin.com. Slatkin starts out by writing “Weather forecast. Stormy with little chance of sun. Temperatures remain chilly
Louisville Bankruptcy Has All Eyes On January 6th
Mon, Dec 12, 2010
by Drew McManus
On Friday, 12/3/2010 the Louisville Orchestra (LO) announced that it filed for Chapter 11 (reorganization) bankruptcy stating that it seeks to break its collective bargaining agreement with the musicians. According to a press statement, the LO acknowledges that the “musicians may not be able to agree to voluntarily restructure the Orchestra” but the players won’t
Random Acts Of Social Media
Fri, Dec 12, 2010
by Drew McManus
Marc van Bree posted an intriguing article the other week that details five small, but effective, ideas for getting something going with your social media platforms. It’s heavy on the how-to so no worries about being blindsided by ideas without nuts-and-bolts niceties. I’m particularly fond of item #2, which originated from Dale Fisher’s blog…
Finally, A Text-to-Donate Solution!
Thu, Dec 12, 2010
by Drew McManus
Joe Patti has been on a mission. He wants to help nonprofits find an affordable, reliable, user friendly solution for cell phone donations. On 10/25/2010, he posted an article that uncovered what will hopefully be the first of several options that meet his requirements…
