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If You’re Over 40 And Make Decisions About your Org’s Website, You Need To Watch This Video

Mon, Mar 3, 2016
by Drew McManus
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We’ve all been in one of those meetings where important decisions need to be made about something crucial to an arts organization’s success and the senior executive responsible for making the decision seems hell-bent on a direction that screams out-of-date and out-of-touch. That’s HiPPO (Highest Paid Person’s Opinion) decision making at its worst. Although experience
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Are You Anxious About How The National Election May Impact The Arts?

Thu, Mar 3, 2016
by Drew McManus
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It’s difficult to imagine that anyone in the US isn’t aware of the carnivalesque spectacle that has become the national presidential election but for those who work in the arts, have you given any serious thought about how those elections might impact the field? Just imagine what might transpire if one of the more extreme
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What Do You Call A Conservatory Grad Who Couldn’t Win An Orchestra Job?

Fri, Feb 2, 2016
by Drew McManus
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Q: What do you call a conservatory grad who couldn’t win an orchestra job? A: An Orchestra Manager. Granted, that’s a really old joke but it seems timely given a recent topic bouncing around related to the notion of degrees and career paths. It started off with a post from Alex Tabarrok on 2/4/2016 at
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Does The Hartford Symphony Orchestra Still Exist?

Tue, Jan 1, 2016
by Drew McManus
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UPDATE: as of this morning (1/19/16), it appears that the musicians have conceded and accepted the final offer. We’ll explore available details and the decision’s impact in tomorrow’s post. By the time this article is published, the Monday, 1/18/16 evening deadline imposed by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra (HSO) board will have passed and we may
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Quality Culture Offerings Is Deal-Breaker For Wall Street Journal’s Best Place To Retire

Tue, Dec 12, 2015
by Drew McManus
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The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an article by Nancy Henderson, Best Places to Retire: Chattanooga Blends Culture and the Outdoors, on 11/29/2015 that reports the best city in the US to retire is Chattanooga, TN; but the real story, for the orchestra field at least, is how much influence cultural offerings contributed to that
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