Conference and Conventions – Page 15

Off To Lake George And The @OutdoorDrama Conference

Sunday, January 21st, 2018Monday, October 15th, 2012 by Drew McManus

I’m en route to Lake George, NY today for the Institute of Outdoor Drama conference where I’ll be giving a presentation on using social media as a customer service platform alongside co-presenter Lisa Middelton, Director of Marketing and Audience Development at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. I’ve put together some downloadable template goodies that I’ll share with everyone here once I return, such as an updated Twitter GUI Photoshop template (the new …

Conductors Guild Conference Hindsight

Friday, June 29th, 2018Friday, January 6th, 2012 by Drew McManus

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the 2012 Conductors Guild Conference yesterday, the What Executive Directors are Looking for in a Music Director session went well; the moderator did a terrific job at keeping the discussion engaged and the attendees were full of questions at the end.

The Ugly Website Roundup

Sunday, January 21st, 2018Monday, November 28th, 2011 by Drew McManus

No, this isn’t an official installment in the 2011 Orchestra Website Reviews, instead, it’s a recap of the Your Website is Ugly! session from the National Arts Marketing Project Conference (#NAMPC) in Louisville on the benefits of open source software and how it’s changing the business of web development. But I wanted to take some time to examine a few additional items that didn’t make it into the session.

#NAMPC In Tweets

Friday, June 29th, 2018Monday, November 14th, 2011 by Drew McManus

Tweeting at conferences has become so commonplace that if you’re a presenter and you don’t see folks in the audience with their heads buried into Smartphones, tablets, or latptops, then it’s probably a bad sign. They share tweetable tidbits from speakers, thoughts and observations about the topic at hand, and even have conversations with other Twitter users. So what’s a conference to do when the Twitter hastag isn’t behaving and participants can’t follow in real-time?

The National Arts Marketing Project Conference

Sunday, January 21st, 2018Friday, November 11th, 2011 by Drew McManus

I’m off to the National Arts Marketing Project Conference to take part in a number of conference activates, including the Your Website Is Ugly! session on Sunday, November 13 at 4:00pm, serving as a coach in the conference’s One-To-One Coaching sessions on Monday, November 14, and Hosting one of the conference’s Dine-Around events on Monday, November 14, 2011 at 7:30pm to facilitate a session titled Making sure your website doesn’t suck.