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All things being equal, the Orchestra Compensation Reports will be coming out the week of June 17th or June 24th. So far, data gathering hasn’t generated any irregularities that require additional time to hunt down the respective data and if that continues to be the cast, you can expect the earlier date. What this means is you have a week or two where last year’s data is still available: https://adaptistration.com/the-orchestra-compensation-reports/ While …

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While there are no shortage of project management platforms to choose from, finding one that checks most of the boxes and doesn’t cost a fortune is a tall order. Recently, I discovered Workast and if you’re already using Slack, it may be exactly what you’ve been looking for to fill this void. To that end, I published a detailed overview about Workast at ArtsHacker. It not only covers pros and cons …

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If you’re on Facebook, you’ve almost certainly come across a fundraiser associated with someone’s birthday. Facebook has done a good job at making it easy to raise money for individual to raise money for nonprofits but something I have yet to see is any sort of matching gift component. Typically, the individual starting a fundraiser will be the first to give but I wondered if Facebook had any integrated method to …

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Whether you’re home all day enjoying the holiday with family and friends or your orchestra is putting on a performance today, try to take a few moments to remember the reason for the holiday. Band Facts              

One of the first lines of defensive in a good cybersecurity hygiene is maintaining strong passwords. Technically, May 2, 2019 was national password day but it’s never too late to indulge in some improved security measures. One of the best favors you can do for yourself is use a password manager, like the one from LastPass.com (they have free and paid versions). While LastPass has been my go-to password manager for years, …

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