Current Events
Best Laid Plans
Mon, Dec 12, 2018
by Drew McManus
Originally, today’s post was going to point over to the Kickstarter page for the Music of Star Trek Kickstarter project, but I once again got caught off guard by forgetting about the few days of delay between submitting a project and having it go live. Good news is it’s ready to go once Kickstarter is
You Don’t Have To Be A Code Jockey To Begin Making Your Site Accessible
Thu, Nov 11, 2018
by Drew McManus
Before the Thanksgiving holiday, I published an article at ArtsHacker about how website content managers can begin improving web accessibility by way of user-friendly tools to check color contrast. The response from colleagues and readers was terrific and per those suggestions, I decided to expand this into an ongoing series focusing on all the content
Will Today Be A Flood Or Trickle Of #GivingTuesday Asks?
Tue, Nov 11, 2018
by Drew McManus
Remember last year’s #GivingTuesday when the big Gates Foundation matching fund grant through Facebook inadvertently produced a veritable tsunami of donation requests? By the end of the day, most arts administrators I know were burned out, so you can only imagine how patrons must have felt. It will be interesting to see what unfolds today
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wed, Nov 11, 2018
by Drew McManus
I’m taking the rest of the week off from blogging and I hope everyone will be able to set aside time to enjoy a safe and relaxing Thanksgiving with family and friends. With any luck, there will be time over the break to finish up the Music of Star Trek podcast Kickstarter video and we
Post-Election Day Off
Wed, Nov 11, 2018
by Drew McManus
Who am I kidding? Most of my non-work hours yesterday were focused on election results. As such, I’m taking the day off. Since this is being written well in advance of polls closing, I have zero clue how things will turn out. But now that it’s later* and you know the results (a few expected
