The 8/3/2011 edition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review (hat tip, LinkedIn) published a brilliant article by Kevin Starr, Mulago Foundation and the Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program Director, that examines the value of unrestricted foundation funding. Given yesterday’s article about the perilous minefield that is foundation support within the orchestra business, Starr’s article couldn’t be timelier.
Development
Why Indeed
In case you missed it, The Philadelphia Inquirer published an article by Peter Dobrin on 8/1/2011 which reports that hot on the heels of the bankruptcy court ruling that the musicians’ union can have access to some of the documentation it requested regarding the Philadelphia Orchestra Association’s (POA) Endowment, Philly Pops founder Peter Nero has filed a similar request.
Adaptistration Has The Best Readers
There has been some fantastic discussion from the Square credit card reader system post from 3/15/2011. In particular, Colorado Springs Philharmonic Marketing Manager Nathan Willers provided some excellent, and candid, firsthand insight into the service. [Spoiler alert: he has good things to say about Square]…
Is It Hip To Use Square?
The one benefit of having such a fantastic group of readers is I can always count on them to help fill the gaps in my direct knowledge. Case in point, I’m hoping that someone out there has had some firsthand experience with the credit card reader and processing service from Squareup.com…
Kudos To Syracuse
According to the 2/5/2011 edition of the Syracuse Post-Standard, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra (SSO) beat the initial fundraising goal of $375,000 by $98,787 which puts them about 1/4 of the way toward their overall goal of $1.75 million by the end of the season (8/2011)…