Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
#GivingTuesday, the self described “global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration” is back for year five and took place on Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Since its launch, a number of orchestras have participated so let’s open up today’s post to any group that took part in#GivingTuesday 2016 so we can all hear your story. How did your group fare? If you’ve participated in previous years, …
It’s that time of year again when development departments are putting the final touches on the end of year annual giving campaign. In order to help maximize those efforts, here are five best practice tips to help you avoid overlooking critical items. Don’t shy away from the challenge; go, confront these problems. Fight! Win! And have your best end of year campaign yet.
Recently, a reader reached out via email to ask what orchestra managers do during a work stoppage and as it turns out, we’ve never examined that topic so there’s no time better than the present to rectify that oversight. Like most topics within orchestra administration, this issue is impacted by a number of variables such as whether an organization owns or operates one or more venues, budget size, and season length. …
Although any time works for good fundraising news, it is especially nice to see some now and we can thank the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) for today’s installment. If you recall, in the wake of the ASO’s most recent work stoppage, the employer and musicians agreed to an arrangement where the musician complement (the number of salaried musicians employed by the organization) would be increased in tandem with fundraising benchmarks via …
Results from #GivingTuesday 2015 are beginning to emerge, GivingTuesday.org recently published an infographic with known highlights which include more than $116 million dollars raised. Links to previous years’ efforts through 2012 are available as well but the infographics from year to year change enough so as to make a straightforward comparison tricky. Nonetheless, I’m curious to hear about your organization’s stories. Did you participate in #GivingTuesday? If so, how did it …