Governance
How Vs. Why
Mon, Nov 11, 2004
by Drew McManus
How important is process an organization uses to achieve a goal? I’ve been putting some extra thought into this question lately because an increasing number of nonprofit organizations have been doing one of two things: improving the internal relationship between constituents via an inclusive shared process or damaging those relationships with a faulty process.
Finding Gold While Flying In Pretzel Class
Thu, Nov 11, 2004
by Drew McManus
You know the non profit industry has become larger and more influential than ever before when you find articles about for profit managers ditching their jobs to run nonprofits in an airline magazine. And that’s exactly what I found while recently flying on United and browsing through the October issue of their in flight magazine,
Violin Turf Wars
Fri, Aug 8, 2004
by Drew McManus
Earlier in the week, I wrote about how the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra may very well have to submit their “Golden Age” collection purchased from Herbert Axelrod to a new appraisal and authentication process. In that article I briefly touched on the how the business of authenticating and appraising rare string instruments (violins, viola, and
Is The New Jersey Symphony Missing The Point?
Mon, Aug 8, 2004
by Drew McManus
At the early part of last week, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra announced that they would conduct an internal inquiry into the NJSO’s purchase of philanthropist Herbert Axelrod’s “Golden Age Collection” of historic stringed instruments.
A Bombshell In New Jersey
Mon, Aug 8, 2004
by Drew McManus
In yesterday’s edition of the New Jersey Star-Ledger they broke a story that asserts some of the violins Herbert Axelrod sold to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra may be fakes. That’s big news.
