2013 Readership Segmentation Survey Results

2013 Readership Segmentation Survey Results

Thanks to the 648 readers who took the time to complete the 2013 Readership Segmentation Survey; the results have not only been useful, but fascinating; as such, let’s jump right in and take a look at some of the more intriguing results. Readership Ratio One big change from previous surveys is a shift in the ratio of readers who identified themselves as board members/managers, musicians/artists, or patrons/donors. In earlier results, those …

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The Orchestra 990 Database Project Update: HELP!

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Good news everybody, exploratory work for the Orchestra 990 Database Project is all done. The technical aspects are worked out and not only do we know it can be done, we also have a very firm idea of how much time and resources it will take; but there’s one thing that has us stumped so we need your help. Specifically, it is related to the Kickstarter campaign and here’s the part …

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Who Are You? 2013

It has been two years since the last Adaptistration reader survey; as such, it is high time to find out more about you. The last survey was enormously helpful in guiding Adaptistration’s content and overall direction and I’m sure this survey will be no different. In order to facilitate participation, the survey is designed to be quick and easy, it should only take a few minutes to complete and will work on desktop …

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Celebrating A Decade Of Meaningful Culture Blogging

2003 was an eventful year; the Department of Homeland Security officially began operations, Gulf War II started, Google launches AdSense, the Mozilla Foundation is formed, MySpace is launched, the Space Shuttle Columbia is destroyed on re-entry, the Concord makes its final commercial flight, Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected Governor of California, Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy becomes the first person indicted under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (he was eventually acquitted), and Adaptistration launched …

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Up And Running

There’s nothing quite like a move to reaffirm the comfort of stability but change is good and mercifully, all went according to plan so today can be spent getting everything back in order. In the meantime, make sure you didn’t miss yesterday’s news about the musicians of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra voted to decertify and become a non-union orchestra. According to a report by Adam Parker in the 10/25/2013 edition of …

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