Polls & Quizzes
Industry IQ Pop Quiz: Audition Fees
Mon, Aug 8, 2022
by Drew McManus
Time for a pop quiz to help measure your knowledge about the orchestra field. Perhaps unsurprisingly, there’s a reason for today’s quiz, and we’ll examine responses at an upcoming article on this topic.
Did Facebook’s Outage Impact Your Campaign Performance?
Tue, Oct 10, 2021
by Drew McManus
In the wake of Facebook’s massive outage yesterday, it’s amazing to see how many ways it can impact your operations. For instance, some of my Venture users that rely on live connections found the outage caused some page load slowdowns. In most cases, you wouldn’t even notice it unless you were measuring them but since
Office Return Poll Results: Arts Admins Want Everything
Mon, Apr 4, 2021
by Drew McManus
Last week’s survey asking readers about their current remote work status and if they are developing any preference for going back to the office or staying remote generated a good bit excitement. At just over 400 responses, let’s take a look at what we discovered. Most Arts Admins Are Working Remote Only a quarter of
Reader Poll: Will You Return To The Office/Venue?
Tue, Apr 4, 2021
by Drew McManus
Now that vaccines are rolling out in earnest, more and more arts orgs are starting to talk about bringing their workforce back to the office. While we took a closer look at this topic last week, I’m curious to know what orchestra managers think about returning to work. Granted, there will always be positions that
The Risk Of Physical Injury Is Only Half Of The Equation
Mon, Mar 3, 2021
by Drew McManus
Everyone is in for such a treat with tomorrow’s Shop Talk episode on the topic of what orchestras of all budget size should be considering when planning for post-COVID concert activity. This installment features a panel of musician stakeholders and one of them, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Principal Bassoon Catherine Chen, proposed one of the most
