Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Polls & Quizzes

How Satisfied Are You With Your CRM Provider?

Thu, Jan 1, 2016
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There was a terrific Dilbert cartoon from 12/27/15 that does a great job at illustrating some of the strongest complaints I hear from arts managers about their interaction with customer relationship management (CRM) solutions and the providers who manage them. I posted the comic on the ArtsHacker Facebook page and solicited feedback on potential interest

Pop Quiz: Which Gets More Funding, The NEA Or…?

Wed, Aug 8, 2015
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Let’s put a spark into your mid-week routine and see how savvy you are about how National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding in 2014 stacked up against other Federal programs.

Pop Quiz: Contemporary Web Iconography

Wed, Oct 10, 2014
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Icons are everyone online and although they’ve been an integral part of interacting with computers for decades, the use of icons has exploded within the last few years thanks to an increase in mobile devices that reply on symbols to not only help save space but encourage simple, predictable and user friendly interaction. To that

Parity Poll

Tue, Jan 1, 2014
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The past few posts on the topic of substitute parity has generated a good bit of feedback; so much so, that I’m curious to know what readers think about substitute musician compensation. So let’s measure the temperature on this with a survey. For each question, select the response that best describes your position.

What To Make Of The Minnesota Poll Results

Mon, May 5, 2013
The response to last week’s Minnesota Orchestra poll was terrific and it is currently one of Adaptistration’s most popular. Designed to measure respondent’s thoughts on the Minnesota Orchestra Association’s (MOA) near future expectations, stakeholder actions, and music director involvement, the results produced some intriguing data. Near Future Expectations Perhaps unsurprisingly, few respondents expected the work
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