Web/Tech

Getting In GDPR’s Good Graces

Published on Wed, May 02, 18 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Tue, May 01, 18 at 7:14 pm CDT by Drew McManus

I’m happy to report that Adaptistration complies with the European Union’s (EU) new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regulations related to personal data collection. You’ll notice new opt-in checkboxes, marketing permission statements, and updated legal text. When putting together your own updates, make sure you catch every point of contact for subscriptions. For example, in addition to the pop-up subscription forms, I almost missed the mutually exclusive static pages for the …

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Time To Get Stable

Published on Fri, Apr 27, 18 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Thu, Apr 26, 18 at 6:18 pm CDT by Drew McManus

I recently published installment 5/6 at ArtsHacker.com on how to combat post net neutrality slowdowns. This installment focuses on how to best handle the necessary (and increasingly challenging) task of keeping core platform, theme, and plugin code up to date. No doubt about it, open source publishing platforms (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc.) are loaded with positives. At the same time, one of the growing challenges is making sure the combination of …

Today Marks The Beginning Of The End For Net Neutrality

Published on Mon, Apr 23, 18 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Sun, Apr 22, 18 at 5:13 pm CDT by Drew McManus

Today marks the beginning of the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) repeal of net neutrality. While portions of the repeal are scheduled to be rolled out at later dates, they mostly deal with issues that won’t have any direct impact on the nonprofit performing arts sector (such as data collection requirements). Having said that, you shouldn’t expect slowdowns to happen immediately. As anticipated by most experts, there are slew of legal challenges brewing …

Understanding The Importance Of Legacy Costs

Published on Fri, Mar 30, 18 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Thu, Mar 29, 18 at 4:42 pm CDT by Drew McManus

Anyone working in the labor side of things inside the orchestra and opera fields knows how much impact legacy costs have on an institution’s expense structure. Larger budgets typically mean larger legacy costs, especially pension obligations. And while that’s not going to be changing anytime soon, legacy costs in other departments have been creeping up over the years. A good example is the total cost of ownership for web-based platforms. These …

#TBT Figure Out What’s What

Published on Thu, Mar 22, 18 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Wed, Mar 21, 18 at 5:31 pm CDT by Drew McManus

In light of the post earlier this week about conference session about creating request for proposals I’ll be hosting at #18NTC, it makes sense to focus today’s #TBT entry on one of the more popular articles over the years that walks readers through the differences between websites, box office, and customer relationship management (CRM) systems. These are at the heart of the #18NTC session and they are still among the most common elements …

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