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#TBT Put A Little Civility Back In Your Life

Thursday, June 13th, 2019 by Drew McManus

With Baltimore Symphony’s will-they, won’t-they deadline next week there is no shortage of commentary flying around the culture blogosphere. To that end, today’s #TBT reaches back to a post from September 2012 that examines how to productively engage in online discussion. In hindsight, it is borderline ironic that we’re reaching back to something espousing the merits of civility amid the age of gaslighting and tribal identities. If nothing else, it demonstrates …

The Orchestra Compensation Reports Are Right Around The Corner

Wednesday, June 12th, 2019Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 by Drew McManus

All things being equal, the Orchestra Compensation Reports will be coming out the week of June 17th or June 24th. So far, data gathering hasn’t generated any irregularities that require additional time to hunt down the respective data and if that continues to be the cast, you can expect the earlier date. What this means is you have a week or two where last year’s data is still available: https://adaptistration.com/the-orchestra-compensation-reports/ While …

Get A Glimpse Behind The Grant Panel Curtain

Tuesday, June 11th, 2019 by Drew McManus

As if he wasn’t already bringing his A-Game on a regular basis, Joe Patti recently published an article at Butts In The Seats that provides a behind the scenes look at one of the more cloistered processes in the business: the grant panel review process. If that weren’t a good enough topic in and of itself, it’s wrapped inside the context of barriers to engagement; both perceived and tactile. I mentioned …

Workast May Be The Project Management Tool You’ve Been Looking For

Monday, June 10th, 2019 by Drew McManus

While there are no shortage of project management platforms to choose from, finding one that checks most of the boxes and doesn’t cost a fortune is a tall order. Recently, I discovered Workast and if you’re already using Slack, it may be exactly what you’ve been looking for to fill this void. To that end, I published a detailed overview about Workast at ArtsHacker. It not only covers pros and cons …

Enough With The Millennial Bashing Already

Friday, June 7th, 2019Friday, June 7th, 2019 by Drew McManus

Thanks to a colleague (you know who you are) for pointing out a wonderful keeping-it-real-tweet from Gerry Heise, Senior Major Gifts Officer at the LA Philharmonic, posted on the final day of the League conference. Conference speaker tip: don’t ask how many millennials are in the room, see that half the room is comprised of millennials, and then proceed to bash millennials. Yikes. Made for a rough presentation recovery. #Orch2019 — …