We Only Need 70 35 Votes To Unlock One Of 2015’s Cutest Duckling Videos
Thu, May 5, 2015
by Drew McManus
Update, 5:40pm CT: …only 35 away. Update, 5:20pm CT: we’re only 38 votes away! If you haven’t cast your vote yet, do so now so we can reach the goal and release the duckling video 🙂 Since Monday’s post asking for your help to garner 250 unique votes before June 19, 2015 for The Venture Platform’s
Are You Using Gravity Forms? If So, You Need To Update
Wed, May 5, 2015
by Drew McManus
If you or your organization is using Gravity Forms, from RocketGenius, Inc. then you need to update to the latest version ASAP. The most recent version is 1.9.9 and the need to update comes after security provider, Sucuri, uncovered security issues and vulnerabilities in multiple older versions of the plugin, which have resulted in thousands
Let’s Put An End To The #SustainabilityMyth
Tue, May 5, 2015
by Drew McManus
There are plenty of reasons to love Vu Le’s Nonprofit with Balls blog and one of the most compelling is his ability to speak the pain truth and help adjust perspective away from the cascade of chatter that floods our field; so much so, it ends up hijacking strategic thinking. Case in point, in Le’s
250 Votes In 32 Days
Mon, May 5, 2015
by Drew McManus
Mission Main Street Grants® is a grant program by Chase to award twenty (20) small businesses with grants of $100,000 and in an unusual twist for our field, the program is open to for-profit businesses only. As such, I’ve submitted an application for The Venture Platform and I need your help to reach the program’s
Loads Of New Openings!
Fri, May 5, 2015
by Drew McManus
Simply put, interns are fantastic! And thanks to some intern powered efforts, there are a slew of new openings posted at Adaptistration Jobs. In addition to the additional listings, we have a few extra surprises up our sleeve: Take a moment to see what’s new and know that we’re going to be releasing a string
A Stark Reminder About The Importance Of Transparency And Ethics
Thu, May 5, 2015
by Drew McManus
The 5/12/2015 edition of BlouinARTINFO Blogs published an article by Larry Blumenfeld that examines (h/t Thomas Cott) a recent instance of nonprofit governance abuse for personal gain. The details are worth your time but one overarching item in particular that stands out in sea of conflict of interest driven misconduct Blumenfeld chronicles was a decision
When You Put It Like That…
Wed, May 5, 2015
by Drew McManus
It never ceases to amaze just how much one can miss at any given concert event; especially when it comes to the perspective of concert-goers that haven’t grown up with musical training or steeped in the nuances of classical music culture. To that end, Chattanooga Symphony concertmaster and Neo Classical author, Holly Mulcahy, decided to
What Structured Data Is And Why Marketing Pros Should Care
Mon, May 5, 2015
by Drew McManus
I published an article today at ArtsHacker that dives into the extraordinarily powerful, yet easy to use Data Highlighter tool Google provides and how it can do more for boosting event search results in 15 minutes than you accomplished with years of old school SEO strategies. If you’re still hung up on fine tuning every
How To Look Like The Smartest Person In The Room When Talking About Colorado
Fri, May 5, 2015
by Drew McManus
In the wake of yesterday’s post about the Colorado Symphony musicians and the musicians’ union, a number of readers reached out with questions about the most prominent instance of orchestra musicians leaving the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), the Seattle Symphony Orchestra (SSO). In the spirit of knowledge is power combined with the general lack
Aaron Copland Composed The Score For A 1939 Suburbia Propaganda Film. Who Knew?