2010 Orchestra Website Review: US and Canadian Comparisons
Wed, Oct 10, 2010
by Drew McManus
The final article in the 2010 Orchestra Website Reviews will compare and contrast US and Canadian results. Both groups made advancements but this was the first year where US orchestras grew at a faster pace than the Canadians…
2010 Canadian Orchestra Website Review: Trends and Detailed Scores
Tue, Oct 10, 2010
by Drew McManus
By and large, it was a fairly neutral year most Canadian orchestra websites. The average score inched up a bit and most of the changes in rank took place among the groups that scored toward the middle…
2010 Canadian Orchestra Website Review: Overall Rankings
Mon, Oct 10, 2010
by Drew McManus
Between 9/25/10 and 10/12/10, 14 professional Canadian orchestra websites were examined and ranked by how well they presented their concert schedule, sold tickets, facilitated making donations, provided organizational information, utilized dynamic content, and on functionality….
2010 Orchestra Website Review: Best & Worst Of
Fri, Oct 10, 2010
by Drew McManus
Wrapping up the US reviews for 2010 is the Best & Worst from this year’s review. The Best recognizes orchestras that made particularly large advancements in certain categories while the Worst examines organizations that could benefit from improving particularly damaging components and/or practices…
2010 Orchestra Website Review: Special Recognition Awards
Thu, Oct 10, 2010
by Drew McManus
During every orchestra website review, several orchestras deserve special recognition for how well they satisfied evaluation requirements as well as demonstrating particular originality and creativity for specific website components, regardless of overall score. As such, the Special Recognition Awards are designed to highlight individual achievements and promote them as benchmarks within the field…
2010 Orchestra Website Review: Trends & Detailed Scores
Wed, Oct 10, 2010
by Drew McManus
The 2010 reviews witnessed a number of positive trends, the most notable being a strong uptick in average scores among all budget size organizations. As a result, the reviews produced the highest ever average score of 71.23 and finally broke out of the “Grade D” basement…
2010 Orchestra Website Review: Overall Rankings
Tue, Oct 10, 2010
by Drew McManus
Between 9/25/10 and 10/12/10, 72 professional orchestra websites were examined and ranked by how well they presented their concert schedule, sold tickets, facilitated making donations, provided organizational information, utilized dynamic content, and on overall content and functionality. On a positive note, the average score reached a new all-time high since the reviews were launched in
2010 Orchestra Website Review: Evaluation Criteria & What’s New
Mon, Oct 10, 2010
by Drew McManus
Now in its seventh year, the Orchestra Website Review generates a great deal of interest regarding how orchestras of vastly different budget size can be compared on an even playing field. Happily, the answer is very straightforward…
Betcha Didn’t See That Coming
Fri, Oct 10, 2010
by Drew McManus
Just when you thought the progress of labor disputes in a tough economy were set in stone, something comes along to shake it all up. In Detroit, that dynamic variable was the impact of social media on altering the course of even the best laid plans, such as the decision of a violin soloist to
Where Are The Website Reviews?!?
Thu, Oct 10, 2010
by Drew McManus
Good question and one a number of folks have been writing in to ask. The answer is I’ve scheduled them to coincide with an upcoming business trip so I don’t have to worry about writing anything during a week where I’m on the road. As it turns out, that’s a few weeks later than they
