If Anyone Finds A Workday On The Floor, It’s Mine
Fri, Sep 9, 2019
by Drew McManus
The best thing about national holidays is the worst thing about national holidays: many of us can take the day off. But when you get to the end of the shortened work week, it always feels like you’re a little behind. And that’s precisely where I’m at today wondering how on earth Friday snuck up
I’ll Take The Job Description Turducken On Rye To-Go Please
Wed, Sep 9, 2019
by Drew McManus
It’s no secret nonprofit performing arts admins are overworked and underpaid. Fortunately, the issue is starting to get more attention but that hasn’t done much to curtail what I’ve noticed as a growing trend of stuffing an increasing amount of duties and responsibilities into single positions. Traditionally, you’ll find something resembling the following three-tiered structure
Time To Update Your LinkedIn Profile
Tue, Sep 9, 2019
by Drew McManus
It’s the beginning of the season so now is as good a time as any to suck it up and update your LinkedIn profile. During its early years I assumed LinkedIn would be one of the numerous social media platforms to go extinct, but they’ve managed to make it through so regardless how many steps
Happy Labor Day! Now Get Your Binge On
Mon, Sep 9, 2019
by Drew McManus
Take a moment to treat yourself today and get to learn about ins and outs of orchestra management from a humorous perspective by binge-reading all 157 episodes of Who’s Minding The Score?, a satirical cartoon that provides a behind the scenes look orchestra life. It’s the ideal way to spend some of your Labor Day, really, just take
IT’S NOW OR NEVER For Your Chance To Be A #20NTC Influencer
Fri, Aug 8, 2019
by Drew McManus
Today is the deadline for your chance to have a quantifiable impact on which sessions make it into the 2020 Nonprofit Technology Conference (#20NTC). 60 percent of decision-making juice comes from individual user votes so don’t think this is some sort of “we value your opinion until it comes time to make the decision” sort of thing.
No News Isn’t Great News In Baltimore
Thu, Aug 8, 2019
by Drew McManus
The ongoing work stoppage at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) doesn’t appear to be improving. Over the past few weeks, there has been little discussion and a recent meeting initiated by the Maryland General Assembly produced anything buy tangible results. On 8/21/2019, the BSO musicians issued a press statement stating that the employer rejected their
Borg Of Directors
Wed, Aug 8, 2019
by Drew McManus
Time for a bit of mid-week dark humor in the form of a Tweet about the overwhelmingly sheeple nature of orchestra boards. When your Orchestra's Board is full of a bunch of mindless followers, you might as well call them Borg of Directors. #StarTrekReference #ResistanceIsFutile — Shit Orchestra Musicians Say (@OrchestraSay) August 26, 2019 For
ArtsAdminJobs.com Weekly Email Digests Are Now A Thing
Tue, Aug 8, 2019
by Drew McManus
Thanks to the large amount of interest for starting a weekly email digest of all the recently added listings at ArtsAdminJobs.com, I’m happy to report that email list is up and running for business. It will go out every Friday and include all the current featured listings plus all new listings since the previous notification.
Unleash Your Data Driven UX Superhero With This ArtsU Webinar & Discount Code
Mon, Aug 8, 2019
by Drew McManus
I’m very happy to announce that on Friday, September 27, 2019 I’ll be leading an Americans for Arts ArtsU webinar on using metrics to refine and enhance your website’s user experience. Better still, the generous folks at Americans for the Arts were kind enough to provide a special discount code non-members can use to reduce
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