Adaptistration Turns 14
Fri, Nov 11, 2017
by Drew McManus
Today marks Adaptistration’s 14th anniversary and to help mark the occasion, let’s look at the year’s highlights. Audience New readers increased by 1.8 percent. Overall traffic was down, but that’s not a surprise given the previous year’s record setting traffic from the 2016 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Music Directors After filtering out that article’s traffic, the
#TBT Back To The Future In Columbus
Thu, Nov 11, 2017
by Drew McManus
The 10/24/17 edition of the Columbus Dispatch included an article by Ken Gordon that reports the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO) hired an executive director. What makes this hire a bit different is the CSO has been sharing an executive director with the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) for close to a decade. Long
Credit Where Credit Is Due
Wed, Nov 11, 2017
by Drew McManus
Although traditional media is typically a worthy target for ire thanks to dumbing down or outright ignoring all things culture, that doesn’t mean it’s universal. Every now and then, an outlet will put together a top-notch educational piece that serves as a good reference for orchestras. Vox.com published an article by Christophe Haubursin that includes
Cats + Opera = #AllThePoints
Tue, Oct 10, 2017
by Drew McManus
What do you get when National Opera Week, National Cat Day, and Halloween converge? I’m not entirely certain but it’s destined to be awesome. The Lyric Opera of Chicago is holding a contest for two tickets to their production of Wagner’s DIE WALKÜRE. https://www.facebook.com/lyricopera/posts/10155805138464161 Their pics are adorable (and yes, you can purchase your
Looking For Resources to Help Understand ACA Changes?
Mon, Oct 10, 2017
by Drew McManus
It should come as no surprise that the upcoming open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be a large source of stress for organizations that provide health care benefits along with individual musicians and arts managers responsible for purchasing their own insurance. Unfortunately, there isn’t much to recommend along the lines of
Are You Making Decisions With Half-Naked Data?
Fri, Oct 10, 2017
by Drew McManus
If you or your organization(s) are using Google Analytics (GA) without syncing it to a Google Search Console (GSC) account, you’re making metrics driven decisions with half naked data. The problem is too many arts professionals don’t even know GSC exists but even when they discover it, they end up letting an account go fallow
#TBT October Work Stoppages Across The Past Decade
Thu, Oct 10, 2017
by Drew McManus
Knock on wood, it’s been a comparatively quiet beginning to the season regarding labor relations. Historically, strikes and lockouts tend to happen toward the front of the season and here’s a quick history of October based work stoppages over the past decade, broken down by year: 2016 How To Look Like The Smartest Person In
Can’t Someone Else Worry About It?
Wed, Oct 10, 2017
by Drew McManus
Last week’s survey asking readers if their organization uses cross-domain tracking generated some very intriguing results in that the topic generated very little interest. The survey produced a whopping (#sarcasm) nine replies. Nine. This came as quite a surprise as the low engagement level runs contrary to both anecdotal evidence and a similar survey I
#CultureTrack17: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun…Boys, About 8% Less
Tue, Oct 10, 2017
by Drew McManus
According to the 4,035 consumers included in LaPlaca Cohen’s Culture Track 2017 report, the single greatest motivating factor for participating in a cultural event is to have fun. That’s not an insignificant point. At the same time, when we drill down into the raw data results for just Classical Music events, respondents found having fun
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