There’s Nothing Quite Like a Good Photoshop Template To Make The Day Easier
Fri, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
Odds are, you don’t have time to reinvent the wheel when it comes to designing social media header graphics. Fortunately, there are several good resources out there providing templates to make the job easier. I published an article yesterday at ArtsHacker that provides links to a popular series of Photoshop templates from graphic designer Pauline
Get Empowered!
Wed, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
Yesterday’s post referencing the Take A Friend To The Orchestra program ended up inspiring me to take a spin through some of my favorite contributions. For readers who have joined since after the program went into stasis after 2013 but for nine years’ prior, the Take A Friend To The Orchestra project featured more than
Forget Walking A Mile In Their Shoes, Try A Stream Of New Concertgoer Inner Monologue
Tue, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
There’s an entertaining and thought-provoking article in the 1/7/2017 edition of The New Yorker by Kirk J. Rudell that provides an exclusive broadcast of his inner monologue as a first-time concertgoer. There is no shortage of amusing entries in his attendee stream of consciousness but the entire exercise reminded me of a Take A Friend
Buried Treasure Monday
Mon, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
If you’ve ever had to modify a large number of image files you know the pain of opening and editing each file one by one. Fortunately, if you’re Adobe Creative Suite user, there’s an easier method to the madness and although you might be tempted to look at Photoshop’s batch processing tools, the app you
New Year, New Gig?
Fri, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
If you haven’t been to Adaptistration Jobs lately, you’re missing out on a flood of new listings; in fact, there are ten new listings alone in the last three days! There’s even a Featured Listing for a newly created position at California Symphony, Director of Patron Loyalty, which just happens to be the group where
Don’t Ask Me How I’m Doing If You Don’t Really Care
Thu, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
I’m going to steal something today from Joe Patti; specifically, his post from 1/3/2017 where he shares some insights from serving on the evaluation panel from ArtsHacker’s Most Creative People In Arts Administration. In his post, Patti dives into the deep end of one submission that ultimately tied for top honor: Aubrey Bergauer’s blog at California
If You’re An Arts Org Executive, You’ll Want To Read This
Wed, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
Make no mistake, it’s wonderful to see a staffer or manager nominate his/her executive; in fact, the panel ended up selecting two very deserving executives as recipients. Having said that, it was difficult not to feel somewhat dismayed when there wasn’t a single executive who felt compelled to nominate an employee’s creative and successful project.
Things That Make You Go Buh?!? When A Conductor Tells Children There Is No Santa Clause
Tue, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
Sometimes, patrons leave a concert early to get at the front of the parking rush. It’s a reality of live events and yes, it can be frustrating for both fellow patrons and performers. But why on earth a conductor would be so offended as to retaliate by telling children there is no Santa Clause during
Here’s A New Year’s Resolution That’s Easy To Keep And Good For You
Mon, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
You don’t have to look very far to see that there’s plenty of anxiety throughout the field to go around. If history is any indication, we tend to have a hair trigger gloom-and-doom reaction when it comes to negativity (remember the economic downturn?). So much so, there’s always a risk of it evolving into self-fulfilling
Outreach Or Pandering?