When It Comes To Internships, Have Reasonable Expectations
Fri, Oct 10, 2021
by Drew McManus
For whatever reason, Internships seem to be popping up on the topic radar quite a bit this season. Last week, we examined toxic internship environments and the damage they can do to participants and earlier this week, a colleague sent me a copy of an internship that had jaw-droppingly unrealistic expectations. Nutshell: this organization has
If You Had Campaigns Running During Facebook’s Outage, You Felt Some Pain
Thu, Oct 10, 2021
by Drew McManus
Thanks to everyone who participated in Monday’s poll asking about the impact Facebook’s outage was having on your digital campaign performance. The poll generated 56 responses and based on those replies, the outage caused more than an inconvenience blip. Good news is just over a third of respondents reported that they weren’t running any campaigns
Philadelphia Wins The Prize For The First Big Eight Orchestra To Ditch Tuxedos
Wed, Oct 10, 2021
by Drew McManus
Regular readers know that musician dress codes are a well-worn topic here at Adaptistration. The latest installment was from last month where I wondered when I could use more than one hand to count the number of professional ICSOM, IGSOBM, or ROPA orchestras to remove tuxedoes as their primary attire. I’m happy to say we’re
Did Facebook’s Outage Impact Your Campaign Performance?
Tue, Oct 10, 2021
by Drew McManus
In the wake of Facebook’s massive outage yesterday, it’s amazing to see how many ways it can impact your operations. For instance, some of my Venture users that rely on live connections found the outage caused some page load slowdowns. In most cases, you wouldn’t even notice it unless you were measuring them but since
Labor Disputes And Professional Disclosure
Mon, Oct 10, 2021
by Drew McManus
Several readers have reached out since the end of last week asking when I’ll be writing something about the San Antonio Symphony. All things being equal, I would write something but, in this case, I must point out the Professional Disclosure policy published in the footer that has been in place at Adaptistration for the
Breaks. Why Did It Have To Be Breaks?
Fri, Oct 10, 2021
by Drew McManus
That list of 1,347 annual donors is staring at you on the screen. Each donor name is separated by a paragraph break and your department director just casually asked you to convert this to line breaks because it needs to take up less space in the program book. You’re not crazy, that list is mocking
Tell Us How You Really Feel
Thu, Sep 9, 2021
by Drew McManus
A 9/25/21 Facebook post from conductor David Leibowitz caught my eye because it’s hard to miss something that begins with “Dear Met Opera: F*** you for your incredibly horrible online ticket purchasing site.” The full post provides more context: Dear Met Opera: F*** you for your incredibly horrible online ticket purchasing site. Timing out before
Wait, Interns Aren’t Here For Us?
Wed, Sep 9, 2021
by Drew McManus
I always love it when Joe Patti doesn’t hold back on a topic and he really opened up on one near and dear to me: predatory arts org internships. He examines an internship environment that was so caustic, it caught the attention of the L.A. Times and he brought everything together in the best possible
If You’re Looking For Arts Org Vax Policy Resources, I’ve Got Nearly 200 For You
Tue, Sep 9, 2021
by Drew McManus
After a pandemic break Scott Silberstein, HMS Media Co-founder and Executive Producer, is back at his Hot Topics newsletter and the most recent issue has a wealth of resource links to a variety of venue Covid policies: American Players Theater Milwaukee Rep Upstate New York, including Schenectady, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, Elmira and Syracuse In Ohio, the Cleveland Playhouse,
Colorado Springs Finally Has A Deal