Nonprofit Bids Is Coming Soon And It Needs Your RFPs
Wed, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
Thanks to the overwhelmingly positive feedback for creating a nonprofit Request For Proposal (RFP) portal, you can expect it to launch mid-March, just in time for the 2020 NTEN Conference. In order to make sure it’s ready for launch, we need to stock it with as many RFP’s as possible. Submit Your RFPs Since the
What Sparks Joy In Your 20/21 Program?
Tue, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
It’s that time of year again, where season announcements compete for attention and ticket revenue. While each program may not pass the “no preservatives, no artificial colors and no artificial flavors” version of season planning, there are still plenty of gems. To that end, I’m curious to know what you think are the real standouts
Why Yes, Ben Folds Is All Kinds Of Cool
Mon, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
We’ve taken a look at singer/songwriter Ben Folds’ work within the live orchestra field a few times over the years and his recent work with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) was the focus of a Fox News Power Player segment on 2/16/2020. Folds, who serves as an Artistic Advisor at the NSO, has always been
LA Musicians Get Political
Fri, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
While it isn’t unusual for national unions to endorse presidential candidates (the American Federation of Musicians endorsed Hilary Clinton in 2016), it isn’t common to see AFM Locals to endorse a candidate. The 2/12/2020 edition of Variety published an article by Chris Willman that reports AFM Local 47, which represents Los Angeles area musicians including
A Nonprofit RFP Portal Is Officially In The Works
Thu, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
Thanks to everyone for taking the time to submit your interest in a Request For Proposal (RFP) resource site that nonprofit arts and culture orgs could use, free of charge, to post RFPs and solicit bids from providers that specialize in nonprofit orgs. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive and in great enough numbers to justify the
Stop The Comment Noise
Wed, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
WordPress is great…until it isn’t. The good news is most of those shortcomings are pretty easy to work with if you know your options. Moreover, most of them tend to be holdovers from the days when WP was primarily a blogging platform. Case in point: comments. For most orchestras using WordPress as their publishing platform,
For The Fourth Straight Year, White House Proposes Gutting Arts Funding. Here’s What You MUST Do About It.
Tue, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
It’s easy to get lulled into compliance and think that just because the White House has been waging an unsuccessful war on gutting arts funding, that we can let the resistance slide. Opera America gets the award for the first service org to send out an action alert to constituents warning about the proposed 2021
Lemons to Lemonade
Mon, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
In the wake of last week’s post examining how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting arts and culture organizations, there are some instances of turning lemons into lemonade. The 2/6/2020 edition of the Boston Globe highlights how the Boston Symphony is redirecting the time it would have been on tour in China to a series of
Feel Good Friday. Seriously, It Only Takes Nine Minutes.
Fri, Feb 2, 2020
by Drew McManus
Just a fun pointer today to an article in the 2/4/2020 edition of classicalfm.com that examines a new report from the British Academy of Sound Therapy that apparently quantifies the amount of time it takes the average person to experience a therapeutic effect from listening to music. Their study, Music as Medicine, tested 7,581 participants and found
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