#TBT Time To Bone Up On Musician Compensation
Thu, May 5, 2019
by Drew McManus
Now that we have the settlement numbers from Chicago, Cleveland, Philly, and San Francisco, we’re just about ready to see how all of those figures impact the overall standings among the top eight highest paying orchestras. That article comes out tomorrow so today is an ideal time to take a look back at where things
Is It time To Retire Your Print Communication?
Wed, May 5, 2019
by Drew McManus
Virtual show of hands: how many of you still use print newsletters? My hunch is more than a few of raised your hands. Now, for those of you who did, when was the last time you quantified their impact and engagement? Print newsletters and/or magazines are one of those odd evolutionary throwbacks in the world
Building Empathy By Making Every Voice Important
Tue, May 5, 2019
by Drew McManus
Recently, violinist Holly Mulcahy published an article chronicling her latest Arts Capacity program Walker State Faith and Character Based Prison. This was her ninth event at that facility, and it implemented a new approach to building empathy by making every voice important in a shared creative process. In a nutshell, she and her colleagues introduced
The Orchestra 990 Library Is COMPLETE!
Mon, May 5, 2019
by Drew McManus
After a full year of work, the downloadable Orchestra 990 library at the Adaptistration Store is now complete. That means more than 1,100 IRS 990s across 17 seasons, going back all the way to the 1999/2000 season! There’s nothing else like it available and now that there are so many seasons available, I’ve updated the
Find Your Ideal New Job With Less Effort Than Before
Fri, May 5, 2019
by Drew McManus
Yesterday, an arts admin reached out asking why ArtsAdminJobs.com doesn’t offer an email subscription. The short answer is because it offers job seekers a special job alert tool that sends email messages when new listings are published that match their defined job criteria. So just to make sure it’s not too tough to find, I
Time To Update Your Web Policies, Here Are Some Resources To Help With That Task
Thu, May 5, 2019
by Drew McManus
There was a time where you could get away with just a terms of service and privacy policy but over the past two years, the environment of online web privacy policies has become far more complex. In addition to cookie policies you need to be concerned with data breach policies and have notification templates on
Click. Click. Done. #Tactical Was A Hit At #19NTC
Wed, May 5, 2019
by Drew McManus
What a treat to learn the Click.Click.Done. Must-Have Google Analytics Settings tactical session was a big hit with attendees at the 2019 Nonprofit Technology Conference (#19NTC). The session produced a 97 percent overall satisfaction rating! Many thanks to Ash Shepherd, Chief Program Officer and the entire Nonprofit Technology Network team that made all the work preparing
All Aboard The Lemming Train To Underperformance
Tue, May 5, 2019
by Drew McManus
If I had a nickel for every time I saw a client point to something other nonprofits were doing, asked to use it as a model to copy, yet were completely unaware of how bad said thing was…well…I could simply pay them to stop saying that. When pointing out why said thing isn’t very good,
The Orchestra 990 Download Library Has A New Entry
Mon, May 5, 2019
by Drew McManus
I am all kinds of excited to announce the 2004-2005 season has been processed and added to the downloadable Orchestra 990s at the Adaptistration Store. This means brings the total number of seasons up to 10. A big thank you to everyone who has already purchased copies and keep in mind, the more you buy, the
Looking Ahead To May
Fri, May 5, 2019
by Drew McManus
Today’s a literal recovery day for me so just a short post to highlight what’s in store this month: I’m only a few orchestras datasets away from an updated version of the top tier musician compensation. The 2019 update will finally have all but two orchestras with base musician salary figures out though the next
