Adaptistration

iding on the coat-tails of the Adaptistration Orchestra Website Review Special Recognition Awards, the Best & Worst of 2007 highlights groupings of orchestras on specific issues as well as reporting on the largest increase/decrease in score among ensembles since the 2006 Review.

Continuing with the policy initiated in 2006, there will be no indication for orchestras that have updated their website since the evaluation period. Instead, each orchestra was provided an opportunity to communicate any information about their respective website via the detailed ratings, which allowed them to communicate with readers in their own voice…

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During every orchestra website review, several orchestras deserve special recognition for how well they satisfied the requirements for each category or subcategory as well as demonstrating particular originality and creativity for specific website components. As such, the Special Recognition awards are designed to highlight individual achievements among orchestra websites and to promote them as benchmarks within the business…

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What a difference one year can make. From 2006 to 2007 there were quite a few changes among orchestra websites, some good and some not so good. Perhaps even more interesting, however, was the obvious amount of increased resources many orchestras directed toward website development efforts for the 2007-2008 season…

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Between 8/21/07 and 9/06/07, 84 professional orchestra websites were examined and ranked by how well they presented their concert schedule, sold tickets, provided organizational information, facilitated making donations, and on overall content and functionality. The 2007 Rankings witnessed a number of review firsts as well as an overall slight increase in the average score…

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Now in its fourth year, the Adaptistration Orchestra Website Review generates a great deal of interest in how each website is evaluated and how orchestras of vastly different budget size can be compared on an even playing field.

This article examines the components of an effective orchestra website, reviews the evaluation criteria in detail, and introduces new features for the 2007 review. As a special feature to the 2007 review, Arts & Entertainment attorney Elizabeth Russell will review what orchestras need to know about three crucial web-related legal issues …

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