244 stories by "Drew McManus"
Recently, you learned about meeting scheduler tools from Ceci Dadisman but do you ever wonder how much it costs in labor to hold that meeting? Thanks to a handy web app from Harvard Business…
You probably hear plenty of chatter about why GA is important but really, it's one thing to login and view default dashboard metrics (quantitative, numbers-oriented info such as visitors per…
I'm going to extend a bit of editorial privilege here and muscle my way into publishing back-to-back posts. Job satisfaction among arts administrators is a topic near and dear to my heart an…
"You need volunteers to update and revise the organization's ethics and compliance policies? Hellz yeah I'm in!" Granted, that's probably not a phrase you're going to hear during your tenure…
In Part 1, we learned what transactional emails are, how to identify all the providers you may use that generate those messages, and must-have elements to include in your message templates. …
Email marketing is great, no doubt about it. But that should only be one of your primary email oriented points of contact and groups that focus solely on email marketing are missing out on e…
Page load speeds make the difference between making or losing online ticket sales. They also impact overall user experience to the point where an otherwise good looking website seems old and…
In the wake of Samantha Teter's ArtsHacker article about what to avoid when creating your resume, it seems fitting to offer up some resources that can let even those with zero design skills …
Would you mind if I'm frank for a moment? Sometimes you have to do things in a way that you know isn't the way they could or should be done but due to reasons above your pay grade, that's th…
On 5/25/2016 Google launched a free version of their data visualization tool, called Data Studio, which makes it super easy to turn Google Analytics (GA) data into traditional and real-time …
Figuring out your value as an arts manager is difficult in a field where budgets vary almost as much as the process boards use to determine compensation policies. Fortunately, it doesn’…
Earlier in the month, Ceci Dadisman pointed everyone in the direction of Capacity Interactive’s 2015 Arts Industry Digital Benchmark Study. If you found that data useful, then you s…
Few things stir emotions and spirited shop talk like color palettes. It's one of those topics that draws experts and novices alike so when someone comes around declaring they have deduced th…
Whether you're home all day enjoying the holiday with family and friends or your organization is putting on an event today, try to take a few moments to remember the reason for the holiday. …
With 4k video now a common feature in most current generation smartphones, traditional impediments to making quality videos (like expensive digital cameras) are rapidly disappearing. But jus…
At the beginning of April, 2016 Google quietly rolled out a new feature inside Google Analytics (GA) that takes the first step in a direction they've resisted traveling but marketers and met…
Using your personal cell phone for work in no fun. But that's the reality for most arts managers inside a field where having a chair with four legs of equal length is a mid-career milestone!…
Are you responsible for managing your organization's online content? If so, then you likely know the pain that comes with copy/paste formatting problems. You copy text from a source file but…
Following the success of our inaugural guest author post from Capacity Interactive's Erik Gensler on 4/8/2016, we're very happy to announce that we have more authors in store! Expanding o…
There are some really terrific turn-key products to use for creating a wealth of custom reports not to mention an ever-growing list of providers capable of creating custom reports for dedica…
Is logo design something you love to hate? Serving as a crown jewel for your branding, it shows up in nearly everything you do but how many organizations consider responsive web design stand…
Among the numerous mind-numbing tasks related to maintaining online content is checking a page for broken links. Fortunately, there are some developer tricks I can share that will help you c…
Along with death and taxes, you can be certain that Goggle will update the integrated tools inside its Chrome browser. One of the latest updates includes enhancements to their device emulato…
One common frustration when creating web content is trying to fit portrait aspect ratio photos into a landscape aspect ratio container, such as a landing page slider or something like a s…
Show of hands: how many of you out there use an employee specific email address for your organization's Google account? That's what I thought. Let's learn why that's not really a great idea …
