420 stories by "Michael Roderick"
It's ok. We all have been there, myself included. About a year ago, I wasn't sure what was happening with my new business. I was pulled in so many directions that I wasn't really even sure w…
We all have them, especially in an arts related field. Bad gigs. Someone asks us to come on board with a project and it looks pretty good from the outside, but once we sign on, it turns into…
We're switching it up a bit and giving a Wednesday guest blog. This is Patrick Soluri who's going to tell you all about throwing a great party. Take it away Patrick! As a composer and music …
We've all had those days where we set out to get something done and without warning everything seemed to go wrong. The file took too long to download We got stuck on the subway The paperwork…
Old habits die hard. When I was young I hated cleaning my room. As a result, it would often get so messy, you couldn't even get in there. (Sorry, Mom) Once it got to be so ridiculous that it…
This week's guest blog highlights the T. Schreiber studio who is taking on the challenge of producing a musical. Below are some great bits of wisdom from producer director Barb Kielhofer. Ta…
This week's A.P.T. is devoted to the talented Tom Wojtunik. I had the pleasure of seeing a production of Children of Eden at APAC where he currently serves as the artistic director and was t…
In looking back at a lot of the work I've done I've discovered something interesting that I wanted to share with all of you. When something is a few months away, it's really easy to see it a…
This week's A.P.T. is devoted to the awesome Matt Hoverman. I have had the honor of producing with many of Matt's students and their shows are always engaging, powerful, and thought-provokin…
When I was a kid, I loved legos. There was something about building a car or a helicopter, or a castle that made me smile. What was the most fun was when I would take a batch from the castle…
This week's A.P.T. is dedicated to make sure you all know about the amazing organization Opening Act. I had the pleasure of sitting down with their deputy director and hear about the incredi…
Last week I did a contest where you could win five free business books. Congrats to all of those who entered. This morning I picked the winner out of a hat and the lucky winner is: John Koll…
Many folks say that Life is a highway and some even sing about it. I also think it's important to view your career path as a highway and to recognize that there is more than one lane. You ma…
On Saturday, a new group came together to take Solving for X, the networking class I have been teaching for the past year. It was a particularly inspiring group, so I thought I'd share with …
So while I was out of town last week, I did a lot of reading in my travels and each of the books I read were very helpful. I wanted to share those books with you all today. I would...
It's always great when you get to work with a talented director, but it's even cooler when that talented director also becomes a talented entrepreneur with an awesome new business. That's wh…
And here is my take on how to use those business cards: A card is like a kiss So the past few days I have been out at a number of events with networking opportunities and in each of them...
This was one of the favorites for my readers and deserves repeating. I also often use this one in many of my talks. Enjoy. Excelsior! Make the water rise Yesterday I sat down for a meeting w…
For those of you who do not know, I am out of town for the next couple of days and as a result of this, I will not be at a place where I can get to a computer easily....
This week's guest blog comes from my friend Sam Fortenbaugh who provides some very good advice about protecting your work. Take it away Sam! BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE Of all the things I have lea…
Being a playwright myself, I am always thrilled when I come across companies that support the work of new playwrights, so I was super psyched to see what the folks at Page 73 are up to. If y…
It's no question that following up is incredibly important, but what happens when you're overloaded with things to follow up on? I recently brought this question to one of my fellow webspinn…
I have been meeting with a number of friends recently who are in the middle of a job search. They are doing the standard things: Sending out resumes, asking for references, and going out and…
It's reached a point where social media has become a very prevalent part of the business world with entire companies devoted to increasing the power of our facebook pages, twitter feeds, etc…
This week's Awesome person Thursday is devoted to Neil Totton. For those of you who don't know Neil yet, he is an artist who is passionate about helping other artists. Over the years he has …
