Designed especially for arts organizations as a sophisticated technology solution to deliver an affordable hosted publishing platform, The Venture Platform is going to be one of those high-performance, low-frustration tools that make you wonder how you ever survived without it. It will work – and allow you to do things you didn’t think were possible – without having to understand how it works. No more trying to catch up by going slower. The Venture Platform serves as a paradigm shift in the way many performing arts organizations improve marketing and revenue performance.
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Debt, shrinking audiences, and rising expenses. These are the issues which plague too many of today’s arts organizations, small and large. In light of such seemingly overwhelming forces, many organizations are reverting to drastic stopgap measures in order to slow the decline; however, there are almost always other options. The task ahead is not simply survival but identifying and reaching potential. Fortunately, you aren’t alone in this challenge and arts industry expert Drew McManus is here to help.
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One of the dynamic realities of an extended economic downturn is the increased likelihood of being blindsided by a hostile PR situation that quickly spirals out of control. You need someone that understands crisis PR management and can give you the tools to effectively deal with intense public and media scrutiny. You also need a professional with administrative savvy to help bring internal crisis conditions under control and Drew McManus has discreetly helped clients survive and even benefit from an array of crisis situations.
Care to learn the inside scoop on one of the dirty little secrets in this business? Too many executive search firms simply recycle the same old candidates time and time again. It results in less work for the search firm and less pressure for candidates since they know their credentials won’t be subjected to a sincere due diligence process. This watercooler gang can be a well-intentioned bunch and they talk a good talk but the bottom line is they get in the way. Drew McManus is your guide around the watercooler gang and will provide the executive search services you need.
From time to time, executive leaders leave before a replacement has been identified and installing a traditional interim executive resource can lead to a host of unexpected problems. Too often, interim management solutions are just that, management solutions that are applied to leadership needs. To this end, Drew McManus offers interim leadership solutions by directly serving as a full time and on-site interim executive for your organization as well as bringing in as many provisional, experienced management professionals the organization needs.
Competent and confident solutions for your next transition.
Everyone in this business seems to looking for a silver bullet solutions with regard to cultivating and engaging an audience through new media. Unfortunately, traditional marketing and public relations skills are ill-suited to the task of effectively using these outlets which rely on close and sincere communication. Intimacy and community don’t scale and in order to use new tools to successfully connect with your audience and improve marketing performance you need help from a leading new media expert in the field; and Drew McManus is the authority you’ve been looking for.
Is the business end of this business getting in the way of what’s really important in your career, being an artist? Tired of paying retainers and high commissions when you seem to be hustling up most of work anyway? Looking for unbiased counsel and access to hard to get information? Is your career taking off and you need someone to look out for your interests?
“ He's the orchestra insider. Hugely informative... ”
~ Alex Ross; music critic, The New Yorker