Productivity

How to “Deep Work”

Published Fri, Nov 2, 18 at 1:19 pm by Jonathan Eifert

While many of us know what we want to achieve, it’s often derailed because of numerous factors. Some might be external (caused by others), but I’ve found many are internal (caused by myself). It’s one thing to “get things done” that satisfies whoever you report to, but it’s a completely different thing to accomplish tasks AND have the time to build a better, stronger version of your organization or project. In other words, how do you take massive action (as Tony Robins famously declares) to execute and contain the essential work, but build … Read more

Easy Meeting Scheduling With Doodle

Published Mon, Sep 17, 18 at 3:45 pm by Drew McManus

If I can put on my grumpy Gen-X arts admin hat for a moment, I have to say that the older I get, the less I enjoy trying new apps. Instead, finding something that works and sticking with it holds a lot of value. Having said that, when I do run across something new that makes me want to switch, it’s really exciting. Case in point, I started using Doodle to schedule meetings across multiple participants and it has been a terrific tool. Doodle offers free and paid accounts and for most … Read more

Red Pill/Blue Pill: Effective Data Driven Decision Making

Published Tue, Jun 5, 18 at 2:00 am | Updated Tue, Jun 5, 18 at 1:43 pm by Drew McManus

On Saturday, June 2, 2018, me and my fellow ArtsHacker, Ceci Dadisman, enjoyed an opportunity to present a session titled Red Pill/Blue Pill: Effective Data Driven Decision Making to the 37th Annual Association of Arts Administration Educators Conference. We had a great deal of fun and the session was well received. Since we’re all about the share here at ArtsHacker, we wanted to make the Google Slides available to all. As has been the case for the past few new conference sessions we’ve put together, this slide deck contains copious and detailed … Read more