What Jeff Bezos Can Teach Arts Organizations
Recently, Business Insider published Jeff Bezos’ latest letter to Amazon shareholders. As I read it, I kept thinking how applicable his words are to arts organizations. As arts administrators, we often exist in our own nonprofit arts organization bubble and compare ourselves only to what others in our industry are doing. Of course, it is important to know what our peers are doing, but this is a dangerous practice because there is so much to be …
Protecting Yourself Against Embezzling Grannies
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Every couple months the treasurer tells our board of directors how easy it would be to embezzle funds due to the lack of sufficient checks and balances. She is especially wary of the fact that current technology allows her to have the bank generate checks at her request rather than having to issue a physical check. The organization is lucky because she has taken the lead on creating better processes and policies, including moving the …
Should Links Open In Same Or New Windows/Tabs?
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When it comes to whether or not links should open in the same or new windows/tabs, the answer for most arts organizations is straightforward: links should open in the same window/tab. Before diving into why this is the case and how to determine when they should open in new windows/tabs, we’re going to approach this from a contemporary web environment and take a few things for granted: It’s rare for web users to have multiple …
It’s Like Waiting For Guffman…Sans The Guffman
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We apologize for the lull in posts; one of the realities of an all-volunteer crew of authors is we sometimes cycle into super-crazy-busy work periods at the same time. It doesn’t happen often but it does happen. We’ll get new articles up as soon as possible and in the meantime, thank you so much for your patience! In the meantime, if you’ve never seen Waiting For Guffman, you need to find time to rectify that …
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…