Tim Sharp

As ACDA continues to build its forthcoming mobile app, I thought it would be timely to share a recent study from StudyBlue that reveals students with access to smartphones study material for classes approximately 40 minutes more per week than students without access to a smartphone. This figure was tabulated from the combined data of […]

2012 will be an exciting year of Goal Setting and Prioritizing for the American Choral Directors Association. Our Strategic Planning process hits the ground running in the new year as our National ACDA Board and Strategic Planning Committee ask all of our members to participate in ACDA’s first-ever membership survey.   This Strategic Planning Survey […]

For the first time in history, those of us that work with volunteers in our organizations are working with five living generations. Four of them are working together in the workplace and exist side by side as members of our choirs and potential volunteer leaders within our organizations. These five generations are:   G.I. Generation […]

We are working daily on the "ACDA App" that I will reveal at ACDA's seven Division Conferences in February and March, 2012. I hope to see many of you there, but in the meantime, I would love to hear your thoughts on what the App should contain that will be of most use to you, […]

Fixing a weakness is very different from the task of developing a strength. Because they seem to be related under the banner of “improvement”, the two tasks can be confusing. I have worked at both of these tasks, and deity knows, I have plenty of weaknesses and great room to go in developing the strength […]

I would like to tell an inside ACDA story about collaboration in the hope that what we have learned could help someone trying to achieve a similar goal.   In our National Office, each staff member has a very specific professional job and area of responsibility. For example, one person lays out the next Choral […]