Join the 21st Century

Sometimes you just have to know when it’s time to give up the past and move into the future. I’m talking about technology here. Watching the revelations in 2016 and 2017 about Hilary’s email server and Mike Pence’s AOL account that he used as Governor of Indiana until it was hacked it bringing up a…

Brave New World

The preamble to this article is simply this – Studio Two is IN BUSINESS and IN THE BERKSHIRES. We are just transitioning from a real office to a virtual one to better serve our clients and allow us to develop and change. Dear Friend of Studio Two, For the last 5 years Studio Two has…

What We Really Do

I’ve spent most of the day today doing what I usually do – emailing with clients and potential clients, talking on the phone with clients and potential clients,, visiting with clients and potential clients,. In the course of the the last 5 hours I’ve sent 35 emails, responded to a half-dozen texts and IM’s, made…

Why we Partner

Recently we launched a new website for the Palmer-Westport Group – a leading consulting agency for non-profit arts organizations and specialists in providing guidance to organizations seeking to restore historic theaters across North America. The experience that Principal Susan Palmer and her associates bring to this challenging but growing movement is significant and their track record of…

Archives in the Digital Age

Studio Two is entering our 20th year in business – a landmark that has us pretty surprised – time flies – but also an interesting moment to reflect on the changes in what out business was and is over the last two decades. In particular, Studio Two came into being along with the origins of…

Rethinking the RFP

Have you ever had to respond to an RFP (A Request for Proposal)? Chances are you have – if you are in any kind of business providing goods and services to institutions and business. I don’t know that I have ever met anyone on the receiving end of the RFP process who is fundamentally happy…

Obsession

This image is a chalkboard at Barrington Coffee Roasting Company that represents a tiny slice of the vast knowledge, experience and passion that our client has for their product. What a telling image! Most of us think of coffee as…

Outsource

We just received the first 5 advance copies of my book “Imagining Shakespeare” via UPS from Hong Kong. It’s very exciting to see them and realize that 2 pallettes of books are on their way here via freighter. The decision to print these overseas was not an easy one – we prefer to work as…