Welcome to the new combined Carolina's Tessitura Community Group!
As Co-Chairs of the Caroina's Tessitura Community Group, Michael Dorsey and I would like to introduce ourselves.
My name is Tiffany Elliott (she/her), and I am the Tessitura Database and Operations Administrator for PBS North Carolina and I work remotely from my home in Foxborough, MA which is about 25 miles outside of Boston. I'm originally from Memphis, TN and Cincinnati, Ohio but my career in the arts did not begin until I moved to Boston in 2005 to be an opera singer. That did not quite work out, as we can see, but my utilization of Tessitura began in the Box Office at the Celebrity Series of Boston and I have been using Tessitura CRM in some capacity since 2008. I was a Business Analyst who specialized in Tessitura Implementations at JCA for a year before giving birth to my twin girls, Wendy and Abby in 2017. The girls are now 6 years old and have started kindergarten which means the fun officially begins now, amiright? I visit my office at the PBS station in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina a couple of times a year and in my spare time, I voluteer as a board member at my local community theater and cultural council trying to bring arts and culture to our little town that is the home of the New England Patriots.
Michael has provided me with an introduction to share with you.
Greetings, Carolinians! My name is Michael Dorsey (he/him), and I am the CRM Systems Manager for Spoleto Festival USA—a 17-day performing arts festival that takes place across downtown Charleston, SC, every year from late May to early June. My journey in the Tessitura-sphere began in early 2018, when I was hired as the CRM Specialist at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO. There, I was tasked with leading the implementation of Tessitura and TNEW on the museum side. Amazingly, I did not run away screaming, nor did I curl up under my desk, rocking back and forth, babbling nonsense (though I did come close to that). A big reason for that was this community. I’ve always found value in the Tessitura community groups in terms of professional development, and I’ve wanted to find a way to add to that value. I’m excited to be a part of the expansion of this already well-established, well-led group. I’m currently serving Spoleto remotely from Plymouth, MN, but my wife, fur-baby, and I will be relocating to the Charleston area this fall. If any of you have recommendations for must-see attractions or must-eat cuisine, let me know! Looking forward to connecting with you!
We are so pleased to join together the North and South Carolina's into a combined user community and we hope that this enables us to be more active and engaged. I'm grateful for Michael's volunteering to be a co-chair. He and I will be having regular meetings to come up with some ideas on how to start creating regular virtual meetups or discussions. In the meantime, please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want to be involved. Feel free to introuce yourself as well on this page - we'd love to get you know you better!
We hope you have a wonderful weekend and look forward to connecting with all of you!
thanks,
Tiffany and Michael
Thanks Tiffany! Nice to meet you, Michael! Looking forward to the bigger bolder Both Carolinas group!
Likewise, Erin Murillas! I'm excited to be a part of the evolution of this already great group.