Communications Specialist Darya Danesh talks to Heidi Wiley, Executive Director of the European Theatre Convention about shaping environmental thinking in the performing arts sector. The second of three blogs looking behind the scenes at Ki Culture, an international non-profit working to unite culture and sustainability.

The Insights Alliance (Baker Richards, Indigo and One Further) present the findings of the second wave of Missing Audiences research. Missing Audiences was created to find out more about how audiences are feeling about attending cultural events and venues following the pandemic.

Becoming a truly inclusive organisation starts at the top with your board and leadership, says the CEO of the Arts Marketing Association, Cath Hume. 

Following his successful session at our annual conference, A New Adventure, Birmingham (2022), Andrew Ladd from Ten4 Design looks at the shortcomings of ‘What’s On’ pages and how you can replace them with more streamlined and useful user experiences on your own website.

The amount and type of  content on your website directly impacts on your site’s carbon footprint. Kate Mroczkowski from digital agency and arts sector specialists, Supercool, explains how you can measure and reduce ‘page weight’ to keep your website leaner and greener.

Dr Dominique Bouchard, Head of Learning and Interpretation at English Heritage shares insights from her fifteen years of experience leading public programming and exhibitions, and explores ideas of how museums and heritage can help communities tell their own stories.

At 22 years old Anna Petrova is making a name for herself as the head of excursions at Odesa Fine Arts Museum, Ukraine. Anna shares her experiences working in ‘the pearl of the pearl’ of Ukraine and her hopes for the future.

Lizzie Peabody is the producer and host of the Smithsonian’s flagship podcast Sidedoor. Lizzie talks us through her approach to reaching new audiences wherever they are.  One of a series of podcasts with museum people by For Arts Sake.

Sarah Creed, Senior Exhibitions Project Manager at the Design Museum in London talks about her work with diverse audiences across different institutions. She also digs into some of the weird and wonderful things museum people do. One of a series of podcasts with museum people by For Arts Sake.

Recorded live at the Arts Marketing Association Conference in October 2021 digital agency Supercool and Unicorn Theatre explain how they’re working to become more environmentally sustainable. They also share lots of practical tips.

Caroline Aston, the Audience Insight Manager at Chichester Festival Theatre takes us through their work to reduce their carbon footprint and engage their audiences in the process.

A report by Indigo following their national sector survey, Act Green. The survey was designed to find out more about how audiences feel about the climate emergency and what role they think cultural organisations should play in tackling it. Sponsored by Point One.

As the years have passed, working in social media has become more and more complex. Digital freelancer Rebecca ‘RaRa’ Givens is here to tell you that, you can not – and should not – do it all.

Addressing bias in data involves transforming how we approach current practices for collecting, analyzing, sharing, and making decisions with data. Sarah Herrera, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, shares concepts of belonging and empowerment to explore ways to create small wins to drive momentum in your organization’s diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI) work.

The 2021 update of Good Things Foundation‘s Digital Nation infographic gathers together the facts and stats about digital inclusion and exclusion in the UK. It uses new analysis of the latest Ofcom data by Prof. Simeon Yates alongside key sources such as Lloyds Bank UK Consumer Digital Index and Essential Digital Skills 2021, external research ... Read more

Donors are looking for transparency, accountability and tangible commitments to diversity, inclusion and anti-racism. Tarsha Whitaker Calloway, Vice President, Philanthropy, Tessitura Network chairs a lively online panel discussing examples of successful and authentic approaches.

How the launch of a new venue, The Box in Plymouth, paved the way for a meaningful, long-term relationship with their community.

Sina Bahram challenges us to use principles from universal and inclusive design to help us open up our buildings, content, programming, and experiences. Keynote address delivered at Tessitura Learning & Community Conference.

As part of its role representing arts marketing and audience development expertise in the arts and heritage sector, the Arts Marketing Association (AMA) has produced a set of job description templates for key roles. The guide supports the need to match skills with both expectations and pay. It also seeks to ensure job descriptions are ... Read more

Whether you use data to influence your decisions, or if you consider your data to be influenced by the decisions you make, it’s a key component to helping your team works together to ensure the sustainability of your organisation. Lucy Costelloe, Ticketsolve guides us through the process. Ticketsolve is a Pioneer Sponsor of A New Adventure, AMA ... Read more