The first in a series of three posts by Arts Producer and Fundraiser Natalie Chan on surviving and thriving both professionally and personally in challenging times. She starts by sharing her learnings and takeaways on crisis leadership, management and emergency fundraising.

What are arts organisations doing in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)? And how can such technologies support our fundraising strategies? This edition of Now, New and Next from Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy provides a snapshot of ideas to spark interest and thinking and gives some ideas about ... Read more

It makes business sense to integrate sustainability into a fundraising strategy. Dr Jonathan Gunson, explores what fundraisers working across the arts, culture and heritage sectors can learn from the Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s Environmental Change toolkit. An Arts, Fundraising & Philanthropy article.

Unlock the full potential of your Google Grant with actionable insights from arts and culture marketing experts, Altair Media. Lyndsey Best, Director and Founder and Dan Simms, Head of Media explore a range of practical approaches to elevate your Grant account from a background channel to an essential tool for business growth.

In this episode of Ticketsolve‘s Arts and Everything In Between podcast, host Priya Patel speaks to senior consultant for arts and heritage, Liz Purchase of Philanthropy Company. Liz shares her extensive expertise in fundraising and development, delving into the crucial role that diverse fundraising strategies play in building resilient and inclusive cultural organisations.

To meet a complex and rapidly changing environment, we need to respond differently. We must make innovation routine. This playbook is full of real-world examples that explore embracing creative approaches to meet longstanding challenges. A Tessitura resource.

Data insight and strategy agency MyCake assesses the journeys of organisations participating on the Heritage Compass programme. The report uses data to help us reflect upon the financial sustainability of heritage organisations. A useful report to check how your organisation compares against the published benchmarks.

Maximise every income stream with a collaborative approach to audience experience in the arts. This new ebook by Spektrix, Working Together to Increase Revenue, gives expert advice on uniting marketing, box office and fundraising teams to maximise revenue and support data-led strategy.

This practical guide highlights routes to consider for teams that want to see their heritage organisation expand its reach. For those not yet ready to grow their organisation, the benchmarks in this report can help you compare your income streams to similar-sized organisations. A MyCake and Cause4 guide for Heritage Compass.

Carlos García León, Individual Giving Manager, Chicago Shakespeare Theater challenges us to re-examine traditional models of fundraising.  Part of Tessitura Network‘s learning series.

Commissioned by Art Fund and the Association of Independent Museums (AIM) this report identifies how emotions can drive public support for museums. It includes practical recommendations on creating a case for support and campaigns that resonate emotionally with the public.

Published in Autumn 2022, key findings from Cause4‘s Arts and Culture Fundraising Benchmark (2021 release of 2019 data). The benchmarking data remains a valuable guide to understanding the pre-pandemic norm – a check against where your organisation could, or should, return to. Combined with more recent insights from other published sources, the benchmarks offer a ... Read more

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.

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.

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

While the pandemic crisis has eased and there is evidence of a rebound, the operating environment remains challenging for the museum sector. Art Fund draws key insights from their latest research. (May 2022) Art Fund is a Pioneer Sponsor of A New Adventure, AMA Conference 2022.

How Komedia Bath are increasing efficiencies and enhancing customer experience through mobile scanning, e-ticketing, and the Ticketsolve Check-In App. Ticketsolve is a Pioneer Sponsor of A New Adventure, AMA Conference 2022

In this toolkit, thrive, NI’s audience development agency, looks at how to evaluate loyalty, gather data on your audience’s loyalty and rate your own loyalty score.

Two audio case studies by The Audience Agency on the power of storytelling. In the first Richard Leeming talks to Dave Howard of Bespoken Media and Vic Turnbull from Mic Media about how they work with clients to make podcasts that tell powerful stories. In the second he talks strategy, specificity, and scalability with the ... Read more

Janet Alderman, Digital and Marketing Manager at the spoken word trailblazers Apples and Snakes shares how they developed new frameworks and audience plans as part of their time on the change management programme, Shared Ambition.