The iBeholder pilot programme was developed to help discover new ways to gather audience data for non-ticketed visual arts organisations and boost the audience experience.  thrive, Northern Ireland’s audience development agency details everything that happened throughout the project and the insights uncovered.

This report for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) creates an important new framework for exploring different audiences in different market segments and how they behave around immersive content. It helps build a better understanding of current and future audiences, how to attract them, retain them, and, importantly, how to grow them.

In the first of a series of three articles, Elliot Mark Senior Copywriter at Ecommerce Platforms  looks at why making better use of technology — specifically cloud technology — is the key to remote-working success.

Like so many industries, arts and cultural organisations are experiencing a rapid digital transformation. Consumer expectations are changing quickly – it is no longer a novelty to have an app or to incorporate technology as part of the in-person experience. Plus, amidst the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation, many organisations are shifting their operations online. Produced by ... Read more

Innovators Blast Theory take us through their development of Gift that lets visitors use their smart phone to create a digital gift and send it to the one they love.

The fourth edition of Now, New and Next from Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy is full of commentary and opinion on how technology is impacting fundraising, the charity and arts sector.

Cuseum take a look at video live streams as an engagement tool for museums.

Russell Willis Taylor promotes collaboration, placing a value on employees (as well as audiences) and embracing the potential of new technology and data analysis in this thought-provoking keynote.

Is it just possible that technology might be alienating our audiences and creating a barrier to the arts? ICT is used to develop advertising and marketing strategies and to enhance sales and provide customers with information, but are computers getting in the way? This article argues that it is possible to do technology well – ... Read more

A glossary of web technology terms: what they mean for websites and business.

Before diving into (or running away from) the latest technologies it is worth thinking strategically about how they can be used to extend or add value to your marketing activity. If you’re not already familiar with the new tool that you are considering, get online and try it out.

‘Social by Social’ is a practical guide to using new technologies to create social impact. It makes accessible the tools you need to engage a community, offer services, scale up activities and sustain projects. You’ll find various case studies, toolkits, definitions and ideas including; an explanation of ‘Social by Social’ and why you should care about it, ideas ... Read more

Digital technologies – and the networks that they power – provide us with opportunities that we did not have even a few years ago. This collection of essays explore how we can best take advantage of the growing culture of online participation and new digital tools. You’ll find a selection of essays which cover areas including education, entrepreneurship, ... Read more

This comprehensive report looks at the burgeoning Innovation Technologies (IvT) sector and how such systems as eScience, modelling, stimulation and visualisation technologies along with virtual and rapid prototyping are helping shape the face of innovation across all business models along with the impact of this on public institutions in relation to leadership and business strategies ... Read more