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Heritage Innovation Diary: Winging it with purpose – co-creation
The Heritage Innovation Fund is supporting 17 organisations to make the sector more sustainable, inclusive, and fit for the future. One of the organisations is the Arts Marketing Association. Jocelyn Burnham, AI For Culture, discusses her journey through the project and the development of a community-driven knowledge solution fuelled by a co-creation approach.
Published: 2024 | Resource type: blog
Heritage Innovation diary
The Arts Marketing Association (AMA) was one of 35 organisations awarded a Heritage Innovation Fund grant supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Paul Blundell, the AMA’s Head of Digital Research & Development, takes us through key moments in his diary as he explores challenges and pioneering solutions for making the heritage workforce fit for the future.
Published: 2023 | Resource type: blog
A simple guide to auditing digital skills
This guide explains why a skills audit is important for your organisation and provides guidance on how to identify where the skills gaps are and what support you might need. The resource includes an audit template which you can use to conduct your own analysis of your team’s existing digital skills.
Published: 2022 | Resource type: blog
Identifying and prioritising your digital training requirements
After conducting a digital skills audit, the next step is to identify what training your team needs. This resource guides you through the process and provides a scoring system to help prioritise the most valuable skills.
Published: 2022 | Resource type: blog
How to improve the digital skills of your volunteers
The move towards digital has opened up many great opportunities for small to medium-sized heritage organisations to make a big impact, but also presents some challenges. Many heritage organisations rely on volunteers to operate and the digital skills of a volunteer team may be limited. This resource by Dig Yourself provides guidance on how to identify the digital training needs of your volunteers and how get started with digital upskilling with limited resources.
Published: 2022 | Resource type: guide-toolkit
Managing volunteers with digital tools
Technology can offer new ways of managing volunteers, a crucial asset in the heritage sector. This resource explores how digital tools can be used in the recruitment, screening, training and scheduling of your volunteers.
Published: 2022 | Resource type: blog