This is a ‘how to recruit, manage and support volunteers’ guide produced as part of the Digital Skills for Heritage’s Digital Volunteering programme. 1. Project background Building Resilience in South West Woodlands was a four-year Plantlife project (2018 – 2022), to raise awareness of Atlantic woodlands across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, whilst implementing important management … Read more
1. Introduction Just as a map and a compass are useful tools to help you navigate to a new place, so data and evidence can help you steer your organisation. You can run on instinct and feedback but it will probably be quicker, less costly and smoother if you make use of the data your … Read more
A website or social media account is an essential channel for the promotion of your organisation’s aims and activities. Whatever the aims, if you are sharing personal data online, you need to comply with data protection laws. This guidance takes you through the things you need to consider. 1. Know your data Are you … Read more
How to present your digital stats effectively — Part 1: Websites This recording has closed captions in both Welsh and English, simply click on the closed captions symbol CC on the video below and select your preferred language. This session recording is 18 minutes in length. How to present your digital stats effectively — Part … Read more
Reporting your digital stats in a consistent way can be challenging as digital platforms use so many different metrics and analytics tools. In this session recorded at Digital Heritage Lab’s Digital Skills Day, Trish Thomas demonstrates the best ways to structure regular reports using stats and narrative collated across your website and social media channels. The session … Read more
Sebastian Cheswright Cater and Matt Kirby at Sadler’s Wells share how putting the customer first has helped them meet ACE data sharing requirements, stay legally compliant, support their artistic partners and save hours of valuable staff time.
Learn how to get the best from your data with support from this guide, which shares learning from the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts.
This report argues for senior cultural decision-makers to grasp the potential of big data. It aims to set the issues in a wide strategic context.
Big data has been touted as a vital resource for business but until now there has been little hard evidence of data’s positive impact on the bottom line. This full technical report describes the background, data, method and findings of an analysis of the link between data activity and business performance. Key Findings: Using data … Read more
This briefing summarises the findings of an analysis of the link between data activity and business performance in a sample of 500 UK companies that are active online. Big data has been touted as a vital resource for business but until now there has been little hard evidence of data’s positive impact on the bottom-line. … Read more