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Positive arts-based activities for young people

This leaflet presents case studies from across three events three one-day events staged by ACE and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council in July 2009, to increase understanding of how the arts and culture can help deliver positive activities for young people. They provide good practice examples of how the arts and culture can contribute … Read more

Facebook Timeline Checklist

Ensuring that you make the most out of your social network online presence; this clear and handy checklist of Facebook essentials is an easy to use practical guide to ensure that you have dotted every i and crossed every t to fulfill your online potential. Ideal to use for team discussions before you set up … Read more

Opening time research for London galleries

The study, involving nine London galleries, sought to quantify and understand the evening market for galleries, providing demographic and psychographic profiling data alongside attender motivations and the relationship with daytime visits. The data also cross-referenced findings from participating venue to venue, and analysed marketing activity reach and appeal by segment, and opportunities to position galleries … Read more

Research study on the needs and motivations of young people

A research study that profiles the changing social, emotional, personal and cultural needs of young people by investigating their needs, motivations and attitudes, informing service provision. The findings seek to understand the child’s world through the variety of environments and relationships in which they live – the political systems and policies, how they develop and … Read more

Harnessing communities to enrich online arts engagement

Discover new ways to engage audiences and visitors online between visits, and how research can give insights into why people participate on social networks. This resource highlights the benefits that engaging with people online can offer to arts and cultural organisations. It examines four ways of approaching content: consumption, interaction, curation and creation, and explores … Read more

Follow National Museums Scotland’s steps towards a new, integrated website

This case study shares the most important decisions and fact-finding steps that National Museums Scotland took, in moving from an outdated, little-used website to one that unites all five of their (real) locations, is highly interactive and connects to social media presences and has rich, engaging content for a variety of audiences.

Encouraging social attendance

How marketing, ticketing strategies and functionality are developing to respond to the way audiences and customers now use the internet when planning their social lives. Includes information on how audience member behaviour is affected by social influence, and how organisations can use this to their benefit.

Engaging communities with games

Looks at how social and pervasive game concepts can be adapted for traditional organisations to make connections and engage with audiences. Play, as a theme, a way of being, and as a design tool is integral to understanding how culture will develop in the 21st century.