Mobile technology to the rescue
Un-ticketed venues and events can now gather data that will give them the level of customer insight that performing arts venues ha…
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The dynamics of arts marketing
Hye-Kyung Lee traces the history of arts marketing though three different phases, each posing new challenges and requiring ar…
Expert advice on fundraising challenges
As arts fundraisers continue to put heart and soul into securing their organisations' financial future, we share four fun…
As you don’t like it
What will happen when we only like what we already know? Ed McKeon questions the filtering systems used online which limit the ran…
An online presence
Creating a level playing field for visual artists is the aim of online gallery Outside In. Kate Davey tells how its surgery days s…
Outside the box
Digital may be the first word to spring to mind when you think of Watershed, but it doesn’t come close to describing all tha…
A brave digital world
Ali Hossaini believes that arts venues need to prepare for ‘digital placemaking’ by extending their use of in-house Wi…
Creating a Non Tech City
With Tech City dwindling in the rearview mirror, Toks Majek-Akisanya sets his SatNav for a 'Non Tech City' where the actio…
Competing for talent
With fundraising in the UK currently suffering from an image problem, how can we find the next generation of top arts fundraisers?…
London ripe to become “cultural entrepreneurship” hub
City of London report explains why policy makers and funders should be making the most of the opportunities presented by London&rs…
Partners in production
The Leeds Creative Labs programme has funded collaborations between university academics and creative technologists. Sue Hayton re…
Academy to champion digital technology for audience development
A new initiative aimed at developing better understanding of the role and use of digital marketing and technology for developing a…
Working in threes
Richard Clay reports on a cross-sector, digital technology project, bringing together academics, cultural organisations and small…
Fairer royalties for streaming, demands lobby group
Royalties paid to musicians must be modernised to reflect the digital environment in which music is largely consumed, according to…
Back to the future
When it comes to audience data, Michael Nabarro says technology should be helping return us to our roots and emphasise what makes…
Advertising with AdWords
A year since receiving a Google Ad Grant, Liz Walker and Frances Richens reflect on the highs and lows of Watford Palace Theatre&r…
Created in code
Seb Lee-Delisle describes how he used computer programming to create an interactive fireworks display.
A performance on the run
Ben Taylor describes an arts event where performers ran through city centre streets, commanded by the general public while they wa…
Live streaming explored
Live streaming offers exciting opportunities for both small and large arts organisations in many different ways, believes Andre Po…
Through the digital glass
What do the emerging digital technologies mean for live events? Hannah Rudman is excited by a pair of glasses.
Developing digital public space
The growing demand for a digital public space, displaying work outside galleries through a variety of visual media, excites M…
Digital fitness for all
AmbITion Scotland’s Make:IT:Happen fund aims to help Scotland’s cultural sector become digitally fitter. Ashley Smith-…
Playing with new tools
The Digital R&D Fund for the Arts has resulted in several playful yet valuable collaborations between the arts and techno…
DCMS pulled strings to support the National Funding Scheme
The digital fundraising pilot scheme was granted almost £100k from Arts Council England’s ‘hidden’ strateg…
