Rapid results
An innovative regional theatre has used data and cloud technology to increase ticket sales and diversify its business model, expla…
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Who are the commissioners?
Linden Rowley explores who the commissioners of public services are, where to find them and how arts and cultural organisations ca…
What is your core purpose?
Are vision, mission and values at the heart of good cultural fundraising? Michelle Wright explains why arts organisations need to…
The dark art of producing
Stage One’s training and support helped Tracey Childs become a theatre producer and is doing the same for apprentice produce…
A treasure trove of data
For the London International Festival of Theatre customer data is power. Libby Penn describes how taking control over ticketing an…
Out of obscurity
By bringing the findings of academic research into the wider cultural sector, CultureCase is providing the evidence that helps art…
An end to performance management?
Some publicly funded museums are moving away from performance management governance and towards a peer review model. Anwar Tlili e…
Demonstrating impact
A number of challenges face arts and cultural organisations trying to show their impact on public service outcomes. Jessica Harris…
Our arts leaders can’t afford to forget politics
If ethical questions lead us to pick and choose what is right and wrong from an artistic perspective, or to judge the credentials…
Getting to grips with commissioning
In a new series exploring opportunities for arts organisations, museums and library services to engage in public service commissio…
In upbeat and dynamic mood
As the Independent Theatre Council celebrates its 40th anniversary, its members discussed touring, artists’ pay, inclusion a…
The scorecard and the prism
Mahmood Reza recommends two performance management models that offer arts organisations a means of measuring areas that are of gen…
Meaningful measurements
Good performance management can improve effectiveness and efficiency, but Mahmood Reza says that is dependent on the right perform…
Starting young
Two members of a youth forum have been invited to sit on the board at The Dukes in Lancaster, and are now influencing important de…
Finding a forgery
Eleanor Head advises galleries on their legal position in the event that a painting turns out to be a forgery or its ‘proven…
Moving masterpieces
Moving artworks around the world is a complex and costly process. Michael Festenstein advises on how it can be done carefully and…
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…
The good trustee
Trustees of arts boards should be playing a significant part in supporting fundraising activities, accord…
Much more than a name change
With its new name and status as an independent charity, Peckham Platform is a very different organisation, according to&…
More breadth on boards
A Charity Commission report recently revealed that the average trustee is white, male and aged 57. To coincide with Trustees&rsquo…
The magnitude of marketing
How much has the arts marketing role changed in the last twenty years? Strikingly, says Sarah Chambers, who examines what is now r…
The value of youthfulness
Jessica Stockford tells how Arts & Business’ programme to recruit young employees of big companies to arts boards has pr…
A property boom
Steve Mannix and Sean Egan advise arts organisations to watch out for the many council-owned buildings that will be comi…
Finding the perfect person
Eleanor Deem advises that spending time on writing a detailed person specification can avoid problems later.
