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Achieve your mission with data

The idea of changing what you do based on data can be scary. This is particularly true in the arts, as not all organisations are striving to reach the maximum number of people or put on the most popular works....

Five rules of program evaluation for arts and culture

Evaluation is a necessary and important part of arts and cultural practice. As funding systems become more sophisticated, there is an emerging imperative to evaluate outcomes of activities over and above simply counting the activities themselves. Culture Counts has been...

Seven distribution methods to increase low response rates

Are you concerned about low response rates for your evaluations? Sometimes getting survey responses can be a difficult task. We’re here to help you review your distribution methods and establish an effective plan to maximise your sample size and engage...

The Impact of Culture and Environment on Liveability

Melbourne has been named the world’s most liveable city for the seventh year running in The Economist’s Global Liveability Report​. While there is a palpable sense of pride in the cultural and civic life of Melbourne, there’s also a growing...

The Relationship Between Music and Wellbeing

The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index has revealed some very positive results for those of us who love music. The survey, which monitors how satisfied Australians feel about their own life and life in Australia, has been conducted 34 times since...

Celebrating impact beyond attendance figures

Australian artists and galleries achieved record visitor numbers in 2016. Melbourne based contemporary artist Patricia Piccinini was listed as having the second most popular exhibition in the world. Her free exhibition Consciousness at Centre Cultural Banco do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro...