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Insights from Queensland Pilot 2016

Following a successful 2015 pilot involving 12 organisations, Arts Queensland funded a further 11 arts organisations to use Culture Counts throughout 2016.  20 events were evaluated by the 11 organisations, capturing over 1,600 public, 91 peer and 98 self-survey responses....

New technologies offering simple solutions to long-term challenges

Cultural managers and practitioners increasingly seek to understand and measure the impact of their projects on communities. This is important for best practice operation and ensuring the responsible use of public funds, and is increasingly demanded by funding bodies and...

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...

Arts Queensland offers subsidised Culture Counts memberships

Following two successful pilots that saw 28 arts and cultural organisations trial the platform, the Queensland government has approved Culture Counts as their preferred supplier of cultural evaluation services. This arrangement allows all Queensland arts organisations to utilise Culture Counts...

The story of Culture Counts (and our software)

Four years ago I met a very excited economist with a weird but compelling idea. He pitched it to me simply: ‘Some industries, like sports, are good at getting funding. I have come up with a way to help the...

WiFi Collection Drives Down Costs, Increases Insight

Multiple organisations have been connecting their Culture Counts surveys to public WiFi networks at places and during events, enabling the collection of feedback data at a very low marginal cost. In the past year, one of our evaluations has amassed...

‘Evaluating in Packs’ and Sector Led Benchmarking

Culture Counts’ cultural clients, both old and new, are starting to act in interesting ways around shared approaches to evaluation and benchmarking. For example, Culture Counts is working with a cluster of organisations in the North West of England to...

Why spend what little money we have on evaluation?

Feedback received, “You know you can use Survey Monkey for free right? No wonder arts companies in this country are in the red.” To rephrase, “Why would an arts organisation spend money on evaluation when it should be spending every...

Ready, Connect, Go!

Since the opening of Perth’s Elizabeth Quay in late January this year, thousands of visitors have flocked to the waterfront to marvel at the impressive design, breathtaking views, and colourful light shows featured in the new development. At Culture Counts,...