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Municipal Association of Victoria

Culture Counts built an interactive dashboard that brought together data from Victoria’s 79 local governments, to generate a snapshot of the creative sector and the impact of local government investment.

City of Wanneroo Libraries

Research conducted by City of Wanneroo Libraries using the Culture Counts platform confirms that they are critical conduits of culture, learning and social impact.

Perth Festival

As Australia’s longest running arts festival, there’s no doubt that the annual Perth Festival program of international performance, film, literature and visual arts has had a significant impact on Western Australians as well as visitors to the state. Update: The Perth Festival...

Project update: Public Libraries Evaluation Network

In 2019, Culture Counts launched the Public Libraries Evaluation Network, inviting libraries that use Culture Counts online survey platform to participate in a nation-wide data collection initiative to better understand and illustrate how libraries generate vital outcomes for their communities....

9-step guide on how to do your own comments analysis

Sometimes it’s very difficult to anticipate the type of questions you should be asking your respondents, that’s why it’s always a good idea to include an open-ended question in your survey.  You’d be surprised at the level of insight a...

Six steps to make your data actionable

Our outcomes evaluation thinking is designed around ‘Six Steps’ – our Theory of Change methodology we are passionate about. Why? The ‘Theory of Change’ is a recognised framework that explains the cause-and-effect relationship between your strategy, activities and their impact....

New Feature: Experience Questions

Our latest survey platform enhancement is the introduction of a new question type – Experience Questions. The feature allows you to easily select and standardise questions about patron experience to your survey. Just like dimension questions, Experience Questions can be...

On the federal changes to the arts in Australia

From February 2020 the Department of Communications and the Arts will be merged to create a new mega-agency called the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. Arguments in favour of the restructure were summarised by the Prime Minister:...

On the importance of measuring the impact of arts-based placemaking

“Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else.” – Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities In his novel, Invisible Cities Italo Calvino explores 55...