Notes from the Digital First? conference

Today I went to Digital First? the Arts Marketing Association’s conference on marketing, culture, audiences and digital. Here are some notes from the keynote sessions, plus some thoughts… Sir Peter Bazalgette, Arts Council England Three key aspects to his talk: 1. Production The creative stuff – not the subject of this talk, although he named […]

What should an arts organisation’s website do?

Ash Mann has written a post called ‘Digital’ in the arts where he gets a few things off his chest with regard to arts organisations’ digital activity in general and their websites in particular. I thought this was well observed: Everyone sort of grudgingly accepts that ‘digital’ is something you need to at least pretend […]

Digital trends in the arts: suggestions wanted

This weekend I’m giving a talk called ‘Digital trends the arts can’t afford to ignore‘. I’ve been given half an hour and the audience will be people who work in marketing and PR at large theatres across Europe. I’ve been asked to give my perspective on wider digital trends, seeing as how I’m someone who […]