In April, I delivered the professional development intensive themed around ” Beyond Attendance: The true value of performing arts presentation “at Pacific Contact by invitation of the BC Touring Council.  This session was well subscribed with 36 participants. While it centred on the learnings from the Value of Presenting study, I took a broader view of marketing, communications and [...]

We presented 3 workshops at CAPACOA over the last 2 days. Participation was excellent with over 110 presenters, agents, artists, producing companies, funders, presenting network directors and related organizations participating. Conversations were lively and thoughful, discussions were vigorous. I so appreciate the buzz through the conference for our work together. Here are the three presentations I used [...]

CAPACPA est fière d’annoncer qu’un nouveau partenariat avec le Canadian Geographic et Strategic Moves permettra la vulgarisation des résultats de l’étude sur  L’importance de la diffusion . Le magazine Canadian Geographic est lu par 3,6 millions de Canadiens. Et  L’Atlas canadien en ligne est un outil de référence bilingue consulté plus de 200 000 fois par année par des [...]

One major goal of this study is to raise awareness of the role presenters play with Canadians. This formidable goal has received a major boost: We have entered a new partnership with Canadian Geographic to publish a full thematic on Performing Arts on its Canadian Atlas Online. Check out the Atlas here .  We expect the Performing Arts [...]

I’ve just presented our brand new webinar on demographics and the performing arts. How we look at data is really important; because it determines how we see our audiences. Who’s getting older? Just your audiences or the population in general? And are younger Canadians really less engaged in live performing arts? Download the  Presentation – Changing Demographics, Nov. [...]

The tenor of conversation with 31 presenters – many working in rural Manitoba communities in a volunteer capacity – was excitement about new or clearer ways to talk about the work they do in their communities, what it takes, how it’s done and the impact and benefits it brings to their communities. Read the summary here [...]

Here is the summary from the Contact East workshop this fall in Fredericton: ContactEast_2012_Results (PDF) And here’s the presentation we used:  ContactEast_Sept2012 (PDF) The importance of Contact events where information can be shared and networks can be created and reinforced was clear in these conversations. The discussions revolved around a sense that presenters have an opportunity to sharpen [...]

The Canada Council for the Arts has just published a discussion paper on Public Engagement in the Arts . According to the release: “The paper is meant to open new avenues of investigation, raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges and highlight possible areas of intervention by the Council.”   The Value of Presenting study is cited twice [...]

The Creative City Network of Canada as a partner in the Value of Presenting study has provided access to its research resources and allowed us to participate in the Creative City Summit 2012 in Victoria, BC from October 21 to 23. We gave a breakout presentation on demographic highlights from the Value of Presenting study’s Survey of the General [...]

Thanks to the 20 presenters and others interested in  performing arts presentation who joined us for this webinar today reviewing the highlights of findings. Here are the presentation deck we used and the recording: Presentation – Highlights of Findings, Nov. 2, 2012 (PDF) Webinar recording – Highlights of Findings, Nov. 2, 2012 (Flash) We would love to get your [...]

Thank you to the 17 participants from Vancouver and the Lower Mainland who attended this workshop and offered reactions and opinions on the findings so far. Read this concise summary of the discussion:  BCTC_Vancouver_Workshop (PDF) And view the presentation deck this workshop was based on:  BCTC_Oct2012_Presentation (PDF) The discussion ranged from discerning the meaning of 3 in 4 [...]