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AmbITion/Guardian event
1. Guardian & ACE London
AmbITion event for Londonâs digitally developed arts
organisations: Hannah Rudman with Bill Thompson & Rachel
Baker, ACE London
Friday, 3 April 2009
2. Background
⢠Arts organisations have ⢠This means the
a low technology base, sector will struggle to
lack of digital skills and engage with digital
cross-sector content initiatives like
collaboration skills 4iP, and be
sustainable and
⢠Sector needs holistic resilient into 21st C
digital development:
⢠End of AmbITion
⢠Artistic project, Digital Britain
report and ACEâs new
⢠Organisational focus on Digital
Opportunities all
⢠Business provide a platform to
talk to arts sector
⢠= AmbITion.
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5. The AmbITion approach - guaranteeing
successful digital development
⢠Risk assessment
⢠Audit
⢠Diagnostic
⢠Develop a formal Business Case
⢠Managed implementation
⢠Continuous reflection
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6. Why does it work?
⢠Itâs not about the technology!
⢠Audit & Diagnostic is âcross-departmentalâ
⢠Business cases embeds thinking and learning
⢠Implementation is owned by the organisation
⢠Its scaleable
⢠This changes organisations
⢠They need to have capability & capacity to
cope with the changes, or risk
destabilisation
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7. What digital developments?
⢠CRM, CMS driven websites, database
integration, intranets, wifi, remote working,
connectivity, ticketing, back-up
⢠Productivity tools
⢠Broadening digital channels
⢠HD Digital content capturing / recording kit
⢠Upgrading networks
⢠Digital content development
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8. Show me the money?
⢠= £AmbITion consultancy +
⢠= £0, open source/free apps
⢠= redirected own funds
⢠= redirected, or chose to use G4tA funds
⢠= AmbITion funds, on strength of biz case
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9. What else have we achieved?
⢠Influence on policy!
⢠ACEâs Digital Opportunity corporate
priority
⢠AmbITion Scotland tbc
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11. Case studies & other resources
⢠15 written case studies of pre-existing good
practice
⢠14 multimedia case studies
⢠10 video case studies
⢠4 video masterclasses
⢠How to... guides
⢠2 academic evaluations (anthropological)
Friday, 3 April 2009
13. AmbITion Roadshows
⢠To disseminate learning ⢠In London, a tenth
and initiate knowledge roadshow for digitally
sharing networks and advanced orgs
collaborations
⢠âThought it was an
⢠show, excite, inform excellent event. Really
discursive and
⢠9 regional roadshows: extremely inspiring.
Strong networking
100+ delegates each
opportunitiesâ
⢠9 regional online social
⢠What would you have
networks
liked more of in the
day? âMore time - i.e. a
second day!â
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16. What could we do with
Guardian association?
⢠At the second London roadshow we need more
critical and discursive dialogue
⢠Arts sector leaders, Peter Gregson performs,
Guardian team as panellists/chairs
⢠(The arts take Guardian Media & Technology
seriously as a learning source/benchmark/ideas
and horizon scanning resource)
⢠Widen/nationalise the debate on advocating
for the arts in relation to Digital Britain, OfCom
PSB, IP
⢠via this event
⢠supported by a Guardian blog
Friday, 3 April 2009