Blog
Curious to learn more about evaluation and what it can do for you? Counting What Counts regularly publishes blogposts on topics we know you’ll find interesting and useful. Scroll through some of our past articles below.
Volume and Velocity of Toolkit Data – understanding the Toolkit data flows and implications
It is good data science practice to visualise and explore your data before trying to answer specific research questions.
Welcome to the Impact & Insight Toolkit’s first data science blogpost!
The goal of our data focused blogposts is to share and explain data methods used in the Toolkit and the insights we find as a result of research.
A Reminder of the Flexibility of the Impact & Insight Toolkit
The Toolkit truly is flexible! In addition to meeting your funders’ requirements, we want you to know that the platform can be used for so much more.
Misconceptions around the Toolkit and Evaluation
Counting What Counts addresses some common misconceptions about evaluating artistic and cultural experiences using the Impact & Insight Toolkit.
A New Design Feature for your Surveys – Required Questions
Due to feedback and requests from users of the Culture Counts platform, the team has developed a new feature in the platform – to allow for a response to a question to be required in order to progress with a survey. Read this post to find out more.
Recognising the Importance of Place in Evaluation
Read here how we have been exploring some of the central ambitions of the CPP programme and how they can best be evaluated through the Toolkit with newly-available Placemaking dimensions.
Update to the Participatory Dimensions Set
We’d like to announce that we have made some changes to the set of participatory dimensions available to Impact & Insight Toolkit users.
Gather Quick Responses with QR Codes
Quick Response (QR) codes are barcodes that, when scanned by a smartphone/computer tablet camera, take you to a specific webpage. Use them to distribute your surveys!
Evaluating Online Works
At Counting What Counts, we strive to respond to the ever-changing needs of the sector in the UK. We have been working with NPOs, ACE and external peers to construct a template evaluation which Toolkit users can use to evaluate their online works.
The Coronavirus Crisis, the Toolkit and You
See here our statement on what the Coronavirus pandemic means for your Impact & Insight Toolkit funding requirements as a Band 2 or 3 National Portfolio Organisation.
Addressing the Complexities for Touring Organisations Using the Toolkit
There are many complexities for touring companies and receiving houses using a standardised evaluation tool. In this blogpost we try and establish in what ways the challenges experienced by touring companies can be lessened.
An Update on the Trial: The ‘Integration’ of Audience Finder and Impact & Insight Toolkit
In response to you, The Audience Agency and Counting What Counts have been working together to test the integration of the Audience Finder and Toolkit systems. Take a look and see how it’s been going so far…
Adding ‘Experience’ Questions to your Surveys
Remember, you can maximise your use of the Toolkit by adding your own questions. Culture Counts has developed a couple of new inbuilt questions for you to choose from, so that you can learn more about what your audience thinks.
Using the Toolkit at Outdoor and Unticketed Events
This month, we explored the theme ‘Using the Toolkit at Outdoor and Unticketed Events’ in our thematic webinar series. Festivals and outdoor arts events can have a wide range of positive impact, including: Strengthening community relationships and other partnerships...
Extend your Peer Survey to Achieve Additional Insight
You might recall that at the time of registering to use the Impact & Insight Toolkit, there was the option to join the Strategic Development Strand (SDS), an opportunity for Arts Council funded organisations to work with us to develop key aspects of the Impact...
Metrics for Equality, Access and Inclusion
Ju Gosling, Creative Director of Together! 2012 CIC writes about their organisation's work on developing metrics for measuring equality, access and inclusion. As an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, Together! 2012 CIC uses the Culture Counts Impact...
Overview of Audience Finder and Impact & Insight Toolkit integration trial
Between September 2019 and March 2020 The Audience Agency and Counting What Counts will run a trial with a small number of NPOs to test the integration of the Audience Finder and Impact & Insight Toolkit systems. We have identified suitable NPOs to take part in...
Using Metrics to Evaluate Participatory Work
When you’re building evaluations through the Culture Counts platform, you’ll notice that there is a variety of standardised metrics to choose from, beyond those that are included within any template you have been provided. For projects that include elements of...
Adding Value to Your Peer Surveys
If you’ve read our Strategic Development Strand report, you'll know that we have big plans for developing peer review within the Impact & Insight Toolkit. The Peer Matching Resource going live is just the beginning! We will be collaborating with...
The Impact & Insight Toolkit Peer Matching Resource is now live
Peer review is a vital element of the Impact & Insight Toolkit, enabling organisations to understand how their work is perceived within their artform or specialist field. To help support the peer review process for NPOs, we have created the Peer...