the value of measuring value: using cultural data to advocate for the arts
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The value of measuring value: using cultural data to advocate for the arts. About Arts Queensland. Queensland’s State Government agency for arts and culture Key areas of responsibility: Advising the Minister on strategic policy for arts and culture in Queensland - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The value of measuring value: using cultural data to advocate for the arts
• Queensland’s State Government agency for arts and culture
• Key areas of responsibility:― Advising the Minister on strategic policy for arts
and culture in Queensland ― Administration of funding programs and capital
works programs ― Reporting on government investment in arts and
culture ― Managing the state’s arts and cultural assets ― Supporting governance in broader arts portfolio
About Arts Queensland
• Evidence-based policy and funding decisions
• Tighter fiscal environment
• Local government positioning of arts and culture
• Arts Qld policy goals
• Broader measurement frameworks about wellbeing and progress
Drivers to improve advocacy
• ABS data – useful but not localised or outcomes-based
• Arts Portfolio data – focus on targets/outputs
• Program data – anecdotal information and sporadic evaluation
• Local government data – variable quality of data across local government
• Data hidden in reports
The data landscape
1. Grow the evidence base – improve the quality and quantity of data
2. Tell the story – present data in a digestible way that supports advocacy
The data challenge
• More than bums on seats – state and regional data
• Local government data collection tool
• Arts Qld program and policy evaluationshttp://www.arts.qld.gov.au/aboutaq/publications.html
Growing the evidence base
Growing the evidence base
• Evaluation resources for the sector
http://www.arts.qld.gov.au/publications/evaluation-resource.html
Growing the evidence base
Growing the evidence base
• Good practice case studies
http://www.arts.qld.gov.au/publications/case-studies.php
Growing the evidence base
Growing the evidence base
• aqblog http://www.arts.qld.gov.au/blog/
Growing the evidence base
Growing the evidence base
• More than bums on seats – general booklet, regional and community profiles http://www.arts.qld.gov.au/publications/bums-on-seats.html
Telling the story
Telling the story
• Local government ‘community arts and wellbeing’ presentation http://www.arts.qld.gov.au/arts/regional-exchange/advocacy-resources.html
Telling the story
Telling the story
• Community recovery fact sheet http://www.arts.qld.gov.au/docs/arts-community.pdf
Telling the story
Telling the story
• Good practice case studies http://www.arts.qld.gov.au/docs/brotherhood-of-the-wordless-case-study.pdf
Telling the story
Telling the story
• Executive summaries of evaluations
Telling the story
Telling the story
• Continue to build an evaluation culture within Arts Qld and the arts and cultural sector
• Identify new advocacy tools in consultation with local government and the sector
• Obtain trend data by repeating More than bums on seats research
• Learn from the Western Australian public value measurement study
What next?