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Measuring the value of culture

Hi all,I've just published this report for DCMS:http://www.culture.gov.uk/publications/7660.aspxon how we measure the value of culture in a way that can be useful for central government decision-makers (and specifically Treasury). I'm keen to get debate going about it as i think it might have some important lessons for both government and the arts sector. Please feel free to let me know what you think, good or bad.thanks,Dave…See More

Dec 15, 2010

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Dave O'Brien replied to Megan Vaughan's discussion Writing to your MP and local advocacy - advice?

"Hi- this report has a number of international case studies that might be interesting, its by IFACCA, published this month http://media.ifacca.org/files/Dart16advocacy.pdf"

Jul 30, 2010

Dave O'Brien commented on Dave O'Brien's blog post Measuring Cultural Value

"Marcus & Graham, Thanks very much for those links and comments. I think there are 2 issues here 1) HMT's frameworks for understanding return on investment 2) the way the arts and cultural sector talks about its value. As a preface I must…"

Jul 27, 2010

Graham Jeffery commented on Dave O'Brien's blog post Measuring Cultural Value

"...and, very topically, this seems like a useful report from the UK Film Council on the economic impact of the UK film industry. many of the same arguments could be applied to the arts sector, in particular the 'multiplier' effect in…"

Jul 26, 2010

Graham Jeffery commented on Dave O'Brien's blog post Measuring Cultural Value

"Ages ago I wrote (with Andrew Blake) a commentary on this report, the Value of Music in London, in which our key conclusion was that much of the value of the arts (or in this case, music) was in "making London a city in which people want to…"

Jul 26, 2010

Marcus Romer commented on Dave O'Brien's blog post Measuring Cultural Value

"Thanks for this post here is the ACE toolkit"

Jul 26, 2010

Dave O'Brien commented on Dave O'Brien's blog post Measuring Cultural Value

"Trevelyan- thanks, i'll follow that up."

Jul 26, 2010

Dave O'Brien commented on Dave O'Brien's blog post Measuring Cultural Value

"Rohan- thanks. It turns out the project stems form that paper and Hassan et al are all on my steering group. There's some good stuff in there, but I think the key issue is the contingent valuation (CV), although useful, doesn’t fit well…"

Jul 26, 2010

Trevelyan Wright commented on Dave O'Brien's blog post Measuring Cultural Value

"Birmingham City University held a fascinating seminar day recently on Measuring Digital Participation, with presentations from OFCOM and the Arts Council. Good food for thought on their reach/breadth/depth models. Link to my blog post on this…"

Jul 26, 2010

Rohan Gunatillake commented on Dave O'Brien's blog post Measuring Cultural Value

"Hi Dave - have you read Mission Models Money's paper on this? It's by Hasan Bakhshi et al and is rather good [see it here] And obviously John Holden's work in this area is also worth checking out"

Jul 26, 2010

Dave O'Brien posted a blog post

Measuring Cultural Value

Hi All,I'm a researcher who is currently seconded to DCMS working on a project about measuring the value of culture. I'm very interested in many of the conversations and blog posts going on here as much of it seems to relate to how we talk about and understand the value of culture.The way the value of culture is narrated changes (unsurprisingly) given the context of the conversation. Thus much of the discussions in the media have used ideas about the contribution of culture to the British…See More

Jul 26, 2010

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