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From the best time to roll out a pricing change to the top mistakes organizations make when contemplating price-related analyses, here’s what your cultural entity needs to know: colleendilen.com/2024/04/10/…

Are children who visit museums or performing arts organizations more likely to grow up to be cultural organization attendees than those who do not visit at all? It depends, and the research might surprise you. (DATA) colleendilen.com/2024/03/12/…

Join us tomorrow, zoos & aquariums, to see the data on how trust perceptions and your meaningful achievements according to Americans. Register: iaapa.org/events/education/2…

At the end of each year, we survey (pun intended) the cultural engagement landscape and determine what research may prove most helpful to cultural organizations in the year ahead. Here are the trends we'll be watching most closely in 2024 (DATA): colleendilen.com/2023/12/13/…

How much do crowding perceptions matter for cultural organizations? Admission value? Staff hospitality? Here are the weighted components that make up guest satisfaction for exhibit-based and performing arts organizations, respectively. colleendilen.com/2023/11/29/…

Perceptions surrounding educational value are a unique differentiator for attending both exhibit and performing arts organizations – and these perceptions have increased since the pandemic. Here's the data. colleendilen.com/2023/11/15/…

Can you guess the most "entertaining" cultural organizations in the world? The answers may surprise you. How the public considers "entertainment" in the context of cultural organizations is not what some leaders may think (DATA): colleendilen.com/2023/11/01/…

Social media may be an even more important tool for cultural organizations than they realize. Here's why - and the platforms with the most engagement & conversions. (DATA) colleendilen.com/2023/10/18/…

{New data} Less than half of Americans – including recent visitors – know that nonprofit museums, zoos, aquariums, and performing arts organizations are, in fact, nonprofits. Here's the data and why it matters. colleendilen.com/2023/10/04/…

New data! Arts & culture, education, environment, social equity matter to visitors and cultural organizations alike. Here’s a data dive on how much likely visitors care about these causes, and what it is about these causes that matters so much to them. colleendilen.com/2023/09/20/…

Day = made. Thank you for this, Dr. Moore. And thank you most of all for cultivating and leading our current thinkers and future museum leaders.

Causes concerning cultural organizations and their missions will be on the ballot alongside any presidential candidates. Here’s the data on which causes matter to likely visitors as we prepare to enter the election cycle. colleendilen.com/2023/09/06/…

While onsite racial and ethnic representation at cultural entities has increased since the pandemic, there's still a lot of work to do. How close are we to achieving onsite participation that mirrors our communities? colleendilen.com/2023/08/23/…

New data today! Cultural organizations are perceived as more welcoming than they were before the pandemic, but there’s still important work to do. Here are welcoming perceptions for eleven organization types. colleendilen.com/2023/08/09/…

Expanding audiences isn’t only a diversity and inclusion action item – it’s a business imperative. Here’s the updated research on how urgently exhibit and performance-based entities need to expand audiences to sustain long-term attendance. colleendilen.com/2023/07/25/…

Here's our first article for KYOB+ subscribers featuring more detailed sector insight! Let's talk projected attendance and post-pandemic recovery: Here are the expected years 2023 and 2024 attendance levels to 11 cultural organization types colleendilen.com/2023/07/12/…

Big changes are coming on our website next week to allow for deeper engagement, more robust data delivery, tailored industry reporting, and – most importantly – specialized research bespoke for individual cultural organizations! colleendilen.com/2023/07/05/…

Here’s the percentage of employees at their respective leadership levels that both support and do not support unionization efforts within exhibit and performance-based organizations – and why. colleendilen.com/2023/06/21/…