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Marge Ainsley advocates putting young people at the heart of the curatorial process
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Universal culture
Universities are getting involved in the Cultural Olympiad too, says Cara Courage
Ask The Expert
Looking for advice? AP finds the answers to your questions
Top Five Websites
Michelle McMahon reveals the sites she can’t do without
Browned off?
Paul Kelly unpicks the Browne Review of higher education, and looks at what its recommendations might mean for arts students and g…
Let’s get viral
Categorising and pitching interdisciplinary work is not easy, but can be hugely productive, says Tim Jones
Selling a stake
In the first of our brand new series on strategies for financial sustainability, Gwilym Gibbons explains how his organisation is e…
The arm’s length principle seen from a distance
Mark Robinson examines the differences between the arm’s length principle in political South Africa and England – and looks at…
Searching for a silver lining
Martin Vogel argues that times of financial austerity should encourage arts organisations to re-evaluate how they approach and pre…
Charlotte Jones: The devil in the detail
The idea that philanthropy will fill the gap created by cuts in Government arts budgets is one that raises an eyebrow in som…
Email Overload: managing the daily deluge
Via basic email we share thoughts and ideas, deliver documents, manage tasks, keep contact information and photos, schedule appoin…
Spoiled for choice?
Roger Tomlinson introduces our special ticketing feature, and surveys the range of ticketing and marketing systems on offer in the…
Be ambitious
David Leek reports on the New Wolsey Theatre’s involvement with the AmbITion project, and documents the challenges of establishi…
Where do we go from here?
John Pinchbeck reviews international trends and initiatives in ticketing
Ticketing systems – who does what?
We asked AP readers about their ticketing systems. This is what we found out… • 21% always use ticketing transac…
The shock of the new
Considering a new ticketing system? Don’t forget to consider the impact on box office staff too, says Beth Aplin
Ten Top Tips for Choosing a Ticketing, Marketing CRM system
Roger Tomlinson gives sound advice to anyone about to embark on the process of selecting a new system
Turning bytes into nuggets
Jenny Scudamore explains the importance of good coding of ticketing data for generating management information
AP ticketing survey
AP’s ticketing survey revealed widely varying practices across the sector. Read the survey findings here Click here to…
Ask The Expert
Q Our local sponsorship has just crashed – the firm that supported us for the past five years has hit the buffers and won&rs…
A False Economy
Anne Bonnar explains why subsidising every theatre ticket helps the better-off more than it helps those on low incomes
Game on
Videogaming has moved from teenage bedrooms to cultural spaces, says Tracey McGarrigan, but what can artists really learn from the…
I love my chair
Rick Bond proposes a recipe for effective working relationships between CEOs and their chairs
Self conscious?
Judith Knight considers the ethics and practicalities of international touring in an era of ecological disasters
