May 8, 2020Ticketing platforms in arts venues: Ticketsolve vs. SpektrixBack in the summer of 2017 as a new digital transformation manager, I was tasked with implementing a new ticketing and box office platform for 3 arts venues at Hampshire Cultural Trust to coincide with the launch of 6 new websites. Considerable research indicated two leading ticketing suppliers in the…Digital Transformation6 min readDigital Transformation6 min read
May 8, 2020Choosing a payments provider for your POS, ticketing, website or e-commerce projectOver the past 18 months I have been working as a digital transformation manager at Hampshire Cultural Trust, and I recently launched a new POS system across 15 of our venues. This project was implemented alongside two new ticketing providers for museum admissions and arts events, plus the launch of…Digital Transformation5 min readDigital Transformation5 min read
May 8, 2020Choosing a digital asset management platform for your arts and culture organisationDigital asset management (DAM) is a new area of technology which aims to solve increasingly frequent workflow problems across a range of business departments. A DAM platform is typically a centralised database of photos, videos, documents and other related media files, including design assets, branding assets and brand guidelines. A…Digital Transformation9 min readDigital Transformation9 min read
May 8, 2020Launching Workplace: example guidelines + FAQs for nonprofits and charitiesWorkplace is a business collaboration tool operated by Facebook, with groups, messaging and instant chat for open and easy communication. Workplace allows users quickly look up team members, post about their work, follow a feed of colleagues’ updates, discuss projects in groups or watch a live video broadcast by the…Nonprofit7 min readNonprofit7 min read
May 8, 2020Launching Vend POS across 15 arts and museum venuesAs part of a new digital transformation strategy at Hampshire Cultural Trust, I recently completed the rollout of Vend POS across 15 arts and museum venues. It’s important to note that Vend was not chosen to replace an existing platform: until very recently we had been relying on a fleet…Museums6 min readMuseums6 min read
May 8, 2020The power of shipping containers for brand buildingThis article will look at some of the ways in which brands are using shipping containers for marketing, advertising, and branding purposes — particularly in Europe and the USA. It’s a fact that shipping containers are more readily being applied in architecture all over the world, and have been for…Branding10 min readBranding10 min read
