Making an impact
Impact stats - April 2011
Number of people applying to take part in an &Co focus group
&Co Consult delivers qualitative research projects for clients in the arts and cultural sector. One recent recruitment drive with subscribers to digyorkshire.com received 306 applications, all of whom were screened for their suitability to take part in the study.
Guests who attended our conference 'Are we there yet?'
We had a great turn out at our Annual Conference held on 10 March at Northern Ballet. There was a really great mix of people from a variety of roles and people came from far and wide. You can see the feedback here.
Number of tweets to #arewethereyet11
Our conference twitter hashtag was on fire on conference day and the messages seemed to reach far and wide, to people within the sector who weren’t involved with the conference, put picked up on the conversations being had through Twitter!
New organisations using print distribution in March
&Co Communicate's offline distribution service is designed to provide a cost effective way of reaching arts and cultural audiences. 9 new cultural organisations using print distribution this month means that arts and cultural audiences across Yorkshire are able to find out about all of the things happening in Yorkshire, increasing the chances of developing your audiences
Members of the &Co team using twitter
We like to use twitter to keep in touch with our colleagues, friends and clients. You can follow us at @andcouk or follow individual &Co team members too to keep us in the loop of your news, views and announcements.
Public members who attended an &Co Consult focus group
In March 2011 &Co Consult delivered qualitative research projects for Ferens Art Gallery and Arts Council England. 19 members of the public took part in three focus groups, which were held in Hull and Leeds.
Number of venues involved in House Lights
13 venues have signed up to benchmark their audiences from March 2010 – April 2011 as part of &Co’s theatre benchmarking group ‘House Lights’. House Lights has been collating and analysing box office data from venues in the Yorkshire and Humber region since 2005. This year we welcome Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond, North Yorkshire to the group for the first time.