European Conference · 4th episode: “Rethinking participation strategically”
Panellists: Lise Korsgaard, Chiara Organtini, Ben Walmsley, Daniel Wetzel. Chair: Jonathan Goodacre. Presenters: Jeannette Ehlers, Matteo Lanfranchi, WochenKlausur. This session looks at how participation and engagement in culture is being affected by the new world of crisis and social distancing and how, as cultural professionals, we should respond. At a time when artists and audiences […]
Summer School · 1st module: “Why do we need to change? What do audiences have to do with that?”
In the past decade we are more and more confronted with the demands to include audience more actively in the work of our cultural organisations and institutions. Thus ADESTE+ partners have worked on developing strategies that would go beyond usual approaches to the audience and engage whole organisation in this work since it is a […]
European Conference 2020 · 5th episode: “Tempestuous times – the crisis – recovery and change”
Panellists: Nico Carpentier, Richard Evans, Arundhati Ghosh, Olga Wysocka. Chair: Inês Bettencourt da Câmara. Presenters: Melissa Dibble, Søren Friis Møller, Marcin Poprawski. This session looks at what will happen when we open our doors and step back into the world. It looks at what could be the role of culture in our new lives and […]
Summer School · 2nd module: “Are we ready for change? What pressures (external and internal) are we under?” (Unfreeze)
Only few weeks ago all the changes seemed to take a lot of time and building paths that will bring to it. But, the sudden crisis has showed that change is not only possible, but also necessary. Though unwanted with severe consequences, we can look at it as a possibility to be embraced. What are […]
Summer School · 3rd module: “Where can we find allies for change? For whom should we need to change?” (Listen)
Allies for change could be everywhere: in our colleagues, sometimes in our bosses or stakeholders, certainly in our audiences. But we have to learn to listen, to develop empathy, to understand other points of views. Putting ourselves in other people shoes could guide us towards the direction of (which) change we need; a deeper understanding […]
Summer School · 4th module: “How to go beyond our usual safe path? How to develop creativity into change?” (Create)
Change means going out of our comfort zone, exploring new paths, experience new solutions. But it’s not easy: we need to develop our divergent thinking and explore our (and others) creativity to come up with innovative solutions, both for our audiences and our organisations. How to be more playful in the ideation process? How to […]
Summer School · 5th module: “How to bring change step by step? And learning from them every time?” (Experiment)
Change is needed to solve a problem or to tackle our challenges. But challenges are evolving fast and we need to develop flexible and adaptable solutions for our organisations. Furthermore, there are a lot of forces driving against change. How to bring change step by step, validate our assumption and test small scale experiences, in […]
Summer School · 6th module: “How can we make our change successful in the long run? How to sustainably embed change in our organisations?” (Embedding)
Prototypes can help us testing small changes, but our goal is to embed them successfully into our organisations. How to create a narrative supporting our change? How to expand our beacons of change into larger sustainable innovations? How to celebrate our successes along the way? 10:00 - 10:45 Masterclass session 10:55 - 12:15 Tools session: […]
WEBINAR ON AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT METHODS (I)
ADESTE + has developed the Audience Centered Experienced Design (ACED), to help cultural organizations. In this webinar we are going to stydy the process, case presentations and relevant questions. ACED, as a process, is Designed to be Centered on Audiences’ Experiences. It strives to reach the real people behind the hard data, replacing abstract data […]
WEBINAR ON AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT METHODS (II)
Since 2016, the Adeste+ consortium has been developing and testing a methodology called Audience Centred Experience Design. This is a hands-on program of capacity building workshops specifically aimed at developing the creation, prototyping, and testing of concrete Audience Development projects as enablers of tangible organisational change in the relationship between organisations and their potential audiences. […]
