Insights

Insights For Creatives and Culture Workers

We monitor trends in the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museum) Sectors to provide overviews and links to key trends that cultural workers are watching.

Museum Digital Strategy

Many museums accelerated their digitization and digital strategy tactics during Covid. This post provides links to Canadian resources as well as a details from a US survey on digital readiness in museums.

Digital Content Development

Cultural workers, as creative people want to tell their stories in innovative and exciting ways. Using today’s tools we can help you achieve your goals.

Strategic Planning for Arts and Culture

In our first phase with our clients, we work with you to fully understand your organizational culture so we can help you enhance your products, programming and financial success.

Maximize Your Volunteer Engagement Through Strategic Planning

We can get your organization started on a tailored solution to your strategic planning requirements. Schedule your session now at info@victoriastasiuk.ca

Raising the Profile & Discoverability of Métis Artists

Tracey-Mae Chambers and George Simard were guest speakers and Indigenous Advisors in February 2024 – links to highlights of the online webinar are provided here.

CMA National Conference – April 9-11, 2024

Conference attendees we met agreed that monitoring Indigenous Trends and Revenue Development were crucial success factors for museums today.

Examining Global Practices For Decolonizing Collections

When our team gathered in Toronto in November 2023, we examined leading practices for art and museum workers to apply in our upcoming project and client work.

Artist Shoutout – Tafadzwa Maposa

Tafadzwa is an excellent example of the GLAM sector as an artist and an employee of the London Public Library.

Artist Shoutout Cheryl Ann Hills

After I met Cheryl Ann at an arts festival in Paisley, Ontario, I wanted to highlight her work within my network of colleagues and project partners.

Artist Shoutout – Tracey-Mae Chambers

From September 2023 to February 2024 Ms Chambers was active with our Wiki Wednesday project funded by the Canada Council for the Arts as an Indigenous Advisor. Tracey-Mae was a guest speaker at the February 2024 webinar, available for viewing on YouTube here.

Charting Funding Opportunities

Work with us to explore and map your funding options so you can prioritize the ones that are most likely to succeed for your organization.

Embarking on a Social Enterprise Strategy

Over the last ten years, many organizations have increasingly turned their gaze to examine social enterprise as an additional revenue stream to their conventional tools of membership, fundraising and grant writing.

Linking Strategic Planning to Implementation Strategies for Museums

Using the best digital tools and platforms is key to fostering understanding across departments of core business functions to enhancing visitor experiences as well as increasing revenue and attendance.

Loyalty Loop for Culture

Loyalty Loop for Culture – A smooth loyalty loop involves deliberate decision-making while a sticky journey can be a quick spin.

Wiki Wednesday Series 2 – Digital Literacy for GLAM

This post provides resources, so you can view our data visualizations or knowledge graphs and also follow along with the content by reviewing our Youtube videos.

Wiki-Wednesdays: Wikimedian in Residence and Your Cultural Organization

About the Speaker Jason Evans is a former Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales, now the National Wikimedian and Open Data Manager. Jason specializes in Wikipedia community outreach, Open Access policy and Linked Open Data with a special interest in...

Orange Shirt Day 2023

About 2 years ago, I published, What should I do on Orange Shirt Day? At the time, I set out to have a day of study and reflection for Canada’s first Orange Shirt Day. I decided to visit the research library of my undergraduate days and then meet a fellow GLAM...