Does your internal structure reflect the way your colleagues think or the way your audiences think? In a recent survey, we learned that alumni identify with their fellow alums more on the basis of activities or experiences they shared in college (a sport, a dorm, a major) than on the year they graduated or where they currently live. So the alumni department reorganized its staff around those affinity groups, and they've been able to program and communicate more successfully and increase participation. More evidence that the first fruit of research is empathy.
February 02, 2010
New Collaboration with Cultural Economics Firm AECOM
» We’re proud to be beginning a new study this month with our friends at AECOM, with whom we’ve collaborated on museum research and analysis projects in the past. More »
February 01, 2010
Alumni and Development Analysis Delivered to University of Chicago
» Last week, Slover Linett presented the results of a custom analysis of alumni survey responses originally collected by COFHE, the Consortium on Financing Higher Education. More »
January 19, 2010
Passing the Bar for Hofstra
» Along with our partners at the communications firm mStoner, Slover Linett was selected by Hofstra University’s School of Law for a major research and engagement initiative. More »
January 07, 2010
Comparison Wave of Alumni Study Launched
» First conducted in 2007, the University of Chicago "Relationship Monitor" surveys alumni living around the globe to reveal ways of increasing engagement. More »
January 05, 2010
New Year, New Website
» We're ringing in 2010 with a fresh face online. Our full-featured site and blog went live this week at sloverlinett.com. More »
February 04, 2010 | Peter
Welcoming back the amateurs
» The relationship between professional presentation and amateur participation may be the most urgent topic in the arts today. More »
January 28, 2010 | Peter
Would you like any local flavor with that?
» Starbucks is “eschewing its cookie-cutter ways” and letting variation and independence bloom. More »
January 22, 2010 | Peter
Upcoming webcast: a lecture on demographic change
» The Center for the Future of Museums hosts a talk by Los Angeles Times columnist Gregory Rodriguez on cultural transformation. It’s not just for museums. More »
January 21, 2010 | Chloe
The truth doesn't have to hurt
» An Onion headline caught my eye because it jokes about something close to home: the self-interest at the heart of many institutions’ audience research efforts. More »
January 20, 2010 | Peter
First "National Arts Index" pegs the problems
» You don’t have to be a research wonk to be excited about the debut of the National Arts Index today. But the picture it paints is hardly cheerful. More »Keep in touch. Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter, re:search, and be the first to know about our reports, articles, professional dialogues, and more.
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