Natalie Villa, Author at Creative Vitality Suite

About Natalie Villa

Natalie Villa is a project manager who manages and oversees CVSuite contracting and invoicing services, while also working across programs to assist with communication within the CVSuite team. Outside of her work with CVSuite, Natalie acts as the technical project lead for ZAPP and CaFE. Natalie leads the production of instructional videos for many of WESTAF’s art and technology projects. Natalie earned a bachelor’s degree in film and television at the University of Colorado Denver.

Learn More About Creative Vitality™ Suite

Creative Vitality Suite | Creative Economy Tools The Creative Vitality Suite aggregates creative labor market data from national sources into an interactive tool. The Creative Vitality Suite is the only... read more →

February 13, 2018
Natalie Villa
Creative Economy

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CVSuite Data Dives: Defining My Creative Economy

Welcome to the second Data Dives, our newest initiative to help users of the site learn more about ways to use the Creative Vitality™ Suite tool and its data. CVSuite™... read more →

January 12, 2018
Natalie Villa
Creative Economy

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New Year, More CVSuite™

Creative Vitality™ Suite has been busy this year updating the tool and improving your user experience. We added new data, including the most recent 2016 data; facilitated webinars on important... read more →

December 13, 2017
Natalie Villa
Creative Economy

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CVSuite Data Dives: Diversity and Your Creative Sector

The CVSuite™ team is pleased to announce Data Dives, our newest initiative to help users of the site learn more about ways to use the Creative Vitality Suite™ tool and... read more →

November 21, 2017
Natalie Villa
Creative Economy

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New CVSuite Data and Features!

The Creative Vitality Suite is constantly working to make your experience with our tool as easy and user-friendly as possible. CVSuite updates features and the data within the tool on... read more →

November 17, 2017
Natalie Villa
Creative Economy

Data, Diversity, and Inclusion Webinar

Diversify the Workforce: Data, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Nonprofit Sector The Data, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Nonprofit Sector webinar features a discussion between Salvador Acevedo, vice president of... read more →

November 10, 2017
Natalie Villa
Creative Economy

Creative Occupations: Diversity in the Arts

Introduction The Creative Vitality Suite™ (CVSuite™) recently added race and ethnicity data to its online tool. In the past, such data have been available to a limited degree. Now, however,... read more →

October 6, 2017
Natalie Villa
Creative Economy, Data Sets, Regions, Reporting

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Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor & CVSuite™

The European Commission recently released the first edition of a new tool to monitor and assess the performance of Cultural and Creative Cities in Europe. According to the Cultural and... read more →

August 23, 2017
Natalie Villa
Creative Economy, CVI, Data Quality, Data Sets

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The Millennial Migration: How Arts Can Play a Role in Talent Attraction

Written by Brian Points Introduction Anybody who works in the arts knows that to craft an effective advocacy message, you must go beyond the art for art’s sake argument. One... read more →

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The Intelligent Arts Advocate

How to Avoid Common Errors When Advocating with Data The recent recommendation by President Trump to eliminate the National Endowment for Arts (NEA) has greatly focused arts advocates across the... read more →