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Nov 07

CVSuite's New Site Offers More Than Just Data

Welcome to the new CVSuite website! The new CVSuite website provides an engaging educational experience around creative economy data and showcases specific uses of the CVSuite tool. Which region indexes are higher in creativity -- Washington DC or Los Angeles? You can now visit cvsuite.org and download a free report... read more →
  • November 7, 2016
  • Natalie Villa
  • General
Oct 20

EMSI Labs: Interactive Prototypes

Emsi, the CVSuite data provider, recently launched Emsi Labs. Emsi provides the data that day to day users utilize within the CVSuite tool. According to Emsi’s blog post, the Emsi Labs are “interactive labor market prototypes” that allows users, “exclusive insights and a glimpse into the future of labor market... read more →
  • October 20, 2016
  • Natalie Villa
  • Creative Economy, General
Sep 28

What the Recent Creative Economy Reports Are Saying

As creative economies continue to grow across the globe, many cities and states are realizing the value of dedicating time to researching and evaluating the health of their own creative economies and comparing them to cities of similar sizes and demographics. Data produced by platforms like CVSuite enable cities and... read more →
  • September 28, 2016
  • Natalie Villa
  • Creative Economy
Sep 13
Infographic detailing the timeline of the maker movement. It starts at 2005 and goes to present time. There are images of people welding, playing guitar, President Obama within the infographic.

The Maker Movement Defined: How the Creative Workers are Partnering to Grow the Economy

The maker movement is described by Brooks Rainwater in How the Maker Movement Is Revitalizing Industry in American Cities as, “the platform for today’s artisans to create, craft and develop leading ideas and products.” Rainwater makes the case that the maker movement is beneficial for the economy in his article,... read more →
  • September 13, 2016
  • Natalie Villa
  • Creative Economy, General
Aug 25

New! CVSuite Now Includes Culinary Arts and Historical Restoration Codes

The Creative Vitality Suite launches new industry and occupation codes on August 26th. The new codes will enable users to explore the impact of culinary arts and restoration/construction in the creative economy. CVSuite has new industries (NAICS codes) and occupations (SOC codes): Culinary arts and architectural restoration play important roles... read more →
  • August 25, 2016
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Data Sets
Aug 17

Creative Industries: Bigger than One Number

Our vision for the CVSuite blog is that it serve as a place to present original material. Now and again; however, an item comes to our attention that we think is important to share. Such is the case with the piece presented here. It was written by Andrew Taylor who... read more →
  • August 17, 2016
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy, Data Education, Data Quality, Data Sets
Aug 11

Gülgün Kayim: Director of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy for the City of Minneapolis

The City of Minneapolis has the sixth strongest creative economy in the country. We were fortunate enough to speak with Gülgün Kayim, director of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy for the City of Minneapolis. In this interview, Kayim discusses the findings of the 2015 Minneapolis Creative Vitality Index Report, how... read more →
  • August 11, 2016
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy, CVI
Jul 08

Tips to Guide Your Data Storytelling

On June 21st, CVSuite wrapped up it’s Art of Data, 3 part webinar series. In the final webinar, Presenting Data: Crafting Compelling Stories with Data, Arts Consultant, Chris D’Arcy and Nicole Stephan of the CVSuite team discussed five aspects of effectively presenting data: Define an Objective Audience Type Craft a... read more →
  • July 8, 2016
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Data Education
Jun 22

Will Brexit Damage the UK's Booming Creative Economy

Update: The UK voted on June 24, 2016 to leave the European Union. As Britain prepares to go to the polls in the decisive EU referendum, there are many factors for British citizens to consider when votes are cast on June 23rd. Immigration, the economy, education, the environment, national security,... read more →
  • June 22, 2016
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy
Jun 22

Presenting Data – Crafting Compelling Stories with Data

On March 29th, CVSuite kicked off it's three part webinar series, Art of Data. The third in the series, Presenting Data aired on June 21st. Nicole Stephan, CVSuite director at WESTAF reviews methods for visualizing and distributing data, with Oregon-based arts and culture consultant Chris D'Arcy talking about crafting narratives.... read more →
  • June 22, 2016
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy, General
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