May 28

Counting the Self-employed in Your Creative Economy – Creative Occupations in the Gig Economy

Not many people would be surprised that the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) general category of arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations contains the highest concentration of self-employed workers nationwide.¹ Data show that, on average, nationally, self-employed individuals and freelance workers (also known as the “extended proprietor” class of... read more →
May 11
Apr 21

Client Reports using Creative Vitality™ Suite data – Materials Created by Organizations Utilizing CVSuite™

The Creative Vitality™ Suite is a powerful tool, containing data that has many potential uses. The online tool offers the one page, regional snapshot PDF report. Many CVSuite™ users download data for analysis and then work with design firms in their region to generate impressive reports. Following are examples of... read more →
Mar 30
Feb 17

Putting Data to Work

Most in the arts field understand the ever-increasing importance of data for effective advancement of the arts. Newspapers and data-driven blogs such as Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight routinely reinforce that the age of “big data” is upon us, even in the arts. Reports of clairvoyant data predicting elections, crowd-sourced data lowering... read more →
Jan 11