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Revealing Washington State’s Economic Landscape with CVSuite Insights

Washington state is known for its stunning landscapes, including the majestic Mount Rainier, their beloved Starbucks coffee, high-tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon, and the arts. In fact, Washington state’s... read more →
  • May 15, 2024
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, CVI, Data Education, Data Quality, Data Sets, Regions
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The Social Impact of the Creative Economy

What makes the city you live in so great? Maybe it’s the cultural diversity and inclusivity, employment opportunities, a sense of community and belonging, or perhaps it just feels like... read more →
  • June 14, 2023
  • Sam Ortega
  • COVID-19, Creative Economy, Data Education
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A Robust Film Industry Waiting to Be Unlocked

The arts inspire, build community and belonging, and, most importantly, boost a region's economic vitality. Harnessing the power of the arts is possible when a region has a robust foundation... read more →
  • March 1, 2023
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, Data Education, Reporting
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Five Reasons Why You Need Creative Economy Data

Are you an arts administrator, economic developer, city planner, or work in the creative sector? Are you on the fence about using creative economy data for your daily work? If... read more →
  • October 28, 2022
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, Data Education, General
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CVSuite Data Dives: Exploring Alaska’s Creative Vitality

The CVSuite™ team is bringing back Data Dives, a series of blog posts that explores the different ways to use the Creative Vitality Suite tool and its data. CVSuite offers... read more →
  • August 24, 2022
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, CVI, Data Dives, Data Education
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DataEd: A Fun, New Way to Become a Creative Economy Expert

Over the past year, the CVSuite team has conducted research on our client’s needs and challenges in working with creative economy data. We released a survey to identify what issues... read more →
  • June 22, 2022
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, CVI, Data Education

CVSuite Webinar: “Why Data?"

Data can be very complex. Analyzing, defining, and knowing what to do with data once you have them is a common challenge—that’s why CVSuite™ is here to help.  In 2017,... read more →
  • March 25, 2020
  • Sam Ortega
  • Data Education

Using the CVI to Compare Your Creative Economy to Other Regions

You may already know that the CVSuite offers the creative economy data you need to measure the economic impact of the arts in your region—but did you know that you... read more →
  • February 26, 2020
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, Data Education
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Tips for Analyzing Your Data

Are you having trouble analyzing your creative economy data or don’t know what to do with the data once you have them? Below are some tips to consider when analyzing... read more →
  • January 23, 2020
  • Sam Ortega
  • Data Education
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CVSuite Data Dives: The Key Differences Between Industry Sales and Earnings Data

CVSuite™ Data Dives are designed to help those using the CVSuite online data tool explore and put to work the wide array of data available in the tool. This month’s... read more →
  • February 20, 2019
  • Sam Ortega
  • Data Dives, Data Education
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