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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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Product Update: Announcing New 2021 Data

The CVSuite team is pleased to announce the introduction of 2021 data to the CVSuite tool. To access this new data, visit the Region Selection section when logged into the... read more →
  • December 23, 2022
  • Sam Ortega
  • Creative Economy, Data Quality, Data Sets, New Features and Enhancements, Reporting
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Use Data for Better Decision-Making | Guest Blog by Constance DeVereaux

Use Data for Better Decision-Making We Can’t Always Predict the Future, but with Data, We Can Try Constance DeVereaux, Ph.D. The biggest trend in leadership studies these days is training... read more →
  • August 27, 2018
  • Natalie Villa
  • Creative Economy, Data Quality, General
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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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Establish Impact with Data – Webinar 1 for Data-Driven Arts Advocacy

On May 9th, CVSuite kicked off it's three part webinar series, Data-Driven Arts Advocacy. The first in the series, Establish Impact with Data features economist Brian Points facilitating a conversation... read more →
  • May 9, 2017
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy, Data Quality, Data Sets

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... read more →
  • August 17, 2016
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy, Data Education, Data Quality, Data Sets

Data Can Confuse as Well as Enlighten

In late August, New York Times Magazine writer Steven Johnson authored an article titled “The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn’t.” The article made the point that, in spite of fears about... read more →
  • October 22, 2015
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy, Data Education, Data Quality, Data Sets

Using Location Quotient to Measure Creative Economy

When taking on the--sometimes difficult--task of quantifying an area’s creative economy, you will want access to every tool at your disposal. One useful tool is location quotient (LQ) data. The... read more →
  • September 11, 2015
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy, Data Education, Data Quality, Data Sets

Data and Reporting available in CVSuite™

The Creative Vitality™ Suite is a powerful tool, containing data that has many potential uses. The online tool offers a few different ways to download data. #1 Regional Snapshot PDF... read more →
  • September 4, 2015
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy, Data Education, Data Quality, Data Sets

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... read more →
  • May 28, 2015
  • paul.nguyen@westaf.org
  • Creative Economy, Data Education, Data Quality, Data Sets

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