AmbITion Scotland is a digital development programme for the arts, heritage and cultural sector in Scotland over 2012-14, funded by The National Lottery via Creative Scotland. Want to get digitally fitter and smarter? Join in!
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Engaging with AmbITion Scotland means you can get support - via our Make:IT:Happen Fund, through finding student interns or academic partners and through participating with our learning, resources and networking activities
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By Hannah Rudman
4 July 2012
This is Lesley Anne Rose, Creative Producer of Stellar Quines who, following their AmbITion Scotland experience have really made IT happen for their theatre company by grasping the opportunities afforded by digital technologies. The picture also shows Hamish Allison, Managing Director at Freakworks at the Freakworks Studios in Edinburgh with whom Stellar Quines are working [...]
By Hannah Rudman
20 January 2012
Arts Professional published their 2011 Ticketing & Technology Supplement, featuring an overview of the landscape from AmbITion consultant Roger Tomlinson and a guide to working with web developers by Beth Aplin. Worth checking out if you’re involved with your cultural organisation’s sales and box office functions for the details. If you’re a director or CEO, the guide [...]
By AmbITion
12 January 2012
Happy New Year – we’re back for 2012, with a request for your thoughts on digital copyright, and a great review for you from 2011. Arts Professional published their 2011 Ticketing & Technology Supplement, featuring an overview of the landscape from AmbITion consultant Roger Tomlinson and a guide to working with web developers by Beth Aplin. [...]
By Jane Hogg
17 August 2011
Beefing up some research on Socialnetwork selling Groupon/Livingsocial etc but not many examples of cultural stuff in UK. A good number from US that look positive. Anyone out there given it a whirl and cares to show and tell? We can share the results from the info already collected.
By AmbITion
12 July 2011
Beth Aplin reveals eight things every chief executive should know about their ticketing system Are you getting the very best out of your ticketing system? With such an expensive and business critical piece of software it is obviously worthwhile putting some effort into maximising your return on investment. Ask yourself the following questions, and you [...]
By AmbITion
23 May 2011
Case study: Based in a small Scottish town halfway between Edinburgh and Inverness, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
(PFT) houses a 540-seat auditorium, serving both a strong local and thriving tourist market. The main
season at the theatre runs from May through to October and consists of six in-house productions running
in repertoire throughout the summer, giving rise to the tagline ‘see six shows in six days’.
By AmbITion
29 June 2010
Microsoft’s Bing has been around for just over a year, trying to cause a revolution in the search and location services market. But it hasn’t got the market share that I expected. So it was with great interest that Microsoft this week rolled out Bing Entertainment, a dedicated hub within Bing that hosts film clips [...]
By AmbITion
11 June 2010
Video case study: Faith Liddell & Martin Reynolds present a case study of Festivals Edinburgh at the AmbITion Scotland Roadshow South in Edinburgh 10.06.10.
By AmbITion
22 September 2009
Video: Beth Aplin is director of Aplin Partnership Limited. On AmbITion she worked with North West Disability Arts Forum (NWDAF) which during the course of the project became DaDa. In this video, she talks about how the connection between audience and artist is a particularly acute problem with people who have some form of disability.
