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Future-proofing culture

Do you need help with refining your statement of vision for your organisations future? Read here to see the questions you should be asking to ensure you know what your 'survival plans' are and how they can be improved.

Consulting audiences on complex conversations

Over the last few years we’ve seen the cultural sector increasingly embrace difficult conversations. If you are struggling to breach a sensitive or contested subject with your audiences, read some helpful advice from our team here.

Cultural organisations as agents of environmental change

Many of MHM's culture and heritage clients have been looking to move along the spectrum of engagement from voices of authority towards a model of co-creation with respective communities. Here are 5 tips for your organisation that we have gathered from our recent research around engaging with community sustainability.

Arts and culture, the prescription for wellbeing

Our research during the pandemic has made it more evident than ever that arts and culture is key outlet for personal enrichment for a large percentage of the UK population. See how some of our clients have been embracing social prescribing and wellness in their programmes here.

Audience Atlas Aotearoa (New Zealand)

A major study of New Zealanders’ cultural habits and preferences has revealed both significant challenges and huge opportunity for audience and organisational development in New Zealand. Watch the three deep dive webinars and download the full, free report and smaller summary sections.

Membership: the crucial first year

There are fewer hotter topics for cultural and non-profit organisations right now than membership. We’ve seen increasing focus on membership over the past 5-10 years as institutions look to be less reliant on state funding, individual donors and sponsors. But there is one fundamental truth: Year 1 is critical.