The Information Technologists' Company

The Company’s Arts Panel has been helping arts organisations on a one-to-one basis for many years. In 2004, with support from the Baring Foundation, we created iT4Arts to deliver a programme on Best Practice in IT Management for Arts Organisations. The programme comprises four annual workshops on key IT topics. Output from the workshops is available online, and ITC members from the Arts Panel are available to help with specific issues. The programme also facilitates a peer support network where arts organisations can share their experience of dealing with common issues such as box office management and contact databases for performers. Organisations participating in the programme include the National Theatre, the Royal Opera House and the Hackney Empire. In 2009 iT4Arts was approached by Arts Council London to help run a programme of workshops and surgeries as part of its Amb.it.ion project to help funded organisations embrace the Digital Age.