Deventer Schouwburg developed the vision for the theater’s future
"The speed of working is very pleasant - being able to deliver by the end of the day," - Gaby; Project manager
Date
Dec 9, 2024
Context
Breakout groups, Culture
Participants
30 Theatre Enthusiasts
Benefits
10x faster | 10x engagement | 60% cheaper
From Theatre Vision to Actionable Insights: First Experience with Dembrane ECHO
During a recent session, Gaby, who is leading an innovation project for Deventer Schouwburg (Theatre), shared her first experience using dembrane to process stakeholder input for developing a bottom-up vision for the theatre's future.
Key Insight: The Power of Event Design
"If I were to do it again," Gaby reflected, "now that I've seen the host dashboard, I realise how crucial the initial event setup is." This insight from her first hands-on experience highlights how seeing the dashboard analytics in the host dashboard helped her understand the importance of thoughtful event design in the participant portal.
Speed to Insights
What stood out was the immediate impact on workflow efficiency. "The speed of working is very pleasant - being able to deliver by the end of the day," Gaby noted. In the context of gathering and processing diverse stakeholder perspectives for a theatre's future vision, this quick turnaround from participant input to actionable insights proves particularly valuable.
Outcomes of day one.
After the breakout sessions, we asked dembrane to make a list of up to ten themes to complete the statement “the theatre is …”. This gave us a direct feedback to the participants that we validated with dembrane VERIFY rated choice voting.
Results of Dembrane VERIFY.
“Deventer Schouwburg is … “
Open
Exciting
Connecting
Seeing eachother
Experimental
Authentic
Proactive
Transformative
Cheeky
Neighbourly
Beyond Surface-level Conversations
Gaby recognised dembrane’s potential for deeper analysis: "We have so many meetings. If you could distill what's being said there... especially that undercurrent, there's real value there." This observation points to the tool's ability to uncover not just explicit suggestions but also the underlying patterns in stakeholder feedback - crucial for developing an authentic, community-driven vision for a cultural institution.
Learning Through Practice
Gaby's candid reflection on her learning process - "I learned that I need to formulate my questions well" - offers valuable insights for other hosts planning their first dembrane events. It emphasises how thoughtful question design can help transform loose discussions into structured, actionable insights.
This blog was written using dembrane (formerly ECHO). This case shows how dembrane can support bottom-up innovation in arts organisations, while maintaining the authenticity of Gaby's first-hand experience, recorded by Eve using the dembrane portal.
From Theatre Vision to Actionable Insights: First Experience with Dembrane ECHO
During a recent session, Gaby, who is leading an innovation project for Deventer Schouwburg (Theatre), shared her first experience using dembrane to process stakeholder input for developing a bottom-up vision for the theatre's future.
Key Insight: The Power of Event Design
"If I were to do it again," Gaby reflected, "now that I've seen the host dashboard, I realise how crucial the initial event setup is." This insight from her first hands-on experience highlights how seeing the dashboard analytics in the host dashboard helped her understand the importance of thoughtful event design in the participant portal.
Speed to Insights
What stood out was the immediate impact on workflow efficiency. "The speed of working is very pleasant - being able to deliver by the end of the day," Gaby noted. In the context of gathering and processing diverse stakeholder perspectives for a theatre's future vision, this quick turnaround from participant input to actionable insights proves particularly valuable.
Outcomes of day one.
After the breakout sessions, we asked dembrane to make a list of up to ten themes to complete the statement “the theatre is …”. This gave us a direct feedback to the participants that we validated with dembrane VERIFY rated choice voting.
Results of Dembrane VERIFY.
“Deventer Schouwburg is … “
Open
Exciting
Connecting
Seeing eachother
Experimental
Authentic
Proactive
Transformative
Cheeky
Neighbourly
Beyond Surface-level Conversations
Gaby recognised dembrane’s potential for deeper analysis: "We have so many meetings. If you could distill what's being said there... especially that undercurrent, there's real value there." This observation points to the tool's ability to uncover not just explicit suggestions but also the underlying patterns in stakeholder feedback - crucial for developing an authentic, community-driven vision for a cultural institution.
Learning Through Practice
Gaby's candid reflection on her learning process - "I learned that I need to formulate my questions well" - offers valuable insights for other hosts planning their first dembrane events. It emphasises how thoughtful question design can help transform loose discussions into structured, actionable insights.
This blog was written using dembrane (formerly ECHO). This case shows how dembrane can support bottom-up innovation in arts organisations, while maintaining the authenticity of Gaby's first-hand experience, recorded by Eve using the dembrane portal.