We’ve got a pile of recommendations this week!

If you’ve spent any time at all thinking about ticket pricing, the people at Baker Richards (Europe) and The Pricing Institute (North America) have developed a resource just for you – a brand new website at thinkingaboutpricing.com According to them: “the website gathers together resources and the latest thinking on pricing in the cultural sector worldwide with the aim of helping organizations maximize sales and income. You can search for case studies, articles, academic papers, and book reviews on pricing, revenue management, dynamic pricing, sales promotion and more.” Highly recommended!

Is it me? Or is it the economy? Well, we don’t know either – but we can refer you to a pair of recent reports on the perceived impact of the economic downturn on Canadian performing arts and charitable organizations.

Orchestras Canada and our partners in the Performing Arts Alliance have recently released the third report in our Taking the Pulse surveys, intended to shed light on the state of the performing arts industry in Canada. You can read the report here.

Imagine Canada has released its second Sector Monitor report, comparing conditions from the first half of 2010 to the baseline established by the first survey. You can see that report here.