Digital Culture Podcast episode #6 – Helping you build a fantastic website with Andy Leitch

The Digital Culture Podcast is for creative and cultural professionals to get to know the Digital Culture Network team, learn how we can help your digital skills development, and find out what’s happening across the sector.

In our sixth episode, James Akers interviews Andy Leitch, the Digital Culture Network Tech Champion for Websites.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The evolution of websites over time and options available today
• Key considerations for anyone with a website and how Andy can help
• Top tips from Andy’s experience in the creative and cultural sector

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Links and resources discussed in this episode

• Download the transcript for this episode (Word document)
• How to create a simple website on a shoestring! (on demand webinar) – A webinar for artists and smaller arts and culture organisations with limited budgets who need a simple website.
• Looking after your website with limited resources – This article has been written for organisations and individuals who don’t have a dedicated marketing or communications team (or budget).
• How to do a simple health check on your website (on demand webinar) – A webinar for creative and cultural organisations to learn how to perform a simple health check on their website to highlight improvements.
• Testing and improving your website navigation – Tree testing is a quick and easy way to test the effectiveness of your website navigation. It’s a technique that can also test a new website structure you may be planning.
• How to make your website more sustainable with Tom Greenwood (on demand webinar) – A webinar for creative and cultural organisations and individual practitioners to learn about website sustainability and how to reduce their digital carbon footprint.
• Ecograder – A tool to help you evaluate the carbon footprint of your websites.
• Finding the best supplier for your website project – Are you a creative or cultural organisations looking to redesign or improve your website? This article helps you source and select the best supplier to do the job.

Music by ⁠⁠SHAR

Further support

The Digital Culture Network is here to support you and your organisation. Our Tech Champions can provide free one-to-one support to all creative and cultural organisations who are in receipt of, or eligible for, Arts Council England funding. If you need help or would like to chat with us about any of the advice we have covered above, please get in touch. Sign up for our newsletter below and follow us on LinkedIn and X (Twitter) @ace_dcn for the latest updates.