Welcome to the KIPI Dashboard

You care about the health of your organization. So do we. SMU DataArts has created a free, diagnostic tool, the KIPI (Key Intangible Performance Indicator) Dashboard, which provides your organization's financial and operating performance results relative to organizations like yours nationally so you can assess health and sustainability and hone strategic decisions.

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How to Use the Dashboard

The Dashboard is a free web tool in SMU DataArts' toolkit. Powered by data from their Cultural Data Profiles (CDP), the personalized and confidential dashboard showcases arts organizations’ scores and trends across nine key areas. Scores are ready to access immediately for organizations that have completed the DataArts CDP.

What's a KIPI Score?

Where do I go from here?

The KIPI Dashboard has provided a list of resources to help your organization see their scores, and figure out what to do next.

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Not Part of DataArts?

If your organization currently does not participate in DataArts, we can help you get started. Start by filling our your DataArts Cultural Data Profile.

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Why it's important

See your trends: The KIPI Dashboard illuminates your performance across nine key areas over a five-year period
Use it as a resource to help focus strategic planning discussions
Share stories about high performance with your board and funders
Our metrics provide real performance results relative to the field, taking into account your organization's community characteristics and your sector, size, age, etc
Important intangible aspects like good-decision-making, intellectual capital, reputation, and relationships drive high performance and are reflected in the Dashboard KIPI scores
The Dashboard helped many other industries understand high performance and the best practices that drive it

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"I think it is fabulous, and overall I do believe it is a great representation of DBDT's performance. I plan to share with my Board which is seeking a way to measure DBDT's progress after we implement our new plan." Zenetta Drew, Dallas Black Dance Theatre

"The more I poke around on it, the more I realize what a wonderful tool this is going to be for us and what a great resource for the entire community."Tim Johnson, Kitchen Dog Theater

"As we become more familiar with the dashboard, we may discover ways that it can help direct/support new initiatives and decisions."Cheryl Blumenthal, San Jose Children's Discovery Museum

The Latest Trends and Findings

The Report editions and resources can help you better understand what drives performance, what average performance looks like for arts organizations, and how to move scores in a positive direction.
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Welcome to the KIPI Dashboard

How to Use the Dashboard

Where do I go from here?

Not Part of DataArts?

Why it's important

Testimonials

The Latest Trends and Findings

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Special thanks to Dr. Rick Briesch, SMU DataArts' first research fellow, for his contributions to this project.