Rudman Consulting Ltd is a consultancy practice specialising in strategic digital development for 21st century sustainability. 21st century sustainability is all about strategising for change, so Rudman Consulting helps organisations plan and manage change through implementing ICTs, e-business, mobile and digital developments.

Rudman Consulting works specifically on:

• ICT/e-business/mobile/digital strategy development for all areas of your business;
• audits and diagnostics for improvements to system set ups and applications;
• creating the business case for digitally focussed developments in your organisation;
• supporting your organisation as you implement developments with change and project management skills.

For the cultural sector, Rudman Consulting also works on:

• digital audience development;
• digital fundraising;
• digital archiving;
• e-commerce and mobile;
• digital communications development;
• translating artistic and participative activities into digital content; and
• suitable organisational and business developments for the digital/knowledge economy.

Rudman Consulting Ltd also focuses on IT development for cultural and heritage venues for building organisational capacity and capability; and on IT planning for capital projects.

Why?

The impact of technology has changed the way that our 21st century society works and plays – IT has changed the way that we gather information, communicate and consume. 21st century consumers are setting the pace of the need for businesses to engage with IT. Across the spectrum, businesses are investing in ICT, e-business, mobile, and digital developments so that they can continue to competitively offer product and engage customers. Rudman Consulting works with organisations, policy makers and funders to make the business cases for change through investment in digital development.

Who?

Hannah Rudman, founder of Rudman Consulting Ltd, has been working through independent consultancy for the cultural, charitable and education sectors in the UK since 2001. During this time, she has:
•    raised over £3.1m of public and charitable funds for cultural sector projects;
•    commissioned over £50,000 of digital art across all art forms;
•    commissioned £400,000 of digital learning resources; and
•    run £1m+ pa turnover organisations.

Following a background in contemporary theatre, Hannah’s fascination for exploring the cutting edge initiated an interest in scrutinising links between the arts and culture and emerging digital technologies. Hannah has ten years of experience working in arts and culture, aiming to increase the sector’s capabilities in e-business, IT, digital content creation and digital archiving. She has worked with large national arts organisations such as the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Scotland’s National Performing Arts Companies, as well as with arts organisations of all sizes and art forms across UK. Environmental sustainability is Hannah’s latest area of research, interest and work.

Hannah advises on national cultural policy development for England and Scotland, and speaks regularly at UK cultural sector conferences. She is currently Specialist Advisor to the Scottish Arts Council, for whom she wrote “Getting Digital”; Digital and Environmental Advisor to the Mission Models Money programme; Specialist Advisor to IC:Innovative Craft; and Project Mentor to the £1m Edinburgh Portal Project Pilot. She is Project Lead of Arts Council England and Scottish Arts Council’s AmbITion, a £2.2m change programme that utilises IT and digital developments to facilitate the longer-term sustainability of arts organisations. Hannah is also Arts Professional’s “Harnessing IT” columnist; a lecturer at Edinburgh Napier’s School of Computing; and on the boards of Milk With 2 Sugars and New Media Scotland. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Hannah has just founded Envirodigital – an Edinburgh-based change agency that encourages organisations to become environmentally sustainable. Hannah has a BA (Hons) and an MRes in Drama; a Diploma in Computer Science from Royal Holloway, University of London..