Planning and evaluation made simple... and the results powerful.

The place for cultural producers to shape desired outcomes and demonstrate the impacts of everything they do.
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Understand, maximise and articulate impact

Developed specifically for the cultural sector to understand and articulate the cultural, social, economic, environmental and governance outcomes across all arts & culture activities.
Grants
Support the management of grants programs, building consistent evaluation and reporting into the acquittal process.
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Multi-Level Activities
Develop and coordinate complex multi-level activities across teams, providing oversight with consistent reporting.
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Partnerships
Foster richer relationships between funders, recipients and networks to maximise impact.
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Programs
Manage programs of multiple activities with integrated planning and organisation for more efficient delivery and documentation.
Survey
Pre-programmed survey questions across 22 outcomes and multiple methodologies ensuring ease of evaluation and giving you deep insight into the experiences you create.
Reports
Detailed data by activity, program, department or whole of organisation, delivering meaningful insights that drive decisions.

Articulate the impact of your work

Understand your impact from the smallest single activity to fully aggregated data across your organisation.
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Streamlined Evaluation Process for Event Outcomes

Discover our evaluation process designed to efficiently measure and assess activity outcomes. From data collection to analysis, our platform simplifies the journey.
GoalObjectiveEvidenceLogicActivityEvaluationDocumentationReport

Goal

Begin planning by thinking about what your organisation is seeking to achieve and what you are required to report against. When setting up your account we import your goals into Takso meaning you work to your goals not ours.

Objective

With CDN’s outcomes schema, select the outcomes your activity will seek to achieve and contribute to your goal.

Evidence

Using what you know or the Takso evidence bank, build an evidence base for your activity. 

Logic

Bring together what you have learnt from your evidence to develop a logic to underpin your activity and how it will achieve the outcomes you intend.

Theory of Change

Craft a comprehensive theory of change, providing a clear rationale for your activities. It's the 'why' behind your actions, demonstrating a logical link between your intended outcome, evidence, and chosen activity.

Activity

Enter and record key activity inputs and outputs

Theory of Change

Craft a comprehensive theory of change, providing a clear rationale for your activities. It's the 'why' behind your actions, demonstrating a logical link between your intended outcome, evidence, and chosen activity.

Evaluation

Create an outcomes focused evaluation plan for your activity using Takso’s in built survey engine and pre-set outcome questions.

Theory of Change

Craft a comprehensive theory of change, providing a clear rationale for your activities. It's the 'why' behind your actions, demonstrating a logical link between your intended outcome, evidence, and chosen activity.

Documentation

Record what occurred and reflect on what was achieved.

Theory of Change

Craft a comprehensive theory of change, providing a clear rationale for your activities. It's the 'why' behind your actions, demonstrating a logical link between your intended outcome, evidence, and chosen activity.

Report

Using entries from the previous stages, Takso generates the final activity report.

Theory of Change

Craft a comprehensive theory of change, providing a clear rationale for your activities. It's the 'why' behind your actions, demonstrating a logical link between your intended outcome, evidence, and chosen activity.

From the team that brought you the Fourth Pillar

Takso is the result of years of consultation and development with the cultural sector beginning with our first publication the Fourth Pillar of Sustainability.
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About Us

CDN is a not-for-profit organisation based in Australia. Our aim is a vibrant and rich cultural life for people and we work towards this by supporting the capacity of artists, cultural organisations, and governments to plan for and understand the impacts of their activities.
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Frequently asked
questions

Everything you need to know about the product and billing.
Is there a demo available?

Yes! Please contact us to arrange a time for an online demonstration.  

How does billing work?

This depends on your need. If you are an independent producer or small organisation you can purchase a single licence giving you access to plan and evaluate single activities, aggregate reports and access to the Takso library. A single licence costs A$275 annually, can purchase additional licences if your needs increase.    

For organisations wanting to add more than 5 users, we recommend an organisation package.  This gives you capacity to add multiple users, access to program activity records, as well as aggregate reporting and the Takso library. An orgnisation package costs A$4000 for the first year and includes training from CDN and ongoing support as you learn to use the system.  Subsequent fees are calculated based on your level of use.  

Contact us to discuss your needs.

What level of support do you provide?

Support is based on your licence. Those who set up with an organisation licence, the first year’s fee comes with initial training from CDN for your team and regular online support and guidance. For single licence holders we provide online support and one online session on request.  

At present Takso is only available in English. Other language versions will be available in the future. If you are from a non-English speaking organisation with an interest in using Takso, please contact us to register your interest.

What is your cancellation policy?

You can cancel your subscription at any time. On cancellation we will arrange the transfer of all of your data back to you.

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