In 2003 and 2009 a large-scale screening for the leisure participation of Fleming was conducted in Flanders. Further doctoral research on these datasets presented a number of lifestyle profiles of the Flemish participants. We at Flanders CultuurNet went to work with the findings from these studies in order to make them suitable in the practice of promoting participation. This resulted in a strategic toolkit ‘view on culture’ that allows the user of the toolkit to create an action plan to attract more potential participants in 5 steps *, taking into account their tastes, preferences and thresholds. The toolkit concludes with a series of references that will lead to the improvements needed which surfaced following the 5 steps (amongst others communications, supply, multiculturalism, accessibility, family friendliness etc. ...). This session introduces you to the five steps that the user of the toolkit follows and you'll get an interactive taste of some of the methodologies and models. * (1) lifestyle profiles, (2) lifestyle profiles in your population /audience, (3) your growth groups, (4) the barriers and how to tackle them, (5) Action Plan. www.congrespodiumkunsten.nl