Questionnaire on the results of the activities

(Optional)

This questionnaire is optional. However, as it is designed to evaluate the impact of this program, we would appreciate if you could complete it and return it to us. Your replies will help us to capture the value of arts experiences and to offer a better service. Thank You.

Please indicate year of reference:

2006-2007 ____
2007-2008 ____

1. Do you collect feedback from your clients?

1. Yes
2. No

2. If you answered “yes” to the above, please specify on which subject(s) below you collect feedback:

1. Performance
2. Artistic experiences
3. Overall programming
4. The institution
5. Other(s), please specify:___________________________

3. If applicable, how do you collect this information?

1. After the performance
2. On reply cards
3. By mail
4. Web-site
5. Telephone survey
6. Focus groups
7. Blogs
8. Other(s), please specify:___________________________

4. Would you be willing to make the results available to Canadian Heritage?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Don’t know

5. Do you invite your audience/participants to take part in outreach activities?

1. No
2. Yes (Please complete the following table)

Other(s), please specify:

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6.Have you established partnerships with other cultural, commercial or municipal organizations in order to promote greater integration of the arts into your community?

1. Yes
2. No

If “yes”, please describe below; if you need more space please provide your documentation on a separate sheet:

_________________________________________________________
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7. If your organization relies on volunteer support, do you have a development and training plan for your volunteers?

1. Yes
2. No

8. Do you have a plan for developing target audiences?

1. Yes
2. No

9. If you answered “yes” to the above, which of the following audiences are you specifically targeting? (If applicable, please select more than one answer)

1. Aboriginal communities
2. Children under 12
3. Youth, 12 to 18
4. Official-language minority communities
5. Diverse cultural communities, such as ____________________
6. Other(s), please specify:_______________________________

10. Would you say that your clients would be able to confirm that your programming has become more enriched since you started receiving support from the Arts Presentation Canada Program (APC)?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Don’t know

11. Would you say that the APC has made the following possible: (If appropriate, please select more than one answer)

1. To present a greater number of performances
2. To present additional activities to develop target audiences
3. To offer more generous fees for artists
4. To present new artistic disciplines, such as ___________________________
5. Other(s), please identify:__________________________________________

12. The objective of APC is to give Canadians from all communities across the country and from all backgrounds the opportunity to participate in and benefit from the broadest possible range of artistic experiences.

Other than those indicated in our questionnaires, are there other measuring tools or performance indicators that would best reflect your performance in terms of achieving the APC program’s objective?

1. Don’t know 
2. Yes please specify:___________________________________
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13. Do you have tools to collect data indicating the level of appreciation of your clientele?

1. Yes, and I am willing to send you those tools
2. Yes, but I would prefer to keep those tools confidential
3. No, but I would be interested to use one if APC developed one
4. No

14. If APC were to develop such a tool, what format would be more appropriate?

1. Printed
2. Electronic formats (HTML, PDF)
3. Other(s), please specify:_____________________________________

15. To improve our services in the years to come, please complete the following evaluation grid regarding the APC program.

Other comments : _________________________________________

Thank you for your collaboration