Evaluation
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Topic: Evaluation
Posted By: budgee
Subject: Evaluation
Date Posted: 3/26/10 at 8:49am
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I write grants to help provide financial support for our productions. Of course providing an evaluation of the success of the project is always a component of these. I am having a difficult time coming up with ideas on how to effectively evaluate a shows success. You'd think selling tickets and filling the seats would demonstrate this, but it apparently isn't enough. Has anyone else used evaluation tools for their shows. Would you mind sharing these? Thank you.
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Posted By: 75director
Date Posted: 3/26/10 at 11:45am
Something we do is ask the actors and crew on the show tofill out a survey at the closing performance. It lets us know what we're doing well and what needs improvements. And it does look good on grant evaluations when you can quantify that the volunteers valued their experience on a show.
Another measure would be to do audience surveys. Don't do them at every show though because then people will just become annoyed with them. We do an extensive audience study every three or four years and use those statistics heavily in grant applications. In our last survey one very useful (from grant writing stand point) question we asked as to state our mission and then ask them how they felt the organization was doing in achieving that mission.
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Posted By: JoeMc
Date Posted: 3/29/10 at 7:18pm
This may help;-
http://www.aact.org/advocacy/impact.html - Economic Impact of
the Arts
http://ww3.artsusa.org/information_services/research/services/economic_impact/005.asp - Economic
Prosperity Calculator
Check out the AACT site for further info & if your groups a member, I believe they have a loads of guff on grants & /or how to get them & do the numbers.
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