Continuity Magazine Readership Survey

Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback on the BCI's Continuity magazine.

All responses will be confidential and will help us to ensure the magazine continues to improve to meet reader needs and expectations.

There are a total of 16 questions which should take between 5 and 10 minutes to complete.

Thank you, once again, for your time.

Lorraine Darke
Executive Director, BCI

1. Please indicate your connection with the Business Continuity Institute and/or Continuity magazine:

Please indicate your connection with the Business Continuity Institute and/or Continuity magazine: FBCI

MBCI

AMBCI

SBCI

Affiliate member

Student member

BCI Partner

CBCI

Registered reader via BCI

Invited reader via other organisation (eg IRM, ALARM etc)

Access via the BCI/Continuity website

Other (please specify)

2. How do you access/receive Continuity magazine?

How do you access/receive Continuity magazine? Hard (printed) copy through the post

Soft (digital) copy via email/website

Both hard and soft copies

I do not receive Continuity magazine

3. How many readers, in addition to you, regularly have access to your copy of Continuity magazine?

How many readers, in addition to you, regularly have access to your copy of Continuity magazine? 0

4. Please estimate how much of Continuity magazine you regularly read:

Please estimate how much of Continuity magazine you regularly read: Less than 10%

Between 11 and 25%

Between 26 and 50%

Between 51 and 75%

Over 76%

All of the magazine from cover to cover

5. Please indicate which of the regular items in Continuity magazine you regularly read:

	Yes - always	Sometimes	No - never
Editor's Note	*Please indicate which of the regular items in Continuity magazine you regularly read: Editor's Note Yes - always	Editor's Note Sometimes	Editor's Note No - never
Chair's Column	Chair's Column Yes - always	Chair's Column Sometimes	Chair's Column No - never
News	News Yes - always	News Sometimes	News No - never
BCI Benchmark	BCI Benchmark Yes - always	BCI Benchmark Sometimes	BCI Benchmark No - never
Industry Q&A	Industry Q&A Yes - always	Industry Q&A Sometimes	Industry Q&A No - never
Features and Articles	Features and Articles Yes - always	Features and Articles Sometimes	Features and Articles No - never
Case Studies	Case Studies Yes - always	Case Studies Sometimes	Case Studies No - never
BCI News	BCI News Yes - always	BCI News Sometimes	BCI News No - never
Soap Box	Soap Box Yes - always	Soap Box Sometimes	Soap Box No - never

6. If you receive a hard (printed) copy of Continuity please indicate which of the following statements you agree with:

If you receive a hard (printed) copy of Continuity please indicate which of the following statements you agree with: I prefer hard copies of publications to digital versions

Printed magazines are more portable

Is it easier to share printed magazines

It is more convenient to keep and file hard copies of publications

Printed material is easier to read

Other (please specify)

7. If you receive a soft (digital) copy of the magazine please indicate which of the following statements you agree with:

If you receive a soft (digital) copy of the magazine please indicate which of the following statements you agree with: I prefer digital magazines to printed magazines

Digital magazines are easier to share

The search facility enable me to find what I am looking for much more quickly

The ability to access websites directly from the digital copy is a very useful features

Digital magazines are easier to read

Digital magazines are more portable

Digital magazines are more environmentally friendly

It is easy to file and retrieve digital publications

8. Please indicate up to 3 aspects of Continuity that you like best (eg informative, attractive design, keeps me up to date etc)

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9. Please indicate up to 3 aspects of Continuity that you think could be improved (eg not enough news of BCI, published too frequently etc)

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10. Please let us know which BCM and related subjects (eg human aspects, supply chain, IT recovery) you would like to see covered in Continuity magazine:

Please let us know which BCM and related subjects (eg human aspects, supply chain, IT recovery) you would like to see covered in Continuity magazine:

11. Please indicate which other BCM and/or Risk journals and magazines you also read on a regular basis:

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12. Please indicate below your primary employment role:

Please indicate below your primary employment role: I am a BCM practitioner

I am a BCM consultant

I am a Risk practitioner

I am a Risk consultant

I work within Emergency Planning

Other (please specify)

13. Please indicate what influence you have in purchasing BCM products and services:

Please indicate what influence you have in purchasing BCM products and services: I am the decision maker

I influence decision making

I neither purchase nor influence the decision making process

Other (please specify)

14. Please indicate the annual budget your organisation allocates to the purchase of BCM products and services (eg BCM software, consultancy, training, managed services, recovery services, crisis telecomms/group messaging, IT resilience, certification etc):

Please indicate the annual budget your organisation allocates to the purchase of BCM products and services (eg BCM software, consultancy, training, managed services, recovery services, crisis telecomms/group messaging, IT resilience, certification etc): Less than 10,000 US$

Between 10,001 and 25,000 US$

Between 25,001 and 50,000 US$

Between 50,001 and 100,000 US$

Between 100,001 and 250,000 US$

Between 250,001 and 500,000 US$

Between 500,001 and 1,000,000 US$

Between 1,000,001 and 2,500,000 US$

Between 2,500,001 and 5,000,000 US$

Over 5,000,001 US$

15. Thinking of advertising that appears in Continuity please indicate if you agree with any of the following statements:

Thinking of advertising that appears in Continuity please indicate if you agree with any of the following statements: I am interested in learning about new products and services

Advertisements help me in my purchasing decision process

Well designed advertisements enhance the appearance of the publication

Advertising has no place in a professional magazine

I have made/influenced a purchasing decision based on viewing an advertisement

I focus on the editorial content and do not notice advertising

16. Continuity magazine is circulated widely to help raise awareness of BCM and the value it can add to organisations. Apart from BCM and Risk practitioners please let us know of other professional groups/associations you think would benefit from reading the magazine.

Continuity magazine is circulated widely to help raise awareness of BCM and the value it can add to organisations. Apart from BCM and Risk practitioners please let us know of other professional groups/associations you think would benefit from reading the magazine.

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1. Continuity Magazine Readership Survey

1. Please indicate your connection with the Business Continuity Institute and/or Continuity magazine:

2. How do you access/receive Continuity magazine?

3. How many readers, in addition to you, regularly have access to your copy of Continuity magazine?

4. Please estimate how much of Continuity magazine you regularly read:

5. Please indicate which of the regular items in Continuity magazine you regularly read:

6. If you receive a hard (printed) copy of Continuity please indicate which of the following statements you agree with:

7. If you receive a soft (digital) copy of the magazine please indicate which of the following statements you agree with:

8. Please indicate up to 3 aspects of Continuity that you like best (eg informative, attractive design, keeps me up to date etc)

9. Please indicate up to 3 aspects of Continuity that you think could be improved (eg not enough news of BCI, published too frequently etc)

10. Please let us know which BCM and related subjects (eg human aspects, supply chain, IT recovery) you would like to see covered in Continuity magazine:

11. Please indicate which other BCM and/or Risk journals and magazines you also read on a regular basis:

12. Please indicate below your primary employment role:

13. Please indicate what influence you have in purchasing BCM products and services:

14. Please indicate the annual budget your organisation allocates to the purchase of BCM products and services (eg BCM software, consultancy, training, managed services, recovery services, crisis telecomms/group messaging, IT resilience, certification etc):

15. Thinking of advertising that appears in Continuity please indicate if you agree with any of the following statements:

16. Continuity magazine is circulated widely to help raise awareness of BCM and the value it can add to organisations. Apart from BCM and Risk practitioners please let us know of other professional groups/associations you think would benefit from reading the magazine.

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1. Continuity Magazine Readership Survey

1. Please indicate your connection with the Business Continuity Institute and/or Continuity magazine:

2. How do you access/receive Continuity magazine?

3. How many readers, in addition to you, regularly have access to your copy of Continuity magazine?

4. Please estimate how much of Continuity magazine you regularly read:

5. Please indicate which of the regular items in Continuity magazine you regularly read:

6. If you receive a hard (printed) copy of Continuity please indicate which of the following statements you agree with:

7. If you receive a soft (digital) copy of the magazine please indicate which of the following statements you agree with:

8. Please indicate up to 3 aspects of Continuity that you like best (eg informative, attractive design, keeps me up to date etc)

9. Please indicate up to 3 aspects of Continuity that you think could be improved (eg not enough news of BCI, published too frequently etc)

10. Please let us know which BCM and related subjects (eg human aspects, supply chain, IT recovery) you would like to see covered in Continuity magazine:

11. Please indicate which other BCM and/or Risk journals and magazines you also read on a regular basis:

12. Please indicate below your primary employment role:

13. Please indicate what influence you have in purchasing BCM products and services:

14. Please indicate the annual budget your organisation allocates to the purchase of BCM products and services (eg BCM software, consultancy, training, managed services, recovery services, crisis telecomms/group messaging, IT resilience, certification etc):

15. Thinking of advertising that appears in Continuity please indicate if you agree with any of the following statements:

16. Continuity magazine is circulated widely to help raise awareness of BCM and the value it can add to organisations. Apart from BCM and Risk practitioners please let us know of other professional groups/associations you think would benefit from reading the magazine.

Continuity Magazine Readership Survey
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