Online Provincial Arts and Culture Calendar

A number of organizations in Saskatchewan are investigating the viability of launching an online calendar of arts and cultural activities in the province – something that could serve as an additional promotional tool for companies and would also help Saskatchewan residents and tourists find things to do in their area.

Before beginning this work, however, we want to know whether you would use such a calendar. Any online service would only be valuable if it were comprehensive and up-to-date. We also want to know what features you think such an online calendar needs. This survey has been designed to help us all “drill down” on some of these specific issues.

The survey is completely anonymous, and it should take less than 10 minutes to complete. At the end of the survey, you may enter your name and email address into a draw to win a $100 Visa gift card. In order to qualify for the draw, your survey must be complete and your email entry must be received by March 11, 2019.

We thank you for your time completing this survey and for everything you do to support the arts and culture in this province, helping to make Saskatchewan the sort of place we all want to live.

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* 1. If there were a province-wide online calendar listing arts and culture events, would you likely submit your events to be included on it? (select one answer only)

Yes – that would really help us out.

We already submit a lot of listings to things, but we could probably do one more.

It would just add to our workload, so probably not.

No – online event listings just don’t work for us.

Other

If you would like to add a comment to your answer above (or if you chose “Other”), please do so here.

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* 2. What are some of the barriers that might keep you from participating in a province-wide arts and culture calendar? (check all that apply)

No barriers – let’s do this now!

We don’t have enough time to submit our events.

We don’t have enough staff to submit our events.

We already have enough event listings that we use.

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How important do you think each of the following features are for an online calendar? On the following scale, 1 indicates “not important” and 6 indicates “absolutely essential.”

	1	2	3	4	5	6
searchable by single date	searchable by single date 1	searchable by single date 2	searchable by single date 3	searchable by single date 4	searchable by single date 5	searchable by single date 6
searchable by range of dates	searchable by range of dates 1	searchable by range of dates 2	searchable by range of dates 3	searchable by range of dates 4	searchable by range of dates 5	searchable by range of dates 6
searchable by community	searchable by community 1	searchable by community 2	searchable by community 3	searchable by community 4	searchable by community 5	searchable by community 6
searchable by type of activity (performance, exhibition, public workshop, festival)	searchable by type of activity (performance, exhibition, public workshop, festival) 1	searchable by type of activity (performance, exhibition, public workshop, festival) 2	searchable by type of activity (performance, exhibition, public workshop, festival) 3	searchable by type of activity (performance, exhibition, public workshop, festival) 4	searchable by type of activity (performance, exhibition, public workshop, festival) 5	searchable by type of activity (performance, exhibition, public workshop, festival) 6
searchable by name of presenting company	searchable by name of presenting company 1	searchable by name of presenting company 2	searchable by name of presenting company 3	searchable by name of presenting company 4	searchable by name of presenting company 5	searchable by name of presenting company 6
links to existing company website or box office service	links to existing company website or box office service 1	links to existing company website or box office service 2	links to existing company website or box office service 3	links to existing company website or box office service 4	links to existing company website or box office service 5	links to existing company website or box office service 6
geo-plotting of event location on Google maps	geo-plotting of event location on Google maps 1	geo-plotting of event location on Google maps 2	geo-plotting of event location on Google maps 3	geo-plotting of event location on Google maps 4	geo-plotting of event location on Google maps 5	geo-plotting of event location on Google maps 6
ability to sell tickets on calendar	ability to sell tickets on calendar 1	ability to sell tickets on calendar 2	ability to sell tickets on calendar 3	ability to sell tickets on calendar 4	ability to sell tickets on calendar 5	ability to sell tickets on calendar 6

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* 4. Would your organization be willing to help promote a province-wide calendar through your promotional channels (including it in your social media postings, advertising it on your website)?

Yes

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* 5. If we created a province-wide arts and culture calendar, do you think the public would use this tool?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What are some cost-effective means that you think would help drive the public to use the site?

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* 7. What barriers do you see that might prevent the public from using the site?

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* 8. I identify primarily as: (select one only)

representative of a cultural organization

representative of an arts organization

individual artist

other

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* 9. Where are you located? (choose as many as applicable)

Regina

Saskatoon

city with a population between 25,000 and 100,000 (Moose Jaw, Prince Albert)

city/town with a population between 10,000 and 25,000

community with a population of less than 10,000

rural area

First Nation

outside of Saskatchewan

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* 10. If you work at an arts or cultural organization, what is your annual budget?

under $100,000

$100,000 - $200,000

$200,000 - $500,000

$500,000 - $1,000,000

over $1,000,000

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* 11. If you work at an arts or cultural organization, do you already have your own online calendar for posting your events?

Yes