Argyll & Bute Council wants you to join in an arts survey
published this on 12:14 pm, Thursday, 15th January, 2009Community News | Comments (rss) | Respond | Ping |
Great news from Argyll & Bute Council. The evidence is that its arts services are keen to make sure they are responsive to public need and demand.
From the nomination and voting responses in the recent ForArgyll Awards 2008, For Argyll is aware of the strength, depth and diversity of interest in and support for Argyll’s artistic and creative life. It has also been interesting to see the evidence of the geographical reach of support for many of Argyll’s initiatives in arts and music of all kinds.
Councillor Dougie Philand, spokesman on Arts and Culture for the Council, says: ‘As part of the wider consultation, we are carrying out a questionnaire survey. This is an opportunity for people to let us know what they think. Whether you are interested in arts or culture, someone employed in the arts, or a volunteer who supports arts in your local area, we want to hear from you’.
You can complete the questionnaire online or you can collect and complete a hard copy at your local library.
Whether you do it online or by hand, your survey must be with the Council by 6th February. The findings from the survey will be used to help the Council plan its provision of arts and cultural services for Argyll.
We’re about to go and road test it ourselves and we’ll add any useful comment here later.
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January 15th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
REPORT ON ROAD TEST OF ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE
Two things really.
The first is – just do it. Your responses and ideas will help. Try to find a way to contribute ideas in the ‘Other’ boxes. Ideas are needed.
The second is that effective questionnaires need to be designed by specialists – and this is not. A missed opportunity.
A lot of it is mainly designed to coach our perspectives in what a hard job local authority arts provision has and how stretched it is. We do know all that. But far too much space in the questionnaire is directed to this self-serving and defensive end – paralysing the responder as much as it paralyses the officers’ inspiration.
Time for some ‘blue skies thinking’.