{"id":5117,"date":"2009-07-07T08:33:58","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T12:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batesviews.net\/?p=5117"},"modified":"2023-12-15T12:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:50:47","slug":"bates-regions-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2009\/07\/07\/bates-regions-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates, region&#039;s arts presenters seek your input regarding cultural events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2009\/07\/pollan2072web.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2009\/07\/pollan2072web-400x265.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium\" alt=\"pollan2072web\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Would it be the newspaper? Radio or TV? E-mail, Twitter or Facebook?<\/p>\n<p>If you had your druthers, what would be your favorite way to learn about arts and entertainment events in the Lewiston-Auburn region? <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what Bates and a number of local organizations would like to know. And we&#8217;re hoping you&#8217;ll tell us.<\/p>\n<p>Through a survey launched today on SurveyMonkey.com, Bates and such organizations as L\/A Arts hope to assess audience preferences for cultural events &#8212; the types of events you most enjoy, how you hear about them now and, most important, how you would like to hear about them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Arts-LA-Survey\"><strong><em>If you attend events in Lewiston-Auburn, please take our survey! Follow this link to the 8-minute survey<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The earthquake in mass communications is shaking up arts presenters, too,&#8221; says Bates staff writer <a href=\"mailto:dhubley@bates.edu\">Doug Hubley<\/a>, who publicizes cultural events for the college. &#8220;As we try to spread the word about happenings at Bates, or at the Public Theatre or L\/A Arts, we can&#8217;t assume that the old methods are still effective.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The question is, what methods will be effective? And we&#8217;re hoping our audiences will use this survey to tell us.&#8221; The 8-minute survey is titled\u00a0&#8220;The Arts in L\/A: Getting the Word Out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Bates follows a fairly traditional path in publicizing events &#8212; press releases to the media, a printed monthly calendar mailed to subscribers and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/public-events-calendar.xml\">same calendar online<\/a>. The information gathered through the survey, the sponsors hope, will have a two-birds, one-stone effect, Hubley says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If it turns out our print pieces are going straight to the recycling bin, we may be able to save money on printing and mailing. And at the same time, we&#8217;ll learn how to give information to people the way they want to get it,&#8221; whether it&#8217;s through e-mail or even a Facebook site, he says.<\/p>\n<p>Partnering with Bates in the survey project are the <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.androscoggincounty.com\/public\/\">Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auburncommunityband.com\/\">Auburn Community Band<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.batesdancefestival.org\/\">Bates Dance Festival<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.francoamericanheritage.org\/public\/\">Franco-American Heritage Center<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gleasonmedia.com\/index.html\">Gleason Media Group<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laarts.org\/\">L\/A Arts<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/lplonline.org\/\">Lewiston Public Library<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/\">Sun Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em> &#8211; Doug Hubley, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/communications-marketing\/\">Office of Communications and Media Relations<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you had your druthers, what would be your favorite way to learn about arts and entertainment events in the Lewiston-Auburn region? 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