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Activity Number:
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284
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #303437 |
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Title:
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Using Sample Statistics to Quantify Community Building
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Author(s):
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Bart Phillips*+
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Companies:
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Community Building Tutors, NFP
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Address:
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P.O. Box 13290, Chicago, IL, 60613,
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Keywords:
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Community ; sample statistics ; volunteerism ; funding ; benchmarks
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Abstract:
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Collaboration between STATCOM at DePaul, a graduate student run not-for-profit (NFP), and Community Building Tutors resulted in a research project that utilized sample statistics to quantify the community impact of a 2-day summer festival. Three types of surveys were implemented at or after the festival with varying success: non-random sample based on a raffle, a stratified sample performed at event exits, and a non-random email survey conducted 3-months post event. Each method has different limitations but taken together allow for robust estimates of the festival's community impact. Our findings resulted in the creation of new metrics to quantify the impact of community festivals: festival stimulated volunteerism and repeat visit to community space. These and other metrics allow for festival benchmarking and stronger funding arguments for community centric festivals.
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