Puttin' On The Dance 2 : Program Survey
POTD2: Hands Across the Border  is coming to Ottawa, Ontario on March 20-22, 2015!

This is a conference for organizers of any American/English dance series! This includes contra, English country, community/family, square, Quebecois, Cape Breton, and other American and Canadian social dance.

As we plan the details for the conference (working to make it the very best for folks who attend!) your input will be VERY helpful --- this will give us a sense of which session topics will be most pertinent and an estimate of how many people to expect.

Please complete this survey by Sunday, September 7th!

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ABOUT YOUR DANCE
Where are you from? (town/city, state/province)
Tell us about your dance community:
Contras/Squares/English/other? Rural/small town/urban? Small/medium/large? Age range? etc...
CONFERENCE PROGRAM TOPICS
What one topic would you most like to see offered at conference?
Which workshop topics would be useful for you & your dance community? (The LONGEST question but very important!)
Dance communities experience a wide variety of successes and challenges. Which topics will best support your dance?
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1. Establishing a vision for your dance community that helps guide what you do
2. How to organize with an effective committee/board
3. Can/US border topics (e.g., how to hire bands/callers, building & using resources across borders)
4. Creating and sustaining a healthy volunteer base
5. Dance finances (e.g., how to track costs, revenue ideas, talent costs and more)
6. Marketing your dance (i.e., how to reach out to get new dancers)
7. How to boost attendance beyond getting new people in the door (e.g., how to turn newbies into regulars; how to keep regulars; how to get people to come out more frequently)
8. Addressing challenging issues that arise on the dance floor (e.g., safety, sensitive dancer issues)
9. Intergenerational & multicultural aspects of dances and dance organizing
10. Working with hired callers and musicans
11. Cultivating new talent in your community (callers and/or musicians)
12. Developing new leadership for sustainable dances
13. How to handle  transitions (leadership/venue/other)
14. A discussion forum specific to your type of  dance form (e.g., Quebecois squares; English Country Dance)
15. Specifics for dance weekend and camp planners (e.g., food; registration; etc)
16.  A discussion on the future of contra dancing (i.e., where is it headed?)
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What other ideas do you have?
Any other specific issues or topics your community is struggling with and/or you are eager to discuss at this conference?
Anything else you'd like us to consider or suggestions you have for the conference?
CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
How likely are you (or others on your organizing team) to attend?
(You won't be held to this! Just give us your best guess at this time and we are working to make it as affordable as possible.)
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How many people might your dance send to the conference?
(Again, just your best guess.)
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We will have limited billeting options in addition to rooms held for reservation at a local hotel.  Please let us know which would be your initial preference.
(The hotel cost is 122$CAN /night per room and you can put up to four people in a room for the same cost.  Cost includes full breakfast, WIFI etc). Hotel is 2.3km for the conference location.
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We will be looking for workshop leaders for various topics.  If you'd like to lead or co-lead a workshop, list the topic(s) you'd be interested in leading:
MAY WE CONTACT YOU?
If you are willing, please provide your contact information, especially if you are interested in leading a workshop.
Name:
Email:
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