Comments on: TAPA Stats Report: the good, the bad, and the ugly http://praxistheatre.com/2009/09/tapa-stats-report-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:13:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Michael Wheeler http://praxistheatre.com/2009/09/tapa-stats-report-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-1946 Michael Wheeler Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:03:32 +0000 http://praxistheatre.com/?p=1162#comment-1946 Yeah, I don't but the "volunteers are doing the work instead" theory for a second. The energy required to recruit, train, and retain a suitable volunteer is often greater than the return in labour. It's a worthwhile practice to integrate a theatre or a company with a community, but not really as a staffing solution. I think these numbers mean 2 things: 1 More non-artistic staff are doing more work for the same money. 2 More artistic staff are doing more non-artistic work. Very good question about whether staff time is incorporated in the social media #s MK. I have no idea. Either way I'd like to talk about those numbers in two years when print media is in full on "no one is reading me" crisis mode. One 1/4 of the companies fall into the 0%/don't know category. By then those companies will at least be aware they have missed the boat. Yeah, I don’t but the “volunteers are doing the work instead” theory for a second. The energy required to recruit, train, and retain a suitable volunteer is often greater than the return in labour. It’s a worthwhile practice to integrate a theatre or a company with a community, but not really as a staffing solution. I think these numbers mean 2 things:

1 More non-artistic staff are doing more work for the same money.
2 More artistic staff are doing more non-artistic work.

Very good question about whether staff time is incorporated in the social media #s MK. I have no idea. Either way I’d like to talk about those numbers in two years when print media is in full on “no one is reading me” crisis mode. One 1/4 of the companies fall into the 0%/don’t know category. By then those companies will at least be aware they have missed the boat.

]]> By: MK http://praxistheatre.com/2009/09/tapa-stats-report-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-1945 MK Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:31:42 +0000 http://praxistheatre.com/?p=1162#comment-1945 That is troubling. The implications of relying on predominantly volunteer staffing is staggering. As for that social media number, does that include staff time in the budget numbers? Because it seems like a lot of us are putting in a lot of time but not converting it to dollars on a budgeting level. That is troubling. The implications of relying on predominantly volunteer staffing is staggering.

As for that social media number, does that include staff time in the budget numbers? Because it seems like a lot of us are putting in a lot of time but not converting it to dollars on a budgeting level.

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