BIA Communications Needs-- a TABIA sponsored survey

INFORMATION NEEDS FOR YOUR MEMBERS—NEWS THEY CAN USE

1. Do you send out info updates to your members?

Yes
No

2. What do you send to your members?

We send out messages by email
We post updates on our website
We send out printed letters
We deliver hard-copy newsletters
We use FaceBook or other social media
Other, please specify:

3. Approximately how often do you communicate with your members, for any reason?

Every week
Several times a month
Several times a season
1-several times a year
Other, please specify:

4. What are some of your members'information needs?

Utilities and services like Hydro, TTC, Enbridge
City policies re graffiti, panhandling, postering and homelessness
Seminars or courses that business owners or managers can take such as Marketing or website presence
Upcoming deadlines or events in the City like Nuit Blanche or Winterlicious
Permits and regulations for A-frame signage, Right of Way, Grant info
TABIA discounts and member offers
Tax updates and advice
Greening businesses
Other, please specify:

5. How often would you like to receive updates to pass onto members?

We would like updates twice a month.
We would like updates every month.
We would like updates four times a year.
Other, please specify:

6. What way would you like to receive this information?

We would like it in print-ready format
We would like it in a Word document so it could be cut, pasted or even edited.
We would like to be able to access it on the TABIA website in a members’ only section.
Other, please specify:

7. Would you like to submit questions or suggestions to us to help us identify topics of concern to BIAs?

Yes
No

INFORMATION NEEDS FOR YOU AND YOUR BOARD

TABIA already provides you with information about breaking news so this would be news about ongoing or emerging issues, written for you and your Board only – not for members. It would include updates from various TABIA and City meetings.

8. How often would you like to receive information directed to you and your Board?

twice a month
once a month
quarterly
Other, please specify:

9. How would you like to receive this news?

By email
By fax
Posted on the TABIA website
Other, please specify:

10. What topics would be of greatest interest?

For example: street furniture updates, grant applications, making deputations at City Hall, etc.

11. Would you like to read profiles of other BIAs?

Yes
No

12 Would you like news about other Boards and their obstacles or innovations?

Yes
No

13. Would you like to exchange information with other BIAs on the TABIA website?

You could chat with other BIAs about their creative problem solving, their favourite suppliers, their solutions to handling difficult members and more. This would be a members-only section, not accessible to the public.

Yes
No

14 Other suggestions for BIA Board/Staff updates

15 Your contact information

Name
Title
BIA Name
Email Address
Phone