ActionResearch

Hello!

Welcome to the Ae Action Research Group Page.

Ae's Mission
Altered Esthetics works to sustain the historical role of artists as a voice of society through our exhibits, events, services, workshops and programs.

Project Goal
Altered Esthetics wil introduce our organization the other organizations in the community, further engaging people with our services (as audience and/or participants.)

Why this is important
The role of a nonprofit organization in the community is to "provide unique opportunities for individuals to combine their energy, talents and values for community improvement and enrichment. Nonprofits are obligated to understand their role as entities that engage and inspire individuals and communities for public benefit, and to conduct their activities with transparency, integrity and accountability." (Minnesota Council of Nonprofits- Principles and Practices of Nonprofit Excellence.)

Though Altered Esthetics is involved in various communities, there are still some in Northeast that do not know who we are and what we do. In order to properly fulfill our role in society, we need to continue identifying and connecting with people, groups, and organizations. An action research project will help us approach this problem purposefully and strategically.

Criteria and Guiding Principles for the project
Be time considerate
Be mission driven
Make sure the stakeholders are on board
Create a project/process that is effective/useful
Consider the budget of organization in planning
Be Creative!


Timeline
TIMELINE
The group plans to use the following timeline as a guide throughout the process

Week of: March 3
Draft letter to send
Draft landing page for folks on site
Collect Names/Orgs
Draft report
Proof report
Proceed w/ Modules
Send possible responses to letter

Week of: March 10
Meet at the gallery on Tuesday, 5:30pm
Finalize letter to organizations
Discuss components
Post paper
Discuss landing page
Begin discussing additional survey of stakeholders.

Week of: March 17
Finalize landing page
Mail letters/email newsletter
Write script for contacting folks after the letter is sent

Week of: March 24
Call/email those we sent letters to – touch points
Collect/track contacts as they are made
Discuss presentation

Week of: March 31
Continue contacting organizations
Discuss next steps
Discuss process and what worked, what didn't
Outline presentation

Week of: April 7
Connect “connections” with other people in the organization specifically
Write outline of what we did for future use
Work on presentation

Week of: April 14
Discuss final numbers
Discuss process/connections made
Evaluate what worked, what didn't
Evaluate process overall and group to write notes for “next time.”
Finalize Presentation

Week of: April 21
Help each other proofing individual papers


Tools and Resources
List of Available Resources
List of Organizations/People to Track/Contact
Possible Methods we can use- A brainstorm/list
Possible Responses Organizations/People Might Have
The Message
ECommunication
Welcome Landing Page
Contact Form and Survey


Notes
2009-02-17_AeActionResearchGroupNotes(pdf)
2009-02-21_BlogPostForclass (pdf)
2009-02-24_AeActionResearchGroupNotes (pdf)
2009-03-03_AeActionResearchNotes (pdf)
2009-03-10_AeActionResearchNotes
2009-03-19_AeActionResearchNotes
2009-03-24_AeActionResearchNotes
2009-03-31_AeActionResearchNotes
2009-04-07_AeActionResearchNotes
2009-04-14_AeActionResearchNotes

Reports/Resources
Ae Action Research - Preliminary Report for Class
Stakeholder Survey Report
Ten Outreach Steps - Handout

I Hate Artists Video

Slideshare- Class Presentation

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