Surveys and further information are NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED for this research project.

Questionnaire design The 34 questions fit into one (or more) of three categories defined by the researcher. The first was regarding general identification and descriptive information, asking for

• the respondent's full name, his or her relationship with the TfD activity/ies and how he or she would like to be identified in the final document

• the name of the lead organization(s) in the TfD activity/ies that the practitioner represents, its location/s, and its/their official mission statement/s

• the key themes that the TfD activity/ies attempted to address, and the target audience/s

• the kinds of physical spaces in which the activity took place

• the average size of audiences

The second category of questions dealt with organizational readiness, inter-organizational relationships, and capacity-building:

• the number of paid staff, of unpaid staff (volunteers), and the impact of such on the TfD activity

• what role, if any, the age of the lead organization played in the success of TfD

• what obstacles had to be addressed for the TfD activity to happen

• what role, if any, already-established collaborations with other organizations might have played in TfD success

• if the TfD activities were part of other development activities, and the interviewee's perspective on the importance of such

• the training undertaken for non-performers involved in the TfD activity, and the role of such in building internal trust for TfD

• previous staff experience in TfD and how that might or might not have played a role in TfD success

• how involvement in the TfD activity might have built the capacities of staff and others regarding organizational management or partnership-building

The third category dealt with partner and audience outreach, and TfD results:

• the positive and negative impacts of the TfD activity/ies

• the practitioner's definition and assessment of the activities' success, and what they believe contributed to such

• how impact was evaluated, and what early planning activities contributed to later evaluation

• the role "trust" and already-established relationships played in TfD success between the presenting organization and those the activity targeted

• whether or not the word "theater" should be avoided in outreach activities

• the outreach methods used in getting the "right" audience and getting the audience in the "right" state of mind for the TfD experience what activities happened before the theater technique or performance was used in order to have the audience ready for the experience

• the hypotheses I drafted and worked from in conducting my investigation
  
• he key TfD-related resources and TfD initiatives that helped significantly in my investigation
• my key findings from my research

Surveys and further information are NO LONGER BEING ACCEPTED for this research project.

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