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University of Iowa 2011 Stage Management Survey
« on: Nov 02, 2011, 03:31 pm »
The University of Iowa 2011 Stage Management Survey is open for business.  SMs at all levels of the business are welcome to participate.

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Re: University of Iowa 2011 Stage Management Survey
« Reply #1 on: Nov 02, 2011, 03:37 pm »
Thanks for promoting the survey!  The only requirement, for the sake of demographic comparisons, is that the stage manager has worked on one American theatrical production (or a tour that originates in the US).  In 2009, we had 525 participants - let's break that record!
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Re: University of Iowa 2011 Stage Management Survey
« Reply #2 on: Nov 02, 2011, 10:29 pm »
Hi, David.  Can you clarify a little. Worked one at least 1 American production in our career, or in the last year?  Are we meant to fill in the survey using our experience on the American production(s) or based on all our productions?

Are we looking primarily for theatrical SMs or open to dance, opera, circus, events?

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Re: University of Iowa 2011 Stage Management Survey
« Reply #3 on: Nov 05, 2011, 07:55 pm »
Jessie,

The only requirement for participation is having stage managed one American production in your career.  We have already had a couple of responses from stage managers who reside outside the United States.  And the only reason we list this requirement is to compare career expectations and preferences/choices that may be based on American union models.  Given that groups such as the SMNetwork are becoming increasingly international, we would like to find a way to conduct a global survey in the future.

The survey is primarily focused on theatre, but we do inquire about a stage manager's experiences with opera, dance, concerts, television, and industrials.  We would like to ask more questions about working in other fields, but we are trying to keep the total survey to 10-15 minutes.

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Re: University of Iowa 2011 Stage Management Survey
« Reply #4 on: Nov 29, 2011, 05:39 pm »
I'm gonna give this a bump in case people missed it. The survey closes tomorrow. So if you haven't already taken it, please do so. I completely missed this being posted (Stupid tech week......stupid....), so I'm glad I caught the AEA tweet this morning about it.

It's quick, it's painless, and it's really insightful to what's going on with people of our ilk in the industry.

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Re: University of Iowa 2011 Stage Management Survey
« Reply #5 on: Nov 30, 2011, 09:30 am »
I'm gonna give this a bump in case people missed it. The survey closes tomorrow. So if you haven't already taken it, please do so. I completely missed this being posted (Stupid tech week......stupid....), so I'm glad I caught the AEA tweet this morning about it.

It's quick, it's painless, and it's really insightful to what's going on with people of our ilk in the industry.

Nick, what's the AEA twitter feed?  I'd like to follow.
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Re: University of Iowa 2011 Stage Management Survey
« Reply #6 on: Nov 30, 2011, 11:43 am »
Nick, what's the AEA twitter feed?  I'd like to follow.

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Re: University of Iowa 2011 Stage Management Survey
« Reply #7 on: Jan 21, 2012, 02:27 am »
The results of the 2011 University of Iowa Stage Manager Survey are now available.  In the 2009 survey, 525 stage managers responded. This year 614 stage managers participated in the full survey!  Survey results can be found at http://smsurvey.info.

Please let us know if there are any specific questions about the data or any questions that you would like to see cross-tabulated.
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Re: University of Iowa 2011 Stage Management Survey
« Reply #8 on: Jan 21, 2012, 06:23 am »
Thanks so much for sharing these results, David! That was a massive undertaking and you and your team deserve high honors for it. I'm sure I'll be referring back to it as I develop new features SMNetwork.

I was pleased to see that our members contributed substantially to your results and that we are featured prominently in many sections of the report. I'll link to it in the news header of the site for the next week or so to get more eyeballs on it.

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Re: University of Iowa 2011 Stage Management Survey
« Reply #9 on: Jan 21, 2012, 10:22 am »
Thanks, David! I can't even imagine the amount of work has to go into crunching the numbers you get.....

.....and not that I wish more work on you but I hope you get to 1,000 responses next go around!!

I have to say the most surprising data point is the amount of money people are willing to spend on a SM app for their technology! I know I spent a lot of money to get Filemaker Pro, but I can adapt that to my own personal needs. An app is what it is, and you usually can't change them. And unless I know for a fact that the app will work for me exactly as I want it to.....I don't think I'd ever spend that much.

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Re: University of Iowa 2011 Stage Management Survey
« Reply #10 on: Jan 21, 2012, 11:26 am »
Thank you!  We really enjoyed working on this project, but I wouldn't wish a 912-page spreadsheet of survey data on my worst enemy!

We were also very surprised - and encouraged - by the responses to the stage management software questions.  Two of my students are working on applications, likely on the iPad platform, and they were thrilled to see that people are both interested and willing to invest in new technology for our field.  We co-opt and adapt existing software to our needs, but we really need more apps that think like a stage manager.  I have been very impressed by several iPhone apps but I wonder how much deeper we can go.
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