Member Survey

Dear Members, The National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada understands that there is a common need for its members to market their publishing or broadcasting business in more effective ways, particularly to advertisers. Therefore, the Council is planning to develop a series of training programs to assist members to develop skills in the industry.  The overall purpose of the program is to help members to be more successful. Balmoral Marketing is the consultant in charge of planning and coordinating the overall project. Prior to developing any initiatives, the Council needs to understand what specific skills are most needed by members. Therefore, a survey designed to obtain your input is deemed advisable. Your participation in the survey is very important. Your input will help the Council to move to the next step of planning effective training programs for members. Prophis Research, a marketing research company has been commissioned to execute a survey questionnaire online for members to participate. Please be assured that the information will be kept completely confidential and will be tabulated as a whole and not by individual response. As well, Prophis Research and other research professionals involved will implement the survey in compliance with the Ethics & Standards, and the Charter of Respondent Rights as outlined by the Marketing Research & Intelligence Society (MRIA). You will soon receive an email from Prophis Research inviting member to enter their survey website and assigning each member a number to complete a questionnaire posted between Nov. 29 (12 noon, Eastern Time) and Dec. 12 (11 pm, Eastern Time), 2007. By completing the questionnaire online and submitting it by Dec. 12, 2007, your name will be automatically entered for a Prize Draw of one Laptop (retail at approx. $1,000).  The Draw allows one entry per member. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Thomas S. Saras President & CEO We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Magazine Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage toward this survey project.