Checklist for Activity Organizers

Here is a quick checklist of your responsibilities as a Culture Days activity organizer.

Leading up to Culture Days

• Register your activity online at www.culturedays.ca. Activities taking place in Alberta should be registered following the process indicated at www.albertaartsdays.ca. Activities taking place in Québec should be registered following the process indicated at www.journeesdelaculture.qc.ca.
  • Decide what you would like to offer as an activity.
  • Select and confirm your venue.
  • Verify that your activity will take place during the designated Culture Days dates in your province or territory.
  • Ensure that your activity will be free, open to the public, and involve an element of interaction or participation. How you design and integrate the interactive or participatory component into your activity will depend on your means and education, outreach, engagement, marketing, artistic or cultural interests. The interaction can be as simple as encouraging dialogue – be it between artist(s) and the public, or simply amongst the public (citizen to citizen).
• Invite people to your activity. Include the Culture Days logo in your marketing and promotions. Download it here.
• Solicit sponsorship (if you want).
• Work with other Culture Days participants in your area to promote your activities or to share resources (if you want).
• Use the Culture Days marketing materials to help promote your activity (e.g. poster template, e-flyer, ad templates etc). Available for download here.

During Culture Days

• Provide a good experience for your guests – you are their arts and cultural host for the time that they spend with you. Be sure to end on time, in case your guests have another activity to go to.
• If you are using someone else’s space, be a respectful guest for your venue host.
• Place signs in prominent places to ensure that people know where to find your activity.
• Keep track of how many people attend your activity.
• Invite your guests to provide feedback. A template will be available for download soon.

After Culture Days

• Complete the Activity Organizer’s Feedback Form and include feedback from the public. Available for download soon.
• Share your photos: upload them to Flickr, tag them with the word “culturedays” or “fetedelaculture,” then email us the photostream link. You may post the photostream link to our Facebook page.
• Share your videos: upload your video(s) to YouTube, tag them with the word “culturedays” or “fetedelaculture,” then email us the video link. You may post the video link to our Facebook page.
• Pat yourself on the back. Consider contributing an article to the Culture Days blog about any new collaborations or experiences that would interest other activity organizers to learn about.