Fire Starter Questionnaire

Organization name
Contact Name
Address
Phone Number
Fax Number
Email
Website URL
Describe your current ownership
(family, public, privately held, membership based)

1. Please rank order in importance from 1 to 12, with 1 being most important, and 12 being least, what you desire to accomplish with your milestone celebration. For the purposes of our survey, none are equal; you must choose a separate ranking for each:

 

  celebrate accomplishments
  look back on the past
  generate free publicity
  reinforce and validate your brand
  thank loyal employees, members, customers,
and investors
  showcase products or s ervices to
prospective customers
  underscore contribution to the local
economy and community
  look ahead, perhaps launch the next
phase of development
  dispel myths, reveal true nature & scope
of company activity
  attract new investors
  create enjoyable experiences, bond, and
generate good will
  other?
   
2. What is your organization’s mission/vision statement? Do you have a key set of values or motto? Or, if this information is available on your website, please advise.
3. Please rank the following target populations in order in importance from 1 to 10, with 1 being most important, and 10 being least. For the purposes of our survey, none are equal; you must choose a separate ranking for each:
  loyal customers
  employees
  retirees
  suppliers
  prospective customers
  local community leaders
  the educational community (students, faculty, staff of schools and colleges)
  (if publicly held) stockholders
  media
  other
   
4. What makes your organization unique?
5. Do you have any agency relationships (e.g., advertising or public relations)? If so, please provide their names.
6. What is the focus of the current advertising campaign and what media does it employ?
7. What are the main geographic market areas you serve?
8. List all physical locations for the organization.
9. How many employees or members do you have overall and at each location?
10. In any of your organization’s facilities, do you have large open areas such as atriums, lobbies, auditoriums, cafeterias, or green spaces that would be suitable for an event? Please list and describe.
11. Planned closings or openings of facilities in the next five years?
12. What is the history of your headquarters location? (How long at this location? Future expansion or moves planned?)
13. List your top 5 customers/clients.
14. List your top 3 competitors.
15. Briefly describe where you want your organization to go in the next 5, 10 years. (Include any new products and services planned, new geographic target market areas, new target industry or consumer segments, new technology).
16. When, as exactly as you can say, was your company founded?
17. What were the names of your founders or any other illustrious personalities in your company history?
18. What were their claims to fame? Are there any infamous characters you would prefer to forget?
19. Is there any aspect of your organization’s history or current situation that you do not wish to showcase? If so, please explain.
20. Describe any visual assets you are using presently to showcase your organization and its products or services (e.g., exhibit booths, displays, brochures, photos, etc).
21. Do you have a company archive or historian and, if so, what historical assets do you possess (original signage, log books, histories, artifacts, vintage advertisements, time capsules, etc.)? Please provide contact information.
22. By what means and how often do you communicate with your employees, members, retirees, investors? (intranet, newsletter, closed circuit corporate video, home mailings, meetings, assemblies, annual reports, etc.)
23. What non-profit organizations and community activities do you support?
24. If any, at which trade shows does your company presently exhibit and/or desire to exhibit in the future?
25. Is your company a member or sponsor of any professional organizations? If so, which ones?
26. Have you had any milestone celebrations in the past? If so, when and what did you do?
27. Are there any present memorials or legacy projects associated with your organization? (Stadiums or arenas named after you, university chairs, parks, streets, etc.)?
28. Do you already have some anniversary celebration ideas that you would like to share? Desired venues and activities?