Lastly, here is IBPAC's advice for other PACs: Please find a spreadsheet of PAC data here, and feel free to contribute and edit! Based on their website traffic logs and online surveys, IBPAC now has a wealth of information about Indian Boundary Park users’ interests–particularly in the lagoon and bird walks.Īnother interesting project that IBPAC members are working on is Smart Chicago compilation of PAC information. This prohibited many people from taking the survey, as it required too much time in person, resulting in 70 successful surveys compared to over 100 for the online one. The paper-based survey was administered out loud, in person, and with fill-in-the-blank answer choices. IBPAC had previously implemented a paper survey from which they learned a great deal–including how to NOT give a survey. The data they collected provides a rich picture of the diverse park users, and Leta is confident that they will use the data to guide PAC decisions in the future. The wide range of expertise in IBPAC was especially helpful when IBPAC set out to collect park patron experience feedback through community surveys. Using, they easily created a survey about park use, features, and demographics to distribute to park users. The online format made it easy to distribute–they simply handed out fliers with a shortened bit.ly link to make it simple for everyone to go online at home and take the 5 minute survey.
Both Leta and Daniel emphasized how essential it is to have someone on the PAC who is a web expert, in addition to the other diverse skill sets needed. IBPAC can also be found on all social media outlets so they reach park users of all ages.
IBPAC shared their process to get event news out to the public: In 2014, they entirely redesigned the IBPAC website to be more dynamic as well as mobile responsive. In addition to planning some exciting events coming up at Indian Boundary Park (details at bottom of this post), IBPAC is leading the way in how they reach out to park users through their online presence. While neither of them expected to walk away from their initial interest meeting as officers, Leta was happy to “contribute to things that we wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise.” The PAC was initially composed of just 4 members, but since those early months, the meetings have grown thanks to some online innovation by PAC members, especially Daniel. Last week, Maggie sat down with IBPAC president Leta Dally and IBPAC member/webmaster/social media guru Daniel Ebel to talk about all things Indian Boundary Park Advisory Council–particularly the best practices they employ (and what not to do!) in using technology to advance their mission and get the word out.īoth Leta and Daniel recently stepped forward into their leadership roles in early 2014 after the zoo had been closed and the old fieldhouse had burned down. First up, Indian Boundary Park, a beautiful historic park at 2500 W.
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