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Tim Gill Center Case Study

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Independent films bring attention to controversial topics and encourage audiences to challenge assumptions, think critically and in some cases, take action towards initiating change. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to “use media to educate, inspire, entertain and express the diversity of perspectives. PBS empowers individuals to achieve their potential and strengthens the social, democratic and cultural health of the U.S.” (PBS.org, 2017).
As part of this effort, PBS partners with the Independent Television Service (ITVS) to host The Independent Lens, a documentary series that showcases a broad range of subjects from sustainability, climate change, race and gender issues to the effects …show more content…

We intend to increase promotional efforts in these sectors in order to drive attendance growth.

We intend to present The Tim Gill Center (TGC) with tangible strategies to achieve their objective of increasing awareness and participation. Analysis of current marketing strategies will be performed in an effort to find ways in which to amplify ongoing efforts and suggest new ways of reaching the local community.
The scope of this study will include current marketing strategies of the Tim Gill Center as well as those of comparable organizations experiencing successful turnout at their film screenings. Our recommendations are suggestions that we hope will be in some ways useful to the Tim Gill Center.

We are operating under the follow assumptions:
• The Tim Gill Center is still relatively unknown in the Colorado Springs community. The location is on the far end of downtown Colorado Springs, and even those who have heard of the organization do not understand what they …show more content…

• The marketing and promotion roles and responsibilities (as they pertain to promotion of the Indie Lens Pop-Up Series) between IFSOC and the Tim Gill Center remain somewhat unclear.
• The Tim Gill Center for Public Media has an individual who can assume the responsibility of promotion and implementation of marketing strategies.
Summary of Methods
In order to seek out information about the Tim Gill Center and the Independent Lens Pop-Up documentary series, we conducted a series of interviews with people of interest, a survey to discover the viewer's experience at an Independent Lens Pop-Up screening, and a social media audit to analyze the Tim Gill Center’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram account. We also looked into secondary sources, specifically scholarly, peer-edited journals, in order to obtain any outside information that would help us to further understand the situation and create effective solutions
Survey
The survey was conducted at an Independent Film Lens screening at the Tim Gill Center. (See Appendix D). This enabled us to gather data on the viewer’s experience, satisfaction, and needs for current and future screenings.
Social Media

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