Questionnaire response rates: three ways to attract more returns

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raised-handsA good survey response rate can be tricky to achieve.

You know your respondents are busy people, and you’ve heard that a proliferation of surveys has led to ‘survey fatigue’.

Yet your clients’ feedback is critical to the continued funding of your project.  Read more

Seven pitfalls you’ll avoid by piloting your survey

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test-driveOnce you’ve chosen your survey method, and developed your list of questions, it’s tempting to get right on with the survey. Time is probably egging you on too! But wait a minute, would you cater for a wedding party without trying out the recipes first?

However well you and others have thought out your survey, there’s bound to be at least one glitch to resolve. Much better to take the time to identify them at the beginning than find them after you have run your full survey. Read more

Write your questionnaire in half the time with this free tool

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Outstanding EvaluationThe prospect of developing a questionnaire can be daunting; where to start, what types of questions to use, how to lay them out, and in which order to ask them.

The good news is that lots of people have been there before you, so there’s no need to reinvent the wheel!  Read more

Three pitfalls of survey lists, and how to avoid them

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listsProject managers usually say to me: “No problem, we can give you a list of clients/businesses/providers to use for the survey”. Compared with developing the questions to ask, the survey list sounds like the easy part. In practice it can be a minefield, so I’d like to save you from falling into the three main pitfalls of lists.  Read more