Tips to help with your evaluation
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Write your questionnaire in half the time with this free tool
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The 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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Project 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 the time of falling into the three main pitfalls of lists. Read more…
Questionnaire response rates: three ways to attract more returns
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A 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…
Five steps to hassle-free evaluations
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Chances are the upcoming evaluation of your project is going to put a strain on your time and resources. You want it go smoothly, so you can keep your other work moving. Here are five steps which will help you keep your evaluation hassle-free. Read more…