[TheThinkTank] Surveys for volunteer retention

[Vyki Englert]

Hello,
Could you make the document public?
Thanks-vyki

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Anibal Davila <caffenated at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who had replied with useful input. I will definetly
> share my results with those who are interested, im sure we are going to be
> surprised by the results, because it is  going to be the opinions that we do
> not hear in face-to-face conversations. Also, i expect to hear from those
> who do not come into the shop regularly and find out whats keeping them away
> (thank you facebook). here is the draft<http://groups.google.com/group/seniorpirates/web/survey-in-progress>that is near completion if yer curious.
>
>
> Anibal
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Jim Sheehan <sheehan.jim at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Anibal,
> > We had the same impulse a couple years ago, but did not follow through
> > so I can't offer results, but here is our draft survey, attached. I hope it
> > helps.
> > Jim
> > --
> > Jim Sheehan
> > Director, Ohio City Bicycle Co-op
> > 1823 Columbus Rd
> > Cleveland, Ohio 44113
> > 216 830 2667
> > OhioCityCycles.org
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Anibal Davila <caffenated at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > hey all,
> > > to gain some insight into the universal problem of getting and keeping
> > > volunteers, im currently working on a survey. I suspect people hesitate to
> > > tell me in person that they think the place is dirty, the volunteers are
> > > rude and that i should shave more often, but people love giving that kind of
> > > input anonymously.
> > >
> > > I want to find out the differences between regular clients and casual
> > > volunteers. I also want to find out what keeps casual volunteers from
> > > becoming regular volunteers.
> > >
> > > I imagine disseminating it through all of our electronic outlets (list
> > > serve, facebook group, Flickr group) as well using printed out forms in the
> > > shop.
> > > Has anyone done this before? i would love to see other peoples
> > > surveys/polls. Did you get useful data from it? problems in collection?
> > >
> > > thanks!
> > >
> > > Anibal, Bikepirate
> > >
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Vyki Englert
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