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Computers, teleconferencing equipment, learning management systems, web authoring software, collaboration tools, and online training content—these are big-ticket items. Find out what your people need, want, and are ready for—before committing to tools and methods. The more you learn, the better equipped you are to make great decisions and get great value from your investment.

Online polls, personal interviews, and focus groups do more than gather data. They engage and educate participants, shorten the learning curve, and increase "buy-in" by providing instant feedback of results. You can even maintain momentum with a follow-up discussion online. Increase survey participation even further with questions that are clear and appealing. Online survey delivery simplifies data collection. Assessments before and after will satisfy number crunchers. Identify your next steps based on solid evidence and expert observations. The results will speak for themselves.

FutureU can help you with:

   



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Needs Assessments

Identify any group's current methods, needs, preferences, skills, hopes, and concerns related to virtual communications or e-learning. Discovery process includes customized survey instrument delivered online. Statistical and qualitative analysis. Basic cross tabs. Recommendations. Priced according to degree of customization, number of subjects, and detail of report.

Cost: $10,000 to $25,000, plus travel time and expenses for optional presentation.



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Readiness Assessments

Readiness for virtual communication or e-learning. Online or email survey to identify any group's technical, attitudinal, and general skill level for virtual communication or e-learning. Administer before and after training for project evaluation. Written summary of simple analysis. Cross tabs available for an additional fee.

Cost: $2,400 to $4,000, plus travel time and expenses for optional presentation of results.
Priced according to degree of customization, number of subjects, and detail of report.

Readiness for your services. Pre-screen candidates to determine whether they are qualified for your training or other services. Eliminate inappropriate candidates. Enhance customer satisfaction. Online survey using your questions.

  • First survey: Survey preparation, data collection and analysis, simple statistical report, process management. Up to 25 participants.
    Cost: $3,500

  • Each subsequent survey (Delivery, process management, and statistical report). Cost: $750 each




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Event Expectations Survey

Deliver before any workshop, annual meeting, retreat, or other event to anticipate participants' wishes and preferences. Proactively improve the outcome of any event.

  • First survey: Estimated three hours of consultation to create specifications and adapt your existing paper-based questionnaire (if any), followed by data collection and analysis, simple statistical report, process management. Up to 25 participants

    Cost: $3,500 (Estimate)
  • Each subsequent survey using the same instrument (Delivery, process management, and statistical report).

    Cost: $750 each
  • Training of your staff to take over surveying. Estimate 30 hours.

    Cost: $4,800. Plus any travel and expenses.



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Telephone Interviews
Deepen survey responses while cultivating relationships and buy in.
Cost: $200 an hour (Typically 2-4 interviews per hour)






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Focus Groups

Typically 10-20 respondents; 6-10 questions; 60-120 minute session. Statistical and qualitative analysis. Written summary of simple analysis. One-hour face-to-face presentation of findings.

Cost: $3,000 to $10,000, plus travel time and expenses.
Priced by degree of customization, number of respondents, detail of report, length of session.



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Ongoing Consultation

As needed, in increments as short as 15 minutes by telephone. One-hour minimum for face to face.

Rate: $3.50 per minute or $200.00/hr. Or, retainer: $1,000/mo. for up to 6 hours, then $3.50 a minute or $200 an hour for additional time, plus travel time and expenses.



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Custom Online Surveying

Easy, appealing, fully customized instruments on any subject, for any purpose, delivered online or by email, using FutureU software and staff to develop, deliver, and analyze. Written summary of simple analysis. Cross tabs available for an additional fee. One hour face-to-face presentation of findings upon request.

  • Option 1. Outsource to FutureU.Surveys one-by-one, as needed. FutureU coaches your staff to create meaningful and effective questions, builds a Web-based survey created from those questions, collects the data and assists your staff in its analysis. Priced by number of questions, number of respondents and complexity of evaluation. Presumably, each subsequent survey would become cheaper, based on learning from previous surveys and possible reuse of certain components.

    Cost Range: 3 to 5 figures. Plus any travel and expenses.

  • Option 2. In-house. FutureU assists in identification and comparison of up to 3 survey software packages, provides installation and testing help, and trains 1 or 2 of your own staff in the use of the software.

    Cost: Identification, installation, testing-$3,000. Staff Training-$3,200. Plus any travel and expenses.

  • Option 3. Reusable Template. FutureU creates an HTML/CGI/Perl/Javascript software program that will allow your staff to simply put in new questions while reusing the existing data collection routines over and over. More…

    Cost: $12,000

  • Option 4: Staff Training. After a start-up phase overseen by FutureU to work out the kinks, we can prepare your staff to take over the surveying process. Estimate 30 hours.

    Cost: $4,800


                        

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