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.

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 will create 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 again.
  
  We will create a survey form that uses a consistent set of question structures (e.g., some Leikert Scale radio buttons, some "Check All that Apply" check boxes, and one or two "Comments" boxes at the end.) A fill-in-the-blanks template interface will allow you to change the question content to suit your needs. The output is a simple delimited file that can be imported into an analysis engine, such as one of the desktop survey software packages or even Excel. This project can be completed in 6 to 12 weeks depending on design specifics.
  
  As a possible option to an existing software analysis engine, a simple statistical analysis can be added to the underlying code for an additional fee.
  
  

  Cost: $12,000, one-time license for unlimited use in perpetuity.



• 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

Ongoing Consultation 

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

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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