{"id":58574,"date":"2023-08-28T07:45:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T11:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/?p=58574"},"modified":"2023-08-28T08:46:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T12:46:04","slug":"sos-survey-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/sos-survey-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"SOS: Save Our Surveys!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zero bias here, but Save Our Surveys is one of the greatest workshops we&#8217;ve had this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p>Okay, yes, some bias &#8212; but at least we identified it early! One of the key goals of the SOS series is to help participants recognize issues early on, so that&#8217;s totally on point. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p>We all know that making even small mistakes at the beginning of a survey project can have huge ramifications down the road. Issues in the survey itself can lead to:<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Low response rates<\/li>\n<li>Poor or inconsistent participation across all questions<\/li>\n<li>Insufficient data<\/li>\n<li>Inaccurate results<\/li>\n<li>Mis-\/non-representative results<\/li>\n<li>Wasted participant time<\/li>\n<li>Wasted administration time<\/li>\n<li>Wasted resources<\/li>\n<li>We can go on&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We could go on, but you get it: Mistakes pile up, and the best time to avoid them is before they start!<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sharpen your survey smarts now<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>with this <a href=\"https:\/\/sogolytics.webinargeek.com\/save-our-surveys-workshop-how-to-spot-and-correct-survey-mistakes-1?cst=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on-demand Save Our Surveys workshop<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"div-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2>Nobody&#8217;s perfect, so&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>In reality, we all make mistakes, so we&#8217;ve designed the Save Our Surveys workshop sessions to help sharpen survey skills and fine-tune focus on those final details that really make the difference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p>We started off this exercise as part of a previous webinar on <a href=\"https:\/\/sogolytics.webinargeek.com\/how-to-boost-survey-response-rates?cst=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boosting survey response rates<\/a>, and it was a hit! We got great feedback from participants who enjoyed testing their skills and engaging in rapid rounds of critique sharing in the chat thread.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p>Want a quick taste? Here&#8217;s a clip from the first round!<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iy020XXFzW4?si=6GV13HMxQ5nG1jUw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>&gt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2>A few high-level reminders<\/h2>\n<p>In this session, we shared feedback on five separate example surveys and organized our pointers around five focus areas. Just have a minute to brush up? Here you go! To make your next survey better, remember:<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Content &amp; Context<\/li>\n<li>Clarity<\/li>\n<li>Consistency<\/li>\n<li>Check your tech<\/li>\n<li>Visualize success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Too high level? Of course! But as important as this high-level stuff is, you really need to get into the details to avoid fails, get results, and learn from your data!<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-spacer\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This is the second one I&#8217;ve completed, very interactive and an excellent way to train. It is quick, easy to interact and the end provides bullet points of best practice.&#8221; &#8211; Workshop participant<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"div-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2>Learning together<\/h2>\n<p>One more of our favorite elements of this session (I told you this would be a biased post!) was the quick community connections we built. It&#8217;s one thing to watch a presentation, but being actively involved in the session has a huge impact on the experience. Active engagement makes it more likely that participants learn, that they benefit from each other&#8217;s knowledge, and that everyone has a more satisfying and fulfilling experience (including the presenter!).<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p>As one participant put it, &#8220;Others on the call had really wonderful observations and points that I felt were just as good as Melissa&#8217;s presentation.&#8221; I agree! This was a super-fast session, by design, and I was really impressed by how quickly those involved shared their critiques and how much they engaged with each others&#8217; feedback. Feedback about feedback? Awesome all around!<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p>Other participants had great feedback about how to continue to improve this series, and I hope you&#8217;ll see continued growth in future sessions. After all, we love feedback, too! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2>Ready? Game on!<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to dive in! Check your skills against the pointers shared in our latest SOS session, now available on-demand: <a href=\"https:\/\/sogolytics.webinargeek.com\/save-our-surveys-workshop-how-to-spot-and-correct-survey-mistakes-1?cst=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Save Our Surveys: How to Spot and Correct Survey Mistakes<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-minispacer\"><\/div>\n<p>Keep an eye out for our next session and join the conversation with experts from Sogolytics and across our community! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/webinar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See all sessions here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zero bias here, but Save Our Surveys is one of the greatest workshops we&#8217;ve had this year. Okay, yes, some bias &#8212; but at least we identified it early! One of the key goals of the SOS series is to help participants recognize issues early on, so that&#8217;s totally on point. \ud83d\ude09 We all know that making even small mistakes at the beginning of a survey project can have huge ramifications down the road. Issues in the survey itself can lead to: Low response rates Poor or inconsistent participation across all questions Insufficient data Inaccurate results Mis-\/non-representative results Wasted participant time Wasted administration time Wasted resources We can go on&#8230; We could go on, but you get it: Mistakes pile up, and the best time to avoid them is before they start! Sharpen your survey smarts now with this on-demand Save Our Surveys workshop! Nobody&#8217;s perfect, so&#8230; In reality, we all make mistakes, so we&#8217;ve designed the Save Our Surveys workshop sessions to help sharpen survey skills and fine-tune focus on those final details that really make the difference. 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