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Strategies for High Response Rate Impact Study

Target Audience in Action: A Successful Case Study with Habitat for Humanity

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If your organization wants to succeed and continue growing, you must evaluate your services. You have to reach your consumers in an effective manner and collect quality data. In 2021, Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity conducted an Impact Study with REC that examined homeowner experiences. They used these findings to make data-driven decisions about their programs, […]

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Follow Up to Unlock Your Survey’s Full Potential

How to Unlock Your Survey’s Full Potential with Follow-Up

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Now that you have already found and researched your target audience and created your survey – all you have to do is send it out, right? Nope! You have already done so much work; now it is time to finish strong! A simple way to strengthen your study is by creating a follow-up plan. Research

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Increase your Response Rates by Avoiding these Data “Don’ts”

4 Data Don’ts to Avoid to Easily Increase Response Rates

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In part one of our two-part series on Do’s and Don’ts to Increase Response Rates, we discussed 4 simple “dos” your organization can implement to increase response rates. This post will highlight some “don’ts” to avoid when completing a study. In a previous blog post, we discussed 6 Solutions to Common Survey Mistakes when writing a

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Five data tips to boost your response rate

5 Helpful Data “Dos” that will Increase Your Response Rate

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After defining your target audience and knowing what questions you want to answer, how will you boost your response rate while ensuring quality data? These do’s will help your organization get there! In previous blog posts, we have explored common data myths and strategies to improve your data collection process. However, reaching who you need

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Program Evaluation Helps Nonprofits

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Important Questions How do you know your organization is making a difference? How do you decide what programs or services to offer? What do you tell your funders? How do you know your organization is ready to evaluate? Program Evaluation Informs Decisions These are all important questions and ones that nonprofit leaders grapple with daily. Whether you

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6 Evaluation Solutions

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In Part One of this blog series we discussed six key challenges that can arise when conducting evaluations in the research world. Evaluation work is tough; mistakes can be made, big complications can arise and the challenges can feel overwhelming. Here we discuss solutions to the evaluation challenges that we highlighted in Part One, which

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6 Evaluation Challenges

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In the world of research, evaluations are paramount. But what exactly is an evaluation? At REC we think of evaluations as systematic methods for collecting, analyzing, and using the information to understand the effectiveness and efficiency of projects, policies, and programs. In an ideal research world, evaluations are carried out perfectly and the results are

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