News & Events
HSR’s Alumni Advancement Benchmark Survey
March 15, 2009 – If you have participated on any of the list serves dedicated to alumni relations, development, and advancement professionals, you can’t help but notice the number of requests for benchmarking data. Answers to questions like, “How many staff do you have? What is your operating budget? Are you a due paying association? What percentages of alumni participate in class gifts and annual capital campaigns? Are homecomings and class reunions well attended? Do you support regional alumni clubs?” The list goes on. Alumni advancement professionals want to know what other schools are doing to build an engaged alumni community. HSR’s Alumni Advancement Benchmarking Survey will be collecting these data starting in March 2009. We will be reporting and discussing our findings at our Online Community, producing White Papers for CASE, and presenting our findings at National Conferences. We look forward to your participation.
HSR Conducts National Study on Alumni Engagement & Financial Gift Giving
March 01, 2009 – Harford Survey Research is conducting a national survey of undergraduate students to better understand the determinants of individual differences in alumni engagement and financial gift giving. HSR will begin collecting data with the HSR Alumni Engagement Survey in March 2009. This research will give us a much better understanding about how alumni engagement levels and gift giving behaviors vary across different academic settings. We will be discussing our findings at our Online Community, producing White Papers for CASE, and presenting our findings at National Conferences. We look forward to your participation.
HSR Hosts Online Community Forum to Share and Discuss Alumni Survey Results
March 01, 2009 – Dr. Flynn notes that HSR’s Online Survey Community initially started as a service to our clients. It was an online site where we collected alumni survey data, reported results, and discussed strategies for enhancing alumni engagement and increasing financial gifts. HSRSurveys has now become much more of a community forum, where alumni relations, development, and advancement professionals discuss data-driven strategies for enhancing engagement and increasing gifts. Survey methods are shared, results are discussed, and data-driven strategies for building an engaged alumni community are presented. Visit HSR’s Online Community when you have the chance.
Dr. Jim Flynn Received Distinguished Alumni Award
October 8, 2008 – Dr. Jim Flynn, President of Harford Survey Research, received the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA. This award honors alumni who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to one or more areas of society, including but not limited to, professional, academic, and personal achievements, as well as service to the College. As a member of the College’s Alumni Board, Dr. Flynn conducted LC’s first ever alumni survey. Lynchburg College’s President Kenneth R. Garren, Ph.D. noted that Jim’s work placed the College years ahead of where they ever hoped to be regarding LC’s alumni programming.
Cedar Crest College 2008 Alumnae Profile Online
April 15, 2008 – HSR has begun data collection with Cedar Crest College’s 2008 Alumnae Profile. The 2008 Alumnae Profile is a Web-based survey that includes an alumnae record management system, and alumni attitude and interest surveys. Dr Flynn noted, “This is a very comprehensive survey that obtains a considerable amount of data on individual alumnae, and will be used for several different purposes by the College. Dr. Flynn went on to say, “We are creating for the College a searchable data base that can be used to identify and recruit engaged alumni. We are also developing objective measures of alumni engagement, which appear to be good predictors of whether or not alumnae make financial gifts to the College. We are developing some pretty innovative technologies in this project.”
CASE ONLINE SPEAKER SERIES: Data-Driven Programming – A Small Association’s Plan for Improvement
April 3, 2008 – Dr. Flynn will present findings from a survey research study he conducted that was directed at enhancing alumni engagement at a small Liberal Arts College. http://www.case.org/onlinespeaker/OSS_April_03_08/default.cfm
Alumni Futures: Does Low Alumni Participation Indicate Low Engagement?
February 15, 2008 - Dr. Flynn was cited in perhaps the most influential e-newsletter for alumni professionals! Andy Shaindlin, the editor of Alumni Futures, is definitely an opinion-maker among alumni leaders, and was recently cited at an international non-profit travel conference as perhaps the brightest star in alumni relations today. Dr. Flynn was cited for developing an objective measure of alumni engagement, and for his research describing the relationship between alumni attitudes and their gift giving behaviors. http://www.alumnifutures.com/2008/02/does-low-alumni.html
Hospital Patient Safety Culture Study Announced
December 1, 2007 – Harford Survey Research (HSR) has initiated a multi-hospital survey study on hospital patient safety culture. HSR will use a Web-based version of the new AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture that will also include open-ended questions and obtain written comments from individual survey respondents. These data will provide a wealth of information about organizational conditions that contribute to adverse events and patient harm. If you would like more information about this study or wish to participate, please contact Dr. Flynn at 410-893-5152 or email us at info@harfordsurveyresearch.com.
Multi-School Alumni Engagement Survey Study Announced
December 1, 2007 – HSR, a leader in alumni survey research, is conducting a multi-school, Web-based alumni attitudes survey study with a select consortium of small liberal arts colleges to examine what motivates alumni to remain engaged with and make financial gifts to their alma maters. Approximately 10 schools will be participating in this study with the findings being shared across the consortium. If you would like more information about this study or wish to participate, please contact Dr. Flynn at 410-893-5152 or email us at info@harfordsurveyresearch.com.
Community Health Assessment Project Survey (CHAPS)
November 15, 2005 – Harford Survey Research successfully completed the first Web-based Community Health Assessment Survey of Harford County, Maryland. Survey results are now being shared with community stakeholders and disseminated throughout the community. Community Action Teams are working with the data to design and evaluate strategies aimed at enhancing the community’s health and well-being.
Dr. Flynn Recognized for Alumni Survey Leadership
October 8, 2005 - Dr. Flynn received an award from Lynchburg College's Alumni Association in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the College and in appreciation for his leadership in the conduct of the first comprehensive Lynchburg College Alumni Survey.
Dr. Flynn was also formally recognized by the College in March, 2006 for his outstanding work on the survey. The President of Lynchburg College, Dr. Ken Garren, noted, “Dr. Flynn’s work has contributed greatly to the College’s recent efforts to reach out to alumni, and has placed LC many years ahead of where we expected to be at this time.”
Dr. Flynn Performs a First at Lynchburg College
March 1, 2005 – Dr. Flynn designed, developed and implemented two web-based alumni surveys for Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA. These included an alumni attitude survey and an alumni interest survey. Dr. Flynn was a 1971 graduate of Lynchburg College. As a member of the school’s alumni board, Dr. Flynn volunteered to conduct the two web-based alumni surveys. Dr. Flynn stated, “The work provided a real opportunity for us to understand why some alumni remain engaged with and make financial gifts to the College, and others do not.”
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