Welcome to The Launchpad, SoundRocket’s blog, where we share our insights and musings on the science of doing science (well), #soundscience.
As preparations have begun for another implementation of the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL), and with nearly 60 schools enrolled for the MSL2018 implementation (a record enrollment for the study at this stage of early recruitment), study Principal Investigator (PI) Dr. John P. Dugan has announced his move to The Aspen Institute as their Director of Program Quality, Design, & Assessment.
SoundRocket’s collaboration with the University of Michigan on the National Campus Climate Survey hits a new milestone with the launch of the NCCS 2016 at the University of New Mexico.
A collaborative partnership between the University of Michigan and SoundRocket now offers colleges and universities across the nation affordable access to a national campus climate survey measuring sexual assault. Piloted at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor during the Winter 2015 term, the NCCS successfully measured what was previously thought of as unattainable in college student surveys. The survey achieved a final response rate of approximately 67%, demonstrating how a comprehensive and responsive survey design can be implemented to achieve a more balanced and representative collection of responses.
I hope you have enjoyed reading the past 6 posts to our new blog – the Launch Pad. If you have not yet read them, I encourage you to go back to the beginning and read about our story. I have certainly enjoyed writing them!
I look forward to using this blog to write about and share our experiences. While I expect the focus will adapt as we ourselves evolve, the plan will be…
The Beginning: From Rubber Bands to Plastic Bags to Survey Sciences Riding from house to house on my scooter, aiming to "porch" every edition of the San Jose Mercury News that I could (especially for the big tippers in the small ranch on the corner), the 16-year-old...
As with any naming – be it a business, a child, a service – there is an internal gut feeling that one must be comfortable with. It is that internal check that…
With six names to choose from, it was time to make a decision. Today I will emphasize the process of elimination…
In my previous post, I described the process we went through in identifying our brand characteristics. Coming from that place of having a clearly defined brand character, with a stated Purpose and a strong Mission, I found the name discovery process both terrifying…
Or more accurately, making the decision to change is never easy. Once that decision is made, I have found that change takes on its own course and flows.
In 2014, after 10 years of doing business as the Survey Sciences Group, LLC, I came to the conclusion that…