This week has been pretty busy for us. We have been calling the different organizations on our list trying to get responses for the out-of-school time survey. The survey has been e-mailed to 408 organizations, and we have 56 responses so far. Our goal is to get as many responses as we can with our persistence and drive. Calling people has been somewhat of a challenge and also a learning experience as a whole. With every call, we get a better understanding of how to approach people regarding the survey through a telephone call. Some people have been very friendly while others have been hesitant to provide us information.
Emily, Vanessa, and myself prepared a short slideshow for the Out-of-School Time meeting on Thursday with Laura and other guests. Along with the slideshow, we prepared a document that showcases the organizations we are trying to survey. We then provided information regarding the organizations that are "dragging their feet", who responded, and who simply did not want to participate. Overall, I think the meeting went well.
Below is a list of challenges we have been facing with calls and e-mails:
-Getting responses
-Not answering
-Runaround (forward calls)
-Kids in background/very noisy
-Vacation/out of state
-Finding new organizations (no time and challenge getting contact information)
-Sending e-mails and having them get caught in spam/junk mailboxes
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