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SPARK NH MEMBERSHIP SURVEY
May 2012
Survey Process
Online survey in early March 2012 Evaluation Committee developed the
survey to determine membership satisfaction and opinions on committee communicating, participation and workplans
63 total respondents, 14 of which were council members
Perspectives About Committees
About the Committee
0%
100% 94% 91% 83%82%
N=78
Comments about committee activity
Hard to answer 'All committee members actively participate and share opinions at meetings" - during meetings, I feel those present do share, etc, but not all members have been present at most meetings
Diverse representation on most committees
Comments Cont.
Might help to have list of committee membership and name tags for committee meetings
Committees are doing a LOT of work, sometimes feel as if we've "bitten off more than we can chew"
Perspectives on individual involvement with the
committees
Perspectives on Involvement with the Committee
0%
100% 94%83% 79% 78% 78% 74%
N=78 unless otherwise noted
Perspectives on organizational support and benefit
0%
100% 90% 83%
N=78
Comments about committee involvement
Fact sheets would be very helpful to explain how entities other than Early Childhood benefit from Spark NH
Travel time to get to committee meetings is difficult. Would be helpful to have teleconferences available for all meetings.
Comments Cont.
Demands of Direct Service do not allow me to participate as I would like-- time involvement to do a good job participating is not available to most program directors. My agency did not feel I could afford to be off site four times a month and there are already three other professional meetings specific to child care programs which I try to attend regularly
I value being able to share my opinion
Approximately how many meetings of this committee have you attended?
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3-4
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5-6
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4%
19%
49%
26%
3%
N=78
Consider your current level of participation in the Committee. In the future would you like to be:
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Less
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Not in
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0%
100%
28%
64%
6% 1%
N=78
Current level of participation in the Committee. If "Less involved" or "Not at
all involved" please explain
Teleconferences would be helpful for increased participation
On numerous committees and increased workload makes things difficult.
Frequency and Length of Meetings
Too Often
Not Enough
Just Right
Too Often
Not Enough
Just Right
Frequency of Meetings (N=71)
Length of Meetings (N=73)
0%
100%
1% 3%
96%
0%
7%
93%
Comments about Committee meetings
the scope of the project is greater than time involvement will allow most people who work in direct service to participate
Usually get through our agenda. At the same time, it often feels that we have more work than we can get through in our monthly meetings
Meetings well facilitated, wish there was more ability to participate from a distance and accomplish work thru the internet
What steps do you think we could take in the next few months to
improve the effectiveness of the Committee?
More marketing tools and web completion
Better understanding of the big picture and how our work links with others
Video/web-conference availability
Steps… Continued
Possibly hold ONE meeting for Child Care directors to catch them up on the purposes and progress of the committees.
Set goals and a timeline
Steps… Continued
Taking some action, making progress on the workplan would give the committee some sense of accomplishment
Continue to share what the other committees are working on so we can be clear where we align and how it may impact future directions we may recommend
Personal and professional gains as a result of participation in Spark NH
0%
100%
65% 63%48%
Increased knowledge of services available for young chilren and families
New professional con-tacts
Support by a larger professional com-munity
N=63
How does your participation in Spark NH benefit your organization?
I am able to share with other colleagues
It keeps us more informed
Connections and potential partnerships/collaborations
Organization benefit continued…
Awareness of what other initiatives exist
Participation in development of a strategic plan that will have comprehensive impact for the 0-8 age group in NH
Not sure yet but feel positive about the direction
Organization benefit continued…
The benefits are not apparent but they [my organization] support Spark NH.
Links us to important work being done for young children and their families
Organization benefit continued…
Allows north Country representation and sharing of information with specific regards to north country families and needs
Since we provide training and technical support, it assists us in keeping our programs up to date on state initiatives that may have impact on services.
What does this mean? What is next?
High level of satisfaction with Committees/ Taskforces
Desire for teleconference and/or web-meetings
Help membership take Spark NH messages back to respective organizations (newsletter, fact sheet, 30 second elevator/stair speech)
Keep eye on some areas in future evaluations
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