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Exit Survey
 
 
How important is strategic partnering for you as a management tool?
 
No importance
 
Little importance
 
Growing importance
 
Extreme importance
 
 
 
Please indicate the type of organizations with which you have formed strategic partnerships:
 
Other nonprofit organizations
 
For-profit companies
 
Governmental entities

 
 
 
Have any of these strategic partnerships been international in scope?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Have you tried strategic partnering previously?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
How important is international growth for your organization?
 
Not important
 
Not important yet but becoming more so
 
Newly important (within the past five years)
 
Important for a long time (eight years or more)
 
 
 
Please rank order the following influences in terms of their importance to your international growth efforts. Use 1 for most important, 2 for next most important, ect.
Your membership (domestic)
Your membership (international)
Volunteer leaders/governance
Staff-driven appraisal of market opportunities abroad
 
 
 
How would you characterize this experience for your organization?
 
Positive
 
Difficult but positive
 
Difficult
 
Harmful
 
 
 
Please rank the following regions in order of their importance to your organization:
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
 
 
 
How difficult has it been to find strong volunteer leaders?
 
Newly difficult (within the past five years)
 
Always a challenge
 
Easy
 
 
 
How frequently do you conduct board training exercises?
 
Never
 
Rarely
 
For new board members only
 
For the full board every three years, or less frequently
 
For the full board every two years, or more frequently
 
 
 
Are the governance versus management role distinctions well understood by your volunteer leadership and staff?
 
Yes
 
No
 
Not sure
 
 
 
How would you characterize your board?
 
Disengaged
 
Primarily tactical or operationally-focused
 
Strategic but weak in fundraising
 
Primarily strategic and helpful in finding resources we need to fulfill our mission
 
 
 
How attuned is your organization evolving market trends?
 
We rely on member satisfaction and our growth has been flat to declining
 
We rely on our membership satisfaction alone and we are growing
 
Somewhat (we undertake market research every 4 to 6 years)
 
Very (we undertake market research and re-evaluate our product and service offerings every 1 to 3 years)
 
 
 
Please rank order the following methods in terms of how frequently you use them to determine when a project or program has been a failure? Use 1 for most frequent, 2 for next most frequent, ect.
When revenues fail to cover expenses
When a significant number of members want to kill it
When we fail to hit targeted goals in our business plan
 
 
 
How often does your organization do top to bottom strategic planning?
 
Every year
 
Every 2-3 years
 
Every 3 years or more
 
Rarely
 
 
 
What is the number one governance issues with which you struggle most?
   
 
 
 
What governance issues not already mentioned are of concern to you?
   
 
 
 
How would you characterize the current business conditions for your organization?
 
Positive
 
Neutral
 
Negative
 
 
 
How would you characterize the business conditions for your organization over the next six months?
 
Positive
 
Neutral
 
Negative
 
 
 
How would you characterize the current employment conditions for your organization?
 
Positive
 
Neutral
 
Negative
 
 
 
How would you characterize the employment conditions for your organization over the next six months?
 
Positive
 
Neutral
 
Negative
 
 
 
How would you characterize the total revenue for your organization over the next six months?
 
Positive
 
Neutral
 
Negative
 
 
 
In the coming year, which operational strategies are you more likely to employ?
 
Rely more on in-house resources
 
Develop strategic partnerships that allow us to do more with what we have
 
Seek to cut overhead by outsourcing services
 
 
 
Do you have an annual process to evaluate existing programs for continuation or sunset?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Do you have an annual program to support innovation and new program development in support of your strategic priorities?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Please rank (1-5 with 1 being the most serious) the following sources of competition for your organization in terms of how seriously you perceive them:
Similar domestic organizations to yours that have overlapping missions
Similar international organizations to yours that have overlapping missions
Online, virtual organizations
Splinter groups from within your own organization
For-profit companies offering competing products and services
 
 
 
Approximately what percentage of your organization's overall income comes from non-dues revenues? (Please use a whole number percentage, e.g. 65%, and not a range)
   
 
 
 
In the next year or so, do you anticipate your non-dues revenue to:
 
Grow
 
Stay the same
 
Decline
 
 
 
Please indicate which of the following non-dues revenue sources your organization receives: (Check all that apply)
 
Standards
 
Credentialing--certification and accreditation
 
Educational materials and programs
 
Other
 

 
 
 
The following questions are for classification purposes
   
 
 
 
Check the category which best reflects your professional experience in the field:
 
Less than 5 years
 
5-10 years
 
11-20 years
 
21-30 years
 
31 or more years
 
 
 
Please indicate your position in your organization:
 
Executive Director
 
Elected Board member
 
Senior Officer
 
Senior Manager or Director
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Which of the following best describes your organization?
 
Trade association
 
Professional society
 
Philanthropic organization
 
Other