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EBOM-2009 SSc4:Alternative Commuting Transportation

Handing out surveys to tenants

Does anyone have any suggestions as to the most effective way to distribute surveys to approximately 1000 office building tenants. There is one main lobby/elevator bank by the entrance. Alternatively, I could perhaps stop by each tenant space and hand out a few dozen to distribute. Also, what's a good method of collecting the survey results? Thanks

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Emily Catacchio
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Wight and Company
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Thu, 01/26/2012 - 02:11

It is probably a whole lot easier to create a survey online and give the link to tenants, than to pass out paper ones. You did not mention the type of building tenants, is it 1000 separate individuals? Or are there point people who could help you distribute the survey, to say, the 10 companies in the building (each with 100 employees)?

Thu, 01/26/2012 - 12:47

Thanks for the response. I was under the impression that i can't really do an online survey (with occupant emails) because i need to keep the results anonymous. Is there a way of doing so online anonymously? Also, i'm doubtful that i can get email addresses for most of the workers. The building has about 50 tenants, each with about 20-25 workers
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Jason Franken
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Thu, 01/26/2012 - 16:15

You can still distribute an online survey via email, as long as you don't collect any information that can connect a response to a specific individual. Many online survey tools give you the option to select the information that will be returned to you in a final report. If you're having trouble collecting email addresses, send the link to your online survey to your tenant rep for each of the 50 tenants in your building, explain to them what you're trying to do, and ask them to forward the survey to each of their co-workers. They will not be responsible for collecting the survey data, so it is minimal effort on their part, but you may need to explain a little bit about the LEED process and the importance of gathering this information. For tips on online surveys and other methods, including in-person lobby surveys, you may also want to take a look at the tip sheet at http://www.leeduser.com/strategy/doing-alternative-commuting-transportation-survey.
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Emily Catacchio
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Wight and Company
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Thu, 01/26/2012 - 23:56

Tzvi,I did not mean that the survey would be in the email, I meant the survey would be online and you would send a link in the email. Sorry for the confusion. Jason sums up the rest of the process nicely.Also, there are many (free) online survey creation websites. A quick google search returned survey monkey and kwik surveys.Good Luck!

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