Tool 1: Cover Letter for Constituent Survey of Outcomes
This is a good beginning to your survey, it informs the person filling it out what your intentions are.
Cover Letter for Constituent Survey of Outcomes
Date:
Dear Members of (the initiative):
The purpose of the attached outcome survey is to get your feedback on how (the initiative) is doing. As you know, the mission of (the initiative) is to ________________________________ in ____________________________________ (city / county).
Please complete each question by circling the number that illustrates how important each community change is to the mission of (the initiative).
To protect anonymity, please use the enclosed self-addressed envelope and return your completed survey to our evaluators, the (name them).
Thanks in advance for your valuable advice and feedback.
Best regards,
_____________________
Executive Director
Enclosure
Tool 2: Sample Outcome Survey
This survey template can give you an idea of how to set up your own.
Outcome Survey
Please return by:
Staff and members of (the initiative) have been involved in efforts that resulted in a variety of community changes related to the mission of _________________.
This survey lists (#) community changes that resulted from the initiative's efforts. For each survey item, please circle the number that best describes how important each community change is to the initiative's mission of ______________________. Use the following scale to rate your answers.
| Community Changes | Date Accomplished | Very Unimportant | Unimportant | Neutral | Important | Very Important |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
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Taken together, how important are the above community changes in accomplishing the mission of (the organization)? |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |