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Chelsea Tooley, Jennifer Whiteside, Heather Wirth

Chelsea Tooley, Jennifer Whiteside, Heather Wirth. IWLA Group Project Survey Says: Effective BMP Participation Perceptions of Previous Participants of Cost Share Programs – Checking Back and Moving Forward. Purpose Lack of Data on Previous Participant Perception

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Chelsea Tooley, Jennifer Whiteside, Heather Wirth

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  1. Chelsea Tooley, Jennifer Whiteside, Heather Wirth IWLA Group Project Survey Says: Effective BMP Participation Perceptions of Previous Participants of Cost Share Programs – Checking Back and Moving Forward

  2. Purpose • Lack of Data on Previous Participant Perception • Sparked Interest from Group • Goals • Establish Past Participant Opinion of Program • Investigate the affects of “Neighbor Influence” • Chart ways to move forward successfully Starting Out

  3. Constructed a survey to establish: • Where participants heard about the program • What participants felt was most beneficial • What participants felt was most difficult • How likely participants are to recommend the program • If they did, to how many people did they recommend? • How likely participants are to maintain practices • How likely participants are to participate again The Survey

  4. Most structured on a 1-6 scale • Why? • Other types include: • Yes/No • Category • Open ended • Tried to avoid because of data compilation The Survey Continued

  5. Mailed out surveys to previous participants • Chelsea – ICW, CMW - 34 • Jennifer – CCW, FR/HCW – 22 • Heather – HCW, TCW – 66 • Total of 122 • Participants asked to complete and return by a specific date The Process

  6. Out of 122 we got 43 surveys back • 35% response rate • Chelsea – 7 • Jennifer – 9 • Heather – 27 The Results

  7. 30.2% 26%

  8. Mainly Positive • Most “negative” scores were: • Reimbursement = 15% • Application Process = 21%

  9. Things we found noteworthy: • Where are people hearing about us? • Where should we focus our efforts • Environmental vs. Financial Incentives • Previous Participants seems pleased with the cost share program • Word of mouth is a clearly a powerful tool • 14% of people recommended the program to 6 or more community members Discussion

  10. Things we would do differently • Rating Benefits vs. Scale answers • Add a positive incentive • Interesting follow up study: Are incentives the key to response rates • Defining out practices: urban vs. agriculture • Adding more demographic information • Age/employment status Discussion

  11. It’s important to check back with previous participants • Why? • Other watershed projects can use this survey pre or post project (or both!) Wrapping Up

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