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You can design a survey easily using Google Forms, or create a free Survey Monkey account. Design a survey that should take the user no more than FIVE (5) minutes to complete.
 
You can design a survey easily using Google Forms, or create a free Survey Monkey account. Design a survey that should take the user no more than FIVE (5) minutes to complete.
  
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= Surveys =
  
Here's a 9-question survey used by an Engineering School in the Mid-Atlantic:
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The following is a list of questions derived from a survey used by an Engineering School in the Mid-Atlantic:<o:p></o:p></span>
 
 
1) What school are you in? [Provide a drop-down list of schools at your institution]
 
 
 
2) What degree level are you pursuing? [Provide a drop-down list of degree levels, adding 'faculty' to the list if desired] 3) What is your level of interest in acquiring innovation & entrepreneurship skills; or in starting a company? [scale of 1-5] 4) Why are you interested in innovation & entrepreneurship activity?
 
 
 
*I want to be my own boss
 
*The potential financial rewards
 
*I want to have an impact on society
 
*I have a great idea
 
*I want to work on creative and innovative ideas
 
*I feel the need to be able to create my own job / Job security
 
*It's a cool thing to do
 
*I'm not interested in Entrepreneurship
 
 
 
5) At our campus, how available are programs / activities that support student entrepreneurship? [scale of 1-5] 6) How would you characterize the culture at our institution? [scale of 1-5] 7) What has been your highest level of exposure to innovation & entrepreneurship at our institution?
 
 
 
*I am not, and I will likely not participate in any.
 
*I have not, but I would like to.
 
*I am a member of a student club.
 
*I have participated in a business plan competition.
 
*I have gone to seminars or workshops.
 
*I have taken a class.
 
*I have been enrolled in a degree/certificate program.
 
 
 
8) Which of the following would stop you from starting your own company?
 
 
 
*Haven't graduated yet
 
*Lack of experience/knowledge
 
*Lack of mentors/connections
 
*Fear of failing
 
*I don't think I could get financing to start a company
 
*I need to find a more secure job for financial reasons
 
*I need a job with health insurance
 
*I don't know how to find others to help me build my project
 
*I have no fears of starting a business
 
 
 
9) Do you have innovation & entrepreneurship experience outside of the classroom?
 
 
 
*I do not have any experience at this point
 
*I have already worked for a startup
 
*I currently have an idea and am trying to start a company
 
*I have licensed an invention to a company
 
*I have already started a company
 
 
 
== Other instruments ==
 
 
 
Feel free to share other instruments you've seen or used here.
 

Revision as of 00:35, 26 October 2013

Overview

We believe students can make a big impact in expanding the innovation and entrepreneurship climate on campus. That is the premise of this wiki and the basis for the creation of many student change-maker organizations. Conducting a survey gives you two things: one, an understanding of the nuances of what motivates your student peers to seek out innovation and entrepreneurship, and two, a measure of your campus's culture at the beginning and end of your academic year to show campus administration that you are making a difference.

Before you begin your academic-year and implement your changemaking strategies in earnest, you need to measure the campus climate for interest in innovation and entrepreneurship.

You can design a survey easily using Google Forms, or create a free Survey Monkey account. Design a survey that should take the user no more than FIVE (5) minutes to complete.

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Surveys

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