Essential Skills & Strategy Survey 2014

1. Have you offered the Essential Skills & Strategies (ESS) for New Grantmakers training to your members? *This question is required.

• Yes, we have conducted the full training with all seven modules.
• No, we have never used ESS.
• We have offered some of the modules but not the full seven.
• We offered a modified version of the training. (Please describe your modifications below.)
• Not sure

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2. How often do you offer the ESS training?

• Once per year
• More than once per year
• When needed, not on a set schedule

3. Please describe how you have offered the training.

• Incorporated one or more sessions into another event (e.g., annual conference)
• Offered stand-alone trainings throughout the year
• Other Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

4. From whom did you receive support in preparing for your training? (Select all that apply.) *This question is required.

• Regional association colleagues
• Forum staff
• Council staff
• Paid consultant
• I did not receive any support
• Other Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

5. How useful was this support?

• Very useful
• Somewhat useful
• Not very useful

6. Please rate your experience receiving support from Council staff.

• Very satisfied
• Satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Not satisfied

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7. Please rate your experience receiving support from Forum staff.

• Very satisfied
• Satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• Not satisfied

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8. What are the main reasons you have not used the curriculum? (Select all that apply.)

• Not enough interest among members
• Not enough new grantmakers in region for a group training
• Already have a successful training program for new grantmakers
• Inability to identify qualified trainers
• Lack of staff and/or financial resources to train trainers
• Cannot charge participants enough to cover costs
• Quality of the curriculum
• Structure of the curriculum
• Other Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

9. Of the above responses, which is the primary reason you have not used the curriculum? (Select only one.)

• Not enough interest among members
• Not enough new grantmakers in region for a group training
• Already have a successful new grantmaker curriculum
• Inability to identify qualified trainers
• Lack of staff and/or financial resources to train trainers
• Cannot charge participants enough to cover costs
• Quality of the curriculum
• Structure of the curriculum
• Other Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

10. Are you planning an ESS training in the future?

• Yes, we are currently in the process of planning a training
• We are discussing scheduling a training within the next two years
• We are not planning to use ESS any time in the near future
• Not sure

11. Which of these resources would be most helpful to you in planning a future ESS training?

Space Cell	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful	Not at all helpful	Not sure
Access to other RAs' materials	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful	Not at all helpful	Not sure
Forum staff providing training support for your trainers over the phone/email	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful	Not at all helpful	Not sure
Conference calls featuring discussion and advice from RAs who have implemented ESS	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful	Not at all helpful	Not sure
Articles in Forum Bits about RAs’ experiences with ESS	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful	Not at all helpful	Not sure
Having an experienced trainer co-present the workshop the first time	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful	Not at all helpful	Not sure
Option to attend another ESS workshop to see it being conducted in person	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful	Not at all helpful	Not sure
Option to send a potential trainer to observe a live ESS workshop	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful	Not at all helpful	Not sure
Database of potential trainers with contact information and fee requirements	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful	Not at all helpful	Not sure