Results of RFP Process:
Kenexa Named as SIOP Survey Vendor
Karen B. Paul
In the July issue of TIP, the SIOP Executive Committee issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) for any firms, agencies, or individuals that would like to
volunteer their services gratis to process SIOP surveys for a period not to exceed 2 years. The Executive Committee appointed a selection committee to choose a survey vendor from the pool of volunteers. The selection committee is pleased to announce that
Kenexa has been selected as the new SIOP survey vendor.
The selection committee was composed of the following individuals:
Karen B. Paul (Ad Hoc Task Force on Society Communications)
Michael T. Brannick (Electronic Communications)
Lise Saari (Visibility)
Mark Schmit (Professional Practice)
Michele Jayne (Membership)
Allan H. Church (Professional Practice)
Debra A. Major (TIP)
Selection Process
Each application was independently assessed by each member of the selection committee in the areas of:
- Security and anonymity
- Technology
- Open-Ended comments
- Previous support of the society
- Logo display requirements
- Attractiveness and usability of the report
Ratings were then averaged and brought into a consensus meeting for final discussion.
Benefits to Using a Single Survey Vendor
- Allows comparisons across data sets for trending that has never been available before
- Reduction in redundancy across surveys to the membership
- Ensures consistency in overall approach and look
- More systematic data collection, processing, and archiving
- Opens up the volunteer process and allows anyone to petition to do the work
- Donations in services like this help keep your member dues low
The selection committee thanks all those who volunteered to process SIOP surveys. The quality of the submissions was excellent and the choice among them was uncommonly difficult. It is the selection committees hope that the Society will always be blessed with such an abundance of talent and spirit of volunteerism.
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