[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] This survey counts.... so do it. - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA"
Mon, Jun 9 2008 12:12 bradley

This survey counts.... so do it. 

The WSSG Community Lead Blog : Where is the love? The SBS Community 
Survey is floundering with very few responses.:
http://blogs.technet.com/kevin_beares/archive/2008/06/09/where-is-the-love-the-sbs-community-survey-is-floundering-with-very-few-responses.aspx

With all the betas going on I've been remiss myself in filling this out.

Once again I'm asking as a personal favor to me that you go today and 
fill out this survey.  For all of those times that you wonder if folks 
are listening, on this one I know for sure they are.

So please, today, for me, fill out this survey.  This one means a lot to me.
A whole lot.

 

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# re: This survey counts.... so do it.

Monday, June 09, 2008 6:59 PM by David Schrag

It doesn't matter if they're listening to the answers if they're asking the wrong questions. See my response to Kevin in a comment on the blog post cited above.

# re: This survey counts.... so do it.

Monday, June 09, 2008 7:10 PM by bradley

You are shooting yourself in the foot, David.

See my response to your response.

Kevin deserves our support.  Put your comments in the open box, and tell others to do likewise.

But not urging others to stand up and be counted as community is a dangerous thing.

# re: This survey counts.... so do it.

Monday, June 09, 2008 9:27 PM by Vlad Mazek

Wait a sec!

No tshirt?

No $10 for the first 100 people to fill it out?

Where is the incentive, for me as a hard working unemployed Jimmy Joe Bob, to fill out some closed survey that won't benefit me directly today?

:)

Angry in Orlando!!!

# re: This survey counts.... so do it.

Monday, June 09, 2008 11:10 PM by Kevin Beares

David,

Honestly, if you have some better ideas on questions I can ask, tell me. I leave a rather large verbatim/comments question at the end to let you fill in the blank for me. To me, this is the best part of the survey. It is the most open ended question that you can ask someone. I did my darndest to not ask a leading question. This is part of the reason why the survey leaves you with an empty feeling after you take it. It is really hard to know whether or not the person on the other end is listening.

Trust me and if not me, trust Susan. We do read every comment, look at all of the responses and do our best to take as many action items that we can on what is actionable. One of the reasons why I make this survey anonymous is that it allows someone to really light us up if they want to. I don't care if anyone has an axe to grind. Grind away, just gring constructively and give us something that we can act on.

Thanks for listening. We are trying.

Kevin

# re: This survey counts.... so do it.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:51 AM by David Schrag

Kevin, please see my additional comments in your blog. I may not check for further comments here on Susan's blog.

(Interestingly, this points out one of the problems I have with the "community" -- there are too damn many places to look for information. If Live and that other search engine don't do a good job of indexing the dozens (hundreds?) of SBS-related information and conversations, we'll never be able to find the good stuff. But please don't anyone respond to this point here -- it's not the right place.)

# re: This survey counts.... so do it.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:54 AM by bradley

Did you give that feedback in the survey?

# re: This survey counts.... so do it.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:10 AM by David Schrag

No, I didn't, but I know I've made comments along those lines before. Maybe in last year's survey. 8^)

That's one problem with the "any comments" question at the end of a survey like this. Yes, it gives you the chance to say anything you want, but it doesn't do much to stimulate your thinking in any particular direction.

And so what if I had added this comment to this year's survey and I was the only respondent to mention it? Will my comment get ignored? Certainly. Does it mean that I'm the only one thinking it? Probably not. Ironically, posting it here is likely to attract more attention than responding to the survey.

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# re: This survey counts.... so do it.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:48 PM by Dennis Garman

Here's the real deal, like any other vote, a non vote is a vote in the direction you don't want to go. ALWAYS state your mind in the comments section. (I don't care how long it takes for you to come up with your statements, make them clear and concise.. makes them easier to correlate). Have you thought about what YOU need to sell this great product? Let them know, they can't read our minds, but if enough of us put it in print they will (I hope) try to satisfy our needs.

# re: This survey counts.... so do it.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:58 PM by David Moisan

I completed the survey, or thought I did.  I already have enough t-shirts; I filled it out because Mr. Beares asked me nicely.  I am jaded on tchotckes, but if I feel a personal affinity to fill a 5-minute survey, I'll happily do so.