Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Feedback, Constructive Criticism, Freedom of Expression, or just useless?


As we go about our jobs, we are always looking for ways to capture the reaction of our audience.  We assume that our constituents will provide us with productive feedback, which we can then use to improve our product.  In all of the programs we have looked at so far we have seen various analytics used to capture data.  Additionally, we have seen links to social media, which allow our followers to freely post reviews and critiques regarding our services. 

While we provide people with more freedom to provide us with feedback, what are the proper monitoring techniques that we should consider? What personnel issue does this pose for those nonprofits, which might have limited staff to dedicate to this issue?  We always assume that capturing information is for the best, but, as there are more conversations regarding the quality of the feedback, this might not be true. 

Even though this article discusses how harnessing the readers thoughts and intelligence is hardly worthwhile via the comments that are posted, it made me immediately want to go straight to the comment section! 

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