Purpose and Intended Use
| SeeDS | Shelter-16 |
| Provides an in-depth survey-based assessment and consultation process designed to support the long-term health and well-being of animal welfare organizations. SeeDS is intended to offer a comprehensive, evidence-based understanding of employee attitudes, perceptions, and experiences across multiple dimensions of organizational health. It is designed for organizations seeking a deeper diagnostic tool that supports benchmarking, trend analysis, and prioritized action planning through structured measurement, qualitative insight, and expert consultation. | Provides a fast and efficient survey-based snapshot of organizational health from an employee perspective, focused on core indicators of employee engagement and satisfaction. S16 is designed as a brief, highly accessible pulse-style assessment that can be used as a standalone tool or administered periodically between SeeDS assessments. It is intended for organizations seeking a straightforward way to identify broad strengths and areas for improvement, and support ongoing attention to organizational health. |
Cost
| SeeDS | Shelter-16 |
| Low-cost service with pricing scaled to organization size and optional add-on services. AAWA helps subsidize to keep costs down. | Offered at no cost, thanks to sponsor support from Humane World for Animals. |
Survey Content
| SeeDS | Shelter-16 |
| Includes a larger and more comprehensive set of survey items designed to assess a broad range of organizational topics related to employee engagement, health, and well-being. The survey evaluates employee attitudes, perceptions, and opinions across many domains, such as engagement, peer support, supervision and leadership, communication effectiveness, teamwork, stress and burnout, morale, pay and benefits, standard operating procedures, training, and interpersonal climate. Allows for a more detailed and nuanced understanding of organizational functioning. | Includes a smaller, focused set of survey items designed to capture core dimensions of employee engagement and satisfaction. The survey emphasizes key engagement indicators, including pride in the organization, emotional attachment, and commitment, along with select satisfaction-related aspects of the work experience that are most central to overall organizational health. |
Survey Structure
| SeeDS | Shelter-16 |
| Consists of approximately 45 quantitative close-ended questions covering a wide range of organizational topics, as well as anywhere from two to five qualitative open-ended questions. The standard survey includes open-ended items addressing organizational strengths and growth opportunities, with additional open-ended questions available for customization. As a result of this broader scope, the survey typically takes between 10 and 20 minutes for employees to complete, depending on the level of detail provided in qualitative responses. | Consists of a small set of 16 quantitative close-ended survey items focused on core engagement and satisfaction dimensions. The survey does not include qualitative or open-ended questions. Due to its streamlined structure, the survey typically takes less than 5 minutes for employees to complete. |
Target Audience
| SeeDS | Shelter-16 |
| Public and private animal welfare organizations or animal control agencies with at least 10 employees. | Public and private animal welfare organizations or animal control agencies with at least 10 employees, with budgetary constraints and/or just wants a broad understanding of employee attitudes. Best suited for organizations seeking a quick, low-burden snapshot of employee perceptions, either as a standalone pulse assessment or as a check-in between more comprehensive engagement surveys. |
Survey Setup
| SeeDS | Shelter-16 |
| Begins with a brief initial call and intake process, followed by survey preparation and planning, with a typical lead time before launch to finalize index groups, open-ended questions, and administration logistics. | Organizations can apply, be approved, and create an account on the webpage in approximately 5 minutes, with the survey created at the click of a button. |
Survey Administration
| SeeDS | Shelter-16 |
| Consultant-supported process, beginning with an initial call, followed by survey setup and online administration, with ongoing communication and response rate updates throughout data collection. | Fully automated online system with immediate access to survey materials, including invitation and reminder email templates and a unique survey link and code. |
Data Analysis and Reporting
| SeeDS | Shelter-16 |
| Clients receive a suite of reports that are personally generated and analyzed by SeeDS consultants using both quantitative and qualitative survey data. These reports include detailed quantitative item results (Item Report), qualitative comment summaries (Comment Report), benchmarking against national norms (Norms Comparison Report), trend reports comparing results across prior SeeDS administrations when applicable (Trend Report), and a SeeDS Overview report that synthesizes key strengths, growth areas, and prioritized, evidence-based recommendations. Data are broken down by desired index groups. | Clients receive an automatically generated, aggregated Results Report immediately after the survey closes. The report highlights overall strengths and areas for improvement, includes basic demographic information, and provides summary-level results intended to support high-level interpretation. Data are not broken by department, team, location, etc. Just overall results. |
Recommendations and Support
| SeeDS | Shelter-16 |
| Results are interpreted and discussed with trained professionals from the University of Utah, who analyze findings, answer questions, and provide tailored, evidence-based recommendations. Reports prioritize action steps for areas most in need of attention, supported by organizational science and sheltering field expertise, and are accompanied by a final consultation call focused on the organization’s specific priorities and next steps. | Results Report includes access to a Best Practices Recommendation Guide with evidence-based suggestions for improving satisfaction and engagement. |
Intended Frequency of Use
| SeeDS | Shelter-16 |
| Recommended to be administered every 1-2 years, with at least nine months between surveys to allow time for changes to take effect.Best suited for organizations seeking a more detailed and fine-grained understanding of employee engagement and organizational functioning, including deeper measurement, qualitative insight, benchmarking, trend analysis, and consultation to inform action planning. | Recommended to be administered between SeeDS surveys, roughly every 3-6 months, to monitor progress and support ongoing improvement through repeated assessment. |