Instructions on How to Register for the LiNGO Survey
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If you would like to register to participate in any of the LiNGO (Local Salary Surveys for the NGO Community) country surveys, please download and complete the excel-based Registration Form: Click to Download Form To help you complete the form, we suggest that you review the instructions below. Included in the registration form is an "Example of a Completed Form" that you can reference as well.
The cost of each survey is US$900 per surveyed location for NGOs and US$1,500 for-profit members of InsideNGO or People-in-Aid. See detail price list here. Although you will be asked to submit your billing contact when you register, you will not be required to make payment until your survey is started.
How to Complete Part 1:
1. Please complete your form in full. It is crucial for the LiNGO survey team to have all the required information so we can ensure that your survey process will be as quick, easy, and straightfoward as possible. The required fields are denoted with an asterisk *.
2. Please ask the person who is responding to the survey to complete the registration. The survey respondent is the person (cell D2 in the Registration Form) who will participate in the 60 to 90 minute telephone interview with the Birches Group Survey Analyst collecting your salary data. This person should be able to provide all the necessary information about your organisation's compensation practices for the country survey for which you have registered. We find it better if the survey respondent is the one who registers so we have that individual's contact information and that person is prepared to take part in the survey analyst's call. If you would like to see one of your field offices participate in the surveys, please let them know, and ask them to register. If you like, we can assist you with those registrations.
3. Please register for multiple surveys in the same registration form provided that the survey respondent is the same for each country survey. Just complete a separate row for each survey in which you want to participate. Please see an example of registering for multiple countries with the same data contact in the “Example - Completed registration form” which is the additional tab in the registration form workbook. If you would like your organisation to participate in multiple country surveys, but there is a different survey respondent for each country, encourage those who would serve as the data contact to complete the registration and submit the forms.
4. Please provide a Skype name if you have one. (cell H2 in the Registration Form) This will allow us to contact you if we are having difficulty reaching you by email or by phone .
5. Please provide the name of your HQ contact person. (cell L2 in the Registration Form) We ask for this information so that we can let HR personnel know which of their field offices has signed up to participate in LiNGO surveys .
6. Please make sure the email address is correct for the billing contact. (cell R2 in the Registration Form) The billing contact is the person who will be responsible for organising payment for the survey.
How to Complete Part II: Refer Other Organisations to Participate in the Survey
LiNGO surveys run on a schedule dictated by interest in a country location, so you can ensure your location is one of the first to run by recommending other organisations you would like to see participate or you think may want to participate.
- For each country survey in which you have registered, please provide the names of the organisations, the name and email address of a contact person, and the country survey in which you would like them to participate. We will send the contact persons indicated an email inviting them to participate in the survey as well. There is no limit to the number of referrals you can provide! Remember the more people who join the survey the more robust the survey data! Please see the example sheet to see how multiple referrals for multiple countries can be provided.
How to Submit Your Registration
- Please send completed forms to survey.registration@lingosurvey.com. Once we have your registration, we will review it and contact you within 7 days to confirm that your registration is complete or to ask you to provide any missing information. You can also send any questions regarding registration to this address.
Overview of the Survey Process
- Register: Complete your registration form and submit it to survey.registration@lingosurvey.com.
- Receive Notification: Within 7 days of submission, you will receive an e-mail verification of your registration by a LiNGO survey team member.
- Check "Country Survey Status": Each country survey will be launched after we received the required number of registrations for that country. You are encouraged to visit the LiNGO survey web site and check on the "Country Survey Status" section to see how many other organisations have registered for the same country survey. This is a good way to stay up to date with how each country survey is progressing and developing.
- Schedule Interview: Once the survey is launched, a Birches Group survey analyst will get in touch with the survey respondent to schedule an interview for data collection. If you fail to respond to emails to set up the interview your registration will be made void.
- Attend Survey Kick Off Webinar: About 3 weeks after the survey launch, the LiNGO survey team will host a survey kick off meeting via web conference to provide participants with an overview of the survey schedule, methodology, and how the LiNGO survey matching works.
- Participate in Interview: At the designated time, the Birches Group survey analyst will have a 90 minute telephone interview with the survey respondent who will provide information about salaries and benefits for your organisation in that country. To help prepare for the interview, please download the Salary Survey Interview Guide
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- Receive Report(s): The Birches Group will distribute reports to participants.
- Enroll in Results Webinar: The LiNGO survey team will offer webinars to help interpret the data about two weeks after the publication of a country report. You can also visit our How to Use Data page for more information and email any questions and comments to info@lingosurvey.com.
