NEW YORK, and PALO ALTO, Calif., July
23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Harris Interactive Inc.
(NASDAQ: HPOL), a leading global market research firm, today
announced a first of its kind collaboration with SurveyMonkey, the
global leader in online survey solutions. The collaboration brings
together the innovative SurveyMonkey platform with the 20+ year
heritage of Harris Interactive's Harris Poll School
PulseSM, a comprehensive, integrated satisfaction
management tool for school leadership that streamlines stakeholder
input (students, teachers, administrators and parents), prioritizes
concern areas, and recommends ongoing improvement measures. Harris
Poll School Pulse has been tested repeatedly, and has proven
successful in helping hundreds of school districts of various sizes
across the country.
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"Our goal is to support the continuous improvement of education
and make it possible for school administrators to gain critical
feedback from their stakeholders," said Mike de Vere, President of the Harris Poll. "We
know that balancing student, parent and teacher needs while meeting
rigorous academic and budget requirements is the daily task of
school district administrators nationwide. As an established leader
in market research with 50 years of experience, innovation is part
of our DNA; teaming up with the technology experts at SurveyMonkey
allows us to continue to drive down the cost for school districts
while preserving the value of our School Pulse offering."
"The richness in research and analytics that Harris provides is a great addition to our
self-service model," said Bennett
Porter, Vice President at SurveyMonkey. "Now, school
districts can gather critical input from teachers, parents and
students in an easy, affordable way and leverage those insights
against other school districts of similar size. We're thrilled to
partner with Harris to make
improving education a priority."
Key features of the tool include:
- A 360 degree look at all the stakeholders (students, teachers,
parents and administrators)
- Affordable web-based survey solutions
- Professionally designed standardized survey and reporting
- Benchmark data against similar school districts
- Specific and actionable recommendations for improvements
- Study results provided by Harris Interactive youth and
education experts
For more information regarding Harris Poll School Pulse, please
visit
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/Products/Reports/SchoolPoll.aspx
About Harris Interactive
Harris Interactive is one of the world's leading market research
firms, leveraging research, technology, and business acumen to
transform relevant insight into actionable foresight. Known widely
for the Harris Poll® and for pioneering innovative
research methodologies, Harris
offers proprietary solutions in the areas of market and customer
insight, corporate brand and reputation strategy, and marketing,
advertising, public relations and communications research.
Harris possesses expertise in a
wide range of industries including health care, technology, public
affairs, energy, telecommunications, financial services, insurance,
media, retail, restaurant, and consumer package goods.
Additionally, Harris has a
portfolio of multi-client offerings that complement our custom
solutions while maximizing our client's research investment.
Serving clients in more than 196 countries and territories through
our North American and European offices, Harris specializes in delivering research
solutions that help us - and our clients - stay ahead of what's
next. For more information, please visit
www.harrisinteractive.com.
About SurveyMonkey
SurveyMonkey (www.surveymonkey.com) is the world's largest
survey company, helping customers collect more than 2 million
online survey responses every day. SurveyMonkey revolutionizes the
way people give and take feedback, making it accessible, easy and
affordable for everyone. The company was founded in 1999 with a
focus on helping people make better decisions and has built
technology based on more than 10 years of experience in survey
methodology and Web development. Customers include 99 percent of
the Fortune 500, academic institutions, small businesses, HR
departments and neighborhood soccer leagues everywhere.
The company has more than 200 employees throughout the United States and Portugal, with headquarters in Palo Alto, CA.
Press Contact:
Corporate Communications
Harris Interactive
212-539-9600
press@harrisinteractive.com
SOURCE Harris Interactive