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"We work with nonprofits to help meet their volunteer needs. To be successful, we need a thorough understanding of volunteers, especially in terms of the types of activities they prefer and how volunteering fits in their schedules. O’Neil Associates conducted focus groups and survey research that gave us a clearer understanding of how volunteers perceive our organization. The results helped us gauge whether the programs and services we were providing actually work for our volunteers."
Rhonda Oliver
President/CEO
Make a Difference |
"The Ethics Resource Center is a Washington, DC-based think-tank concerned with business ethics. A flagship product of the Center is a biennial national survey of ethical practice in the American workplace. Since the results target very senior executives and the leading national press, we had to ensure that the survey was conducted with the highest rigor and scientific precision. As Senior Researcher for ERC, I initially chose O'Neil Associates to consult in designing and executing this survey because they made the effort to really understand our needs. O'Neil Associates proved to be more than a research vendor, partnering with us to deliver superior results and developing a relationship that has continued even after I left that organization."
Josh Joseph
Research Director
Human Resources Division
Bureau of National Affairs |
"After Ardent Health, a major national healthcare corporation, bought a major healthcare system in our market, we heard rumblings of unhappiness in the community. We needed to know what the community didn't like about our hospital and insurance plan, and we needed to know what it would take to fix it. We hired O'Neil Associates to conduct focus groups with all major hospital constituencies and a major community survey. Through this research we learned where our weak points were and discovered what we had to do to rebuild our image."
Frank Duran
Kilmer & Kilmer |
"When DDB Worldwide needed a clear understanding of how their client, a major utility, was perceived by significant constituencies in its service area, the work had to be accurate, executed with lightning speed, and presented clearly to the most senior management. O’Neil Associates delivered on all counts."
Marianne Ellis
Integrated Communications Director
DDB Worldwide |
"Throughout the process of our union contract negotiations, we needed to be absolutely certain we knew the priorities of our 89,000+ members who are dispersed throughout the United States. Union member surveys and focus groups conducted by O'Neil Associates have provided us the information we need to negotiate contracts that match the priorities of our union members. So keen was O'Neil Associates analysis, with our blessing, the employer, Kaiser Permanente, has hired O'Neil Associates to explain these results to senior management and to undertake further research."
Margaret Peisert
Assistant Director
AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department |
"Because my research is nationally recognized I need research support services that are above reproach. In the past I’ve used the nation’s premier university based research centers, and I have found the quality of work produced by O’Neil Associates, Inc. on par with the most renowned institutions."
Rachel Volberg
Gemini Research |
"As part of a major visioning process, we needed to learn what residents thought about the City of Goodyear, the various city services we provide and how they envisioned Goodyear in the future. I hired O’Neil Associates to conduct qualitative research that ultimately helped us develop a strategic plan that ensures Goodyear is and will continue to develop into the high quality city its citizens expect. The clarity and insight provided by O’Neil Associates is why I have returned to them many times over the last 15 years. As a result of a decade-long partnership with O’Neil Associates that began during my years as Marketing Director for the City of Glendale, I knew that O’Neil Associates was the place to turn for this type of in-depth research."
Paula Ilardo
Communications Manager
City of Goodyear |
"When Cox was facing demands from a local government to increase taxes on our cable customers, we decided to ask the customers what they thought. We hired O’Neil Associates to assess the attitudes of community residents towards the City’s demands. O’ Neil Associates' professionalism and experience helped us achieve an unprecedented success. With the credible results from the O’Neil Associates assessment, not only were we able to defeat the imposition of additional cable customer taxes, we were also able to reduce their existing local cable taxes. The results were a savings of over $40 million to our customers over the term of the new cable license."
Susan Anable
Director of Public Affairs
Cox Communications |
"When we were trying a widely publicized murder case, we needed to know if it was possible for our client to get a fair trial in our area, or if a change of venue was necessary. We hired O’Neil Associates to measure prospective jurors’ knowledge of our case. We used their work to argue for a case of a change of venue as well as to effectively prepare for trial."
Brick Storts, JD
Criminal Law Specialist
Barton Storts |
"The Morrison Institute for Public Policy was interested in working to help remedy the public school teacher shortage. We contracted with O’Neil Associates to survey certified teachers who are not currently teaching. Through this research we learned that the conventional wisdom about why many teachers choose not to be in classrooms was often wrong. We used the lessons we learned through this research to inform education policy makers."
Rebecca Gau
Morrison Institute for Public Policy
Arizona State University |
"As a professor of Community Health at the University of Illinois, I have conducted research on health behaviors for decades, often working with state government agencies and not-for-profit organizations such as the American Lung Association. When university survey organizations became more costly and bureaucratically difficult, I turned to O’Neil Associates for conducting the survey research I needed. I’ve found their work to be of the same high standards, but at lower cost and much faster turnaround."
Thomas W. O’Rourke, PhD, MPH
Professor Emeritus
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
"Arizona State University wanted to gauge the interest Arizona high tech businesses had in partnering with the University. We felt that the vast resources of the University could be helpful in sustaining, developing and expanding our state’s business community. We contracted O’Neil Associates to measure interest. This was invaluable in helping us to develop effective partnership strategies."
Julia Rosen
Business Development Manager
Arizona State University |
"When the Maricopa Community Colleges needed voter support for a bond election to expand the country's largest community college district, we turned to O'Neil Associates because we knew they understood the voters, understood the issues and could help us properly frame the question for a positive outcome. We have used O'Neil Associates for years and they helped us develop the strengths and weaknesses of our position so we could tailor an active campaign. 76.4% of the voters approved our $961 million bond request, an overwhelming victory that O'Neil Associates helped bring about."
Rick DeGraw
Former Communications & Marketing Director
Maricopa County Community College District, 1991-2006 |
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Rachel Volberg
Gemini Research