September 1, 2009 - The National Alumni Engagement Survey is now online -everyone should participate.  This survey collects data on alumni attitudes, interests, and giving, and compares these data across different schools and student populatons.  It's a very interesting study that promises to provide the field of alumni advancement with a wealth of information about alumni engagement and giving.  Please participate in the study by going to the National Alumni Engagement Survey, and please suggest that your classmates, friends and fellow alumni do so as well.

August 10, 2009 - Dr. Jim Flynn will present findings from HSR's alumni survey research program at the CASE District III Conference in Tampa, Florida, February, 2010.  If you are interested in what the data say, you should join him at the conference.

October 8, 2008 – Dr. Jim Flynn, President of Harford Survey Research, received the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA.  This award honors alumni who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to one or more areas of society, including but not limited to, professional, academic, and personal achievements, as well as service to the College.  As a member of the College’s Alumni Board, Dr. Flynn conducted LC’s first ever alumni survey.   Lynchburg College’s President Kenneth R. Garren, Ph.D. noted that Jim’s work placed the College years ahead of where they ever hoped to be regarding LC’s alumni programming. 

October 1, 2008 – HSR, a leader in alumni survey research, is working with a consortium of Ivy League Schools, using HSR's Alumni Engagement Survey to examine what motivates alumni to remain engaged with and make financial gifts to their alma maters.  HSR is employing their new, Web-based, Survey Feedback Community tool to share results online as quickly as data are being collected, and to create an online dialogue between survey respondents and alumni relations staff.  Dr. Flynn notes, "This is really state-of-the-art survey technology, and it's going to significantly affect the way survey data are collected.  Survey respondents report that they actually become engaged in the survey process.  Providing online community forums where respondents and organizational leaders can discuss survey results, really makes the survey process much more meaningful and effective."  Participating Ivy League Schools will be able to collaborate online using the Web-based HSR Survey Feedback Community tool, and all participants will be invited to attend HSR's end-of-project Design Conference, where survey results will be discussed and benchmarked, and Best Practices for building engaged alumni communities will be presented.  If you would like more information about this study, please email us at info@harfordsurveyresearch.com. 

April 15, 2008 – HSR has begun data collection with Cedar Crest College’s 2008 Alumnae Profile.  The 2008 Alumnae Profile is a Web-based survey that includes an alumnae record management system, and alumni attitude and interest surveys.  Dr Flynn noted, “This is a very comprehensive survey that obtains a considerable amount of data on individual alumnae, and will be used for several different purposes by the College.  Dr. Flynn went on to say, “We are creating for the College a searchable data base that can be used to identify and recruit engaged alumni.  We are also developing objective measures of alumni engagement, which appear to be good predictors of whether or not alumnae make financial gifts to the College.  We are developing some pretty innovative technologies in this project.”

April 3, 2008 – Dr. Flynn will present findings from a survey research study he conducted that was directed at enhancing alumni engagement at a small Liberal Arts College.  http://www.case.org/onlinespeaker/OSS_April_03_08/default.cfm

February 15, 2008 - Dr. Flynn was cited in perhaps the most influential e-newsletter for alumni professionals!  Andy Shaindlin, the editor of Alumni Futures, is definitely an opinion-maker among alumni leaders, and was recently cited at an international non-profit travel conference as perhaps the brightest star in alumni relations today.  Dr. Flynn was cited for developing an objective measure of alumni engagement, and for his research describing the relationship between alumni attitudes and their gift giving behaviors.  http://www.alumnifutures.com/2008/02/does-low-alumni.html

December 1, 2007 – Harford Survey Research (HSR) has initiated a multi-hospital survey study on hospital patient safety culture.  HSR will use a Web-based version of the new AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture that will also include open-ended questions and obtain written comments from individual survey respondents.  These data will provide a wealth of information about organizational conditions that contribute to adverse events and patient harm.  If you would like more information about this study or wish to participate, please contact Dr. Flynn at 410-893-5152 or email us at info@harfordsurveyresearch.com.

December 1, 2007 – HSR, a leader in alumni survey research, is conducting a multi-school, Web-based alumni attitudes survey study with a select consortium of small liberal arts colleges to examine what motivates alumni to remain engaged with and make financial gifts to their alma maters. Approximately 10 schools will be participating in this study with the findings being shared across the consortium.  If you would like more information about this study or wish to participate, please contact Dr. Flynn at 410-893-5152 or email us at info@harfordsurveyresearch.com. 

November 15, 2005 – Harford Survey Research successfully completed the first Web-based Community Health Assessment Survey of Harford County, Maryland.  Survey results are now being shared with community stakeholders and disseminated throughout the community.  Community Action Teams are working with the data to design and evaluate strategies aimed at enhancing the community’s health and well-being.

October 8, 2005 - Dr. Flynn received an award from Lynchburg College's Alumni Association in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the College and in appreciation for his leadership in the conduct of the first comprehensive Lynchburg College Alumni Survey.  Dr. Flynn was also formally recognized by the College in March, 2006 for his outstanding work on the survey.  The President of Lynchburg College, Dr. Ken Garren, noted, “Dr. Flynn’s work has contributed greatly to the College’s recent efforts to reach out to alumni, and has placed LC many years ahead of where we expected to be at this time.”

March 1, 2005 – Dr. Flynn designed, developed and implemented two web-based alumni surveys for Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA.  These included an alumni attitude survey and an alumni interest survey.  Dr. Flynn was a 1971 graduate of Lynchburg College.   As a member of the school’s alumni board, Dr. Flynn volunteered to conduct the two web-based alumni surveys.  Dr. Flynn stated, “The work provided a real opportunity for us to understand why some alumni remain engaged with and make financial gifts to the College, and others do not.”