Starting With Today, Inc. 2015 Impact Report.
STARTING WITH TODAY, INC. IS A 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IGNITES FRESH STARTS WITH INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL, MENTAL, AND FINANCIAL LIVES.
2. Overview
8 workshops held in 2015
3 “Prep for Success” Workshops
2 “Creating a Budget that Works” Workshops
1 “Understanding Credit” Workshop
1 “Resume Building” Workshop
1 “Landing the Job – Interview Prep” Workshop
At least 40 people were served in 2015
At least 9 people attended Budget Workshops
At least 5 people attended Credit Workshops
At least 4 people attended the Interview
Workshop
At least 19 people attended the Prep for Success
At least 3 people attended the Resume Workshop
3. Data Collection
Starting With Today strives to minimize the potential
stress and mistrust that can result from asking
questions perceived as “too personal” or intrusive. It
is our goal to find the delicate balance between
building a trusting relationship with our clients and
collecting information to provide an accurate
snapshot of the population being served. Therefore
questions regarding financial stability, employment
status and general wellness are only asked at
workshops that directly address those topics.
4. Limitations
Due to late arrivals and early departures all
participants did not complete both General
information forms and Surveys.
5. Changes in data collection
General Information Form
Race and gender were
added.
“Current Status”
questions were
expanded
“How did you learn
about this workshop?”
was added to assess
which marketing
strategies were most
effective.
Exit Survey
Workshop specific
items were expanded
from 3 – 4 items to 10 -
12.
Items are better
aligned to workshop
content.
Both General Information forms and Exit Surveys
were revised for the 2015 fiscal year
6. Data Collection
General Information Form
Name, E-mail, Zip Code, Phone number, Race, Gender,
Age
3 to 4 workshop specific questions regarding
participants’ current status.
Are you interested in receiving more information about
our services
Yes, Please help me with _____________
No, Thank you.
Question regarding employment status, financial status or
fulfillment
Survey
How useful was this session on a scale of 1- 5?
What could have been done to make the session more
useful?
10 – 11 Workshop specific questions
10. How do they identify?
Race/Ethnicity N = 40 Gender N = 40
11. Services Provided
In 2015 Starting With Today focused solely on
Workshop implementation. Feedback from 2014
participant surveys was used to revise workshop
content and two new workshops were developed.
12. Average usefulness rating across workshops
4.6667
4.819
4.55
4.6
4.65
4.7
4.75
4.8
4.85
Average Usefulness Rating
How useful was this workshop on a scale of 1 - 5
2014 2015
N=45
N=31
2015 participants offered fewer recommendations for
improvement and higher ratings of workshop
usefulness than 2014 participants.
13. In 2015 100% of participants (31 out 31)
gave a usefulness rating of 4 or 5 on a 5
point scale.
0% 0% 0%
19%
81%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
1 2 3 4 5
How useful was this workshop on a
scale of 1-5?
Usefulness Rating
14. Overall workshop ratings
89% of participants (24 out of 27) indicated
that they will use the resources and
information shared during the workshop
100% of 27 participants say that workshops
provided them with useful tips on how to
improve their skills and abilities
89% of participants (24 out of 27) say that their
participation in the workshop was time well
spent
16. Resume Workshop
How useful was this session on a scale of 5?
Average rating 5 (3 responses)
What could have been done to make the
session more useful?
“More attendance to the program”
“The session was extremely helpful and
could only be improved if the technology
had cooperated”
17. Budget Workshop
“You're Awesome! Keep up the good work ”
How useful was this session on a scale of 5?
Average rating 4.875 (8 responses)
What could have been done to make the
session more useful?
Have “a syllabus of topic points for us to follow”
“Nothing I can think of. Maybe longer”
“Everything was nice”
18. Understanding Credit
Workshop
“The workshop was very very helpful. Thank you very
much”
How useful was this session on a scale of 5?
Average rating 4.8 (5 responses)
What could have been done to make the session
more useful?
“An interactive portion would be good. Just so
people could get out their seats”
“Everything was great! Very informative .”
“A good presentation. Info was clear and
comprehensive”
19. Prep for Success: Careers
Workshop
“Well done! Looking forward to the resume workshop”
How useful was this session on a scale of 5?
Average rating 4.8 (10 responses)
What could have been done to make the session
more useful?
“Nothing. Ms. Anderson was awesome.”
“The session was great I just wish I was not late to get
all the information. Love it! Was able to connect on so
many topics.”
20. Landing the Job: Interview
Prep
How useful was this session on a scale of 5?
Average rating 4.6 (5 responses)
What could have been done to make the session
more useful?
“Longer session and food and drink variety”
