The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, located at Cornell University, is one of the world’s leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from public opinion surveys. The Center’s mission is to collect, preserve, and disseminate public opinion data; to serve as a resource to help improve the practice of survey research; and to broaden the understanding of public opinion through the use of survey data in the United States and abroad. Founded in 1947, the Roper Center holds data ranging from the 1930s, when survey research was in its infancy, to the present. Its collection now includes over 22,000 datasets and adds hundreds more each year. In total, the archive contains responses from millions of individuals on a vast range of topics. (Source: http://ropercenter.cornell.edu/about-the-center/)
Case Study
When they came to DaizyLogik, the Roper Center was manually managing data distributed across several different systems and/or in the heads of members of the team. They had acquired Salesforce but sought assistance getting it up and running and getting their data into the system. They were starting their implementation to Salesforce from scratch. Since they wanted a system to manage membership and data contributions to their system, not donors, they decided not to use the Non-Profit Success Pack.
DaizyLogik worked with them to understand the key processes they were hoping to make more efficient – notably managing members who subscribe to the resources the Roper Center provides, and data providers who provide the data the Roper Center makes available. While neither involve large volumes of data, they do have some complex relationships and require management and updates in a timely fashion.
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