SI 501 Client Recruitment Form W2015  
SI 501 seeks not-for-profit client organizations who are experiencing a challenge in the way information flows – via paper, technology, and/or human communication – that a graduate student group can observe, discuss, and analyze. After spending time in your organization to observe and interview at least five organization members, the group will come up with a set of recommendations tailored to your team’s culture and context. Your team would need to be available to this group for a planning meeting in January and for observations and interviews in late February and March. Results will be provided by the end of April as either a formal presentation or a technical report (your choice).

What’s a Good Project?
We’re looking for challenges that deal with how information moves through your organization. Does paperwork get “stuck” in a particular stage in its processing? Are there too many people gathering data in conflicting ways? Do phone messages get written out but calls aren’t returned? Is a move to a new workplace resulting in unexpected gaps in who knows what? Those are all good projects … and so are many more. The key is to have a project where some kind of information (words, paper, text, messages, calls, email, web submissions, knowledge, etc.) moves through a process … and doesn’t quite work the way it should.

What Isn’t a Good Project?
In our class, our students are learning how to interview people and observe them at work, then to analyze that data and come up with just-right solutions for you. Unfortunately, the semester is short, so that’s where their work stops, so they cannot implement their suggestions, train your staff about them, build new systems or websites, create technical manuals or procedure books, or write grants.  Our students also do not perform marketing analysis, as they don't engage in the development of surveys or facilitate focus groups.

Got a challenge? Let’s start by getting some information from you; then one of our planning team members can get in touch with details.

(NOTE: DUE TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SERVE ALL APPLICANTS.)
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Organization Information
Organization Name *
Organization Type *
If you select 'other' please specify what type.
Organization Website Address/URL *
Organization Address *
Full mailing address, including city, state, and zip code.
Number of people in organization (estimate) *
Please estimate the number of people in the entire organization.
Mission Statement *
Please provide the text of your organization's mission statement.
Vision Statement
Please provide the text of your organization's vision statement.
Purpose/Values
Please provide information about your organization's purpose and/or values.
Additional Information
If there is any other information that you would like about your organization, please do so here.  (Note: you will have an opportunity to provide information about your team and the proposed project below.)
Primary Contact Person Information
Please provide information for the person who will be the primary point of contact for this project.
First Name *
Last Name *
Position/Title and Department *
Email Address *
Phone Number *
Relationship to UMSI *
Please check all that apply
Required
Secondary Contact Person
Please provide information for a secondary (backup) person for this project.  
First Name *
Last Name *
Position/Title and Department *
Email Address *
Phone Number *
Relationship to UMSI *
Please check all that apply
Required
Project Information
(Please note that the following projects are incompatible with SI 501 course objectives: analyzing interpersonal communication methods or skills, website or usability analysis, research and comparison of technology for future purchases, media or public relations analysis of the outcomes of information flow to the public, analysis of the success of publicity or promotion campaigns, survey development, or grant research/writing.)
Department/Team *
What is the department/team that our students will be working with?
Purpose/Values
Please provide information about your team's goals/purpose/values/etc.
Distance from Ann Arbor *
Approximately how many miles are you from Ann Arbor (48109)?
Number of people in team (estimate) *
Please estimate the number of people in the team that will be participating in this project. Be as accurate as possible.
Will access to 5-10 people for one-hour interviews in February & March be possible? *
(A minimum of 5 is required.)
Team Member #1 *
First and last name of team member who will be available for interview.
Team Member #1 email address *
Team Member #2 *
First and last name of team member who will be available for interview.
Team Member #2 email address *
Team Member #3 *
First and last name of team member who will be available for interview.
Team Member #3 email address *
Team Member #4 *
First and last name of team member who will be available for interview.
Team Member #4 email address *
Team Member #5 *
First and last name of team member who will be available for interview.
Team Member #5 email address *
Team Member #6
First and last name of team member who will be available for interview.
Team Member #6 email address
Team Member #7
First and last name of team member who will be available for interview.
Team Member #7 email address
Team Member #8
First and last name of team member who will be available for interview.
Team Member #8 email address
Team Member #9
First and last name of team member who will be available for interview.
Team Member #9 email address
Team Member #10
First and last name of team member who will be available for interview.
Team Member #10 email address
Briefly summarize the information flow challenge you are facing. (In 100 words or less.) *
Try describing it in these terms: "We want UMSI students to study ______ because ______ in order to help us ______."
What is the current information flow? What isn't working? *
We have found that describing the current information flow in a bulleted list is helpful.
Will the student team have access to the resources being studied? *
Organizational charts, forms, sample work products, etc.?
Will the student team be able to conduct interviews on-site? *
Including observing, recording, and photographing the workspace where this information flow problem takes place.
Will the student team need to sign a non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement? *
Additional Information
Is there any additional information that we should know about your information flow problem?
Additional Information
How did you hear about us? *
Check all that apply
Required
Would you be interested in participating as a host site for other UMSI student projects? *
example: UMSI Alternative Spring Break
Client Agreement: Click on the link below to view the Client Agreement *
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