Look before you Leap

An organization was in financial distress after expansion into a new market; they had not done a thorough analysis of the proposed expansion. After contacting S4DDS it became quickly apparent that their communication plan was not conducive for reaching the populations residing in the new market. Together we developed a new lower cost communication plan that was more effective in reaching their new market.

When less is more

A company developed new technology that they needed their clients to install. Clients were skeptical of the new tech so the company tried multiple costly incentive programs that provided less than a 30% increase in recruitment. After conducting focus groups and interviews it was identified that the way the client described the new tech combined with the high incentives led to concerns about what was really being collected. New terminology was identified as well as a quick fact sheet which led to a more than 90% acceptance rate.

high cost of DIY

A company (that relies on private and government funds) contacted S4DDS after a funder identified numerous inconsistencies in their annual report data and refused to renew the funds until they were corrected. The company had a staff member analyze the data submitted for the original report. Though the staff member had analysis coursework in graduate school this was not their current profession. Upon review it was discovered that several things in the database were not set up properly, resulting in the staff member having to manually rework the data that resulted is significant errors. S4DDS was able to quickly reorganize the database and provide the needed data at a fraction of the time and cost the company spent having their staff member do the analysis in-house.