Parents! We Need Your Help!

Parent Cafe
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<p>Hi! I’ve been around here for several years and found these boards incredibly helpful when I was trying to transfer to UCLA. I’m now in my 2nd quarter and still visit CC to help other students where I can. </p>

<p>I am a Communication Studies major and am on the internet committee for UCLA’s Advertising and Marketing Team. It’s an entirely student-run group that is kind of comparable to working within in an ad firm on campus. It’s a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the field. </p>

<p>Right now, we are in the middle of collecting data to help us shape our campaign and we really need to hear from people across the country. This has been a struggle since many of our own friends are younger than our target demographic. Our own parents, family, and friends have been asked to participate but we are still in need of greater response. </p>

<p>So, I’m here to ask for your input. We have an online survey which should take no more than 4-5 minutes and your participation would help us immeasurably. If you could spare the time, myself and my teammates would be eternally grateful. I hope that this isn’t considered spam, because we really are a bunch of college kids in need of some help. </p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>[UCLA</a> AdTeam Survey](<a href=“http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=493031604974]UCLA”>http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=493031604974)</p>

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<p>I couldn’t send you a private message, but I read some of the questions, which ask for personal/financial information. (Income? Name of your bank? How do you pay your bills? by mail? is your mailbox attached to your house?) I don’t think you’ll get many takers.</p>

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<p><em>allie</em> , I looked at it also and had the same reaction that atomom had. You might want to rethink the questions</p>

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<p>I understand the concern, and I was under the impression that the more personal questions were optional and not required to complete the survey. Unfortunately some of them may be required due to the nature of the product, which relates to identity and mail security. I will bring up those concerns with our management team. Thanks for looking at it though!</p>

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<p>Allie–</p>

<p>Good luck with AdTeam! My son was on the Creative Team the past two years.</p>

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<p>Allie: your project needs serious rethinking. The quesitions you ask about concern regarding identity threat are exactly the reason why people are not going to answer this on-line survey (or for that matter, any other survey). I suggest that you work on a different product if possible, and if need be convey to your professor why this is necessary.</p>

<p>(No, I am not going to participate in the survey)</p>

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<p>This is a national competition (with regional competitions beforehand) for which the assignment is given; therefore, the project cannot be changed. <a href=“http://www.aaf.org/college/nsac.html[/url]”>http://www.aaf.org/college/nsac.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;