• WCO Annual Survey - 2024

    This survey is sent to members of the Wilds Cooperative of PA to collect aggregate information about how members are doing and how PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship's programs are impacting businesses, organizations and communities in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

  • IT'S TIME TO TALK PERFORMANCE! (yours and ours)

    Please take a moment to respond to this survey so we can demonstrate to stakeholders and investors how our member businesses and organizations are faring and how our work is impacting you. Your feedback on our programs and services is important to help us determine is most meaningful and how to continue to meet the needs of members.

    We are aligning the annual survey with tax season since we know it is when you are already pulling financial data. 

    For the purposes of this survey, we are asking you to think about activities happening between January 1-December 31, 2024.

     

    ALL INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL

    Information you provide will not be used in a way that reveals the identity of you or your organization or that discloses proprietary data. The information collected will be used in aggregate to demonstrate the economic impact of the PA Wilds Center’s programs and services and to evaluate its customer service.

    Thank you for your participation – it is critical to maintaining funding and political support for the Pennsylvania Wilds work. It also helps us do a better job!


    * Required

  • GENERAL INFORMATION

    Provide details about your business or nonprofit.

  • WCO NETWORK ENGAGEMENT

  • How did you hear about The Wilds Cooperative of PA (WCO) program? *
  • Have you found The WCO beneficial to your organization?*
  • Would you recommend The WCO to another person or organization? *
  • Please note if you participated in any of the following WCO activities during 2024 (select all that apply):
  • The things I value most in the program are (check all that apply):*
  • The following are indicators of PA Wilds Center services and programs. Please check all those that have occurred due in part to services received from PA Wilds Center, involvement in The Wilds Cooperative of PA, or because of the overarching effort to grow nature and heritage tourism in the Pennsylvania Wilds:*
  • If you requested direct assistance from PA Wilds Center, what referrals resulted? *

  • BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

    This section is for businesses and nonprofits only
  • What were the MAJOR ACTIVITIES of your operation in 2024? Select "1" for the top 3 choices that represent your most dominant activities. Select "2", "3" or "Not in our top 3" for all other options.
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  • When trying to secure investments for the PA Wilds region, it helps if we can articulate the variety of sizes of businesses we work with. To that end, please indicate your total sales revenues (before expenses) for the calendar year 2024. If you were not in business, select N/A.
  • Highlighting the wide variety of entrepreneurs participating in the PA Wilds ecosystem helps tell the region's story and more about who is being served. Does your business qualify as any of the following? (optional)

  • If you are a producer, did you sell any of your work to the PA Wilds Conservation Shop in 2024*
  • Approximately what percentage of your overall revenue for the year 2024 can be attributed to selling your product to the PA Wilds Conservation Shop?*
  • Has the effort to grow the region’s nature, heritage and outdoor tourism industry or specific programs/services of the PA Wilds Center helped you save existing jobs at your organization or create new jobs?*

  • PUBLIC SECTION -- IN YOUR OWN WORDS (Optional)

    Few things resonate more with our stakeholders than hearing about the value of the Wilds work from the people and organizations in our programs. If you would like to offer a public testimonial for possible inclusion on our program materials, websites and other platforms (free publicity!), please include it here. None of the previous sections of this questionnaire will be included, but feel free to reference in your comment if the Wilds work has helped you start a business, create jobs, break into a new market or achieve other goals.
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