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Eagle Creek Nursery and Landscape identified the issue of sourcing qualified labor. The qualifications for this labor were quite simple, they wanted said workers to have a clean drug and driving record, and they would prefer that they had experience. ... They were also looking for physical laborers more so than managerial workers or office workers. With this in mind, our team spent over 100 hours compiling and analyzing data and research in order to form recommendations on how to attract and retain qualified labor. Read more

This report provided Index Corporation with recommendations on how to engage with recently graduated STEM majors via social media. They had high hopes to diversify their company with the help of W231 students. The report includes a detailed methodolg ... y, analysis, a review of literature, an appendix, along with all of the references covered in the 100 hours of research. Read more

The IUPUI Office of Health and Wellness Promotion needed help from our group in W231 to increase student engagement in their wellness coaching program. Our report provides detailed research, analysis, and a local study of IUPUI students. Some of our ... recommendations include: 1) focusing on office strengths in current key demographics to scale the program, then adding peer-to-peer marketing to continue to grow, 2) utilizing the trials and tribulations of the COVID-19 pandemic to show value in the wellness coaching program, 3) specializing coaching options, and more in our report. Read more

Salamat Cookies seeks to expand their small business to unite the Filipino community together in appreciating and sharing the joy of eating cookies. As a team, we have dedicated research in specific demands that will drive Salamat as a company in the ... direction of reaching this overall goal. This report displays thought-out strategies including delegation, viral marketing, prioritization of social media platforms, search engine optimization, and the back-end management of order tracking organization, all to ultimately guide Salamat Cookies' expansion. In doing so, the team crafted sections including research methodology, analysis, recommendations, review of literature and an appendix. Read more

St. Luke's Mom Support Group is in search of different ways to help increase awareness and attendance. St. Luke’s Mom Support Group can implement the researched and carefully analyzed strategies that are provided in this report to be able to achieve ... these goals. The recommendation report will be able to provide findings on how to increase awareness and attendance. The report will be identifying the findings in the analysis. The information that is covered in the analysis includes, different ways to use social media to expand attendance, ways to communicate within the church in terms of fundraising and donations, what kind of environments work well for single moms and lastly recommendations on how to maintain attendance and keep audiences engaged. Read more

The Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (CHIP) is looking for new opportunities to find sufficient funding for their organization. The purpose of this recommendation report is to show evidence from the team’s exploration and analys ... is of methods to improve CHIP’s funding. These methods, using field and desk research methods, include: -Picking out why it is hard for nonprofits to find funding -Understanding why people donate to nonprofits -Studying how other nonprofits get their funding -Looking for patterns in other nonprofits on their employees and their job descriptions -Finding ways for CHIP to reach a specific audience -Understanding a nonprofit’s funding Read more

Hampton Designs Studio is seeking consumer growth. We have concluded that the best means would be to branch out and utilize social media for advertising and marketing. We have conducted local studies and performed extensive research to determine what ... platform should be utilized most and how to navigate this process for optimal results. This report recommends using Instagram as its main marketing platform and suggests strategies through primary and secondary research that has been conducted. These strategies include: social media marketing and online advertising, techniques on building a following and creating loyal followers, and an expansion of consumers. An explanation of how we obtained this material will be provided in this report by detailing our research methodology, analysis, and recommendations. Read more

The IU School of Medicine Recommendation Report examines the challenges students face with academic advising during their undergraduate experience. Our team started the project by researching best practices in advising trends and successful advising ... strategies. The research included searching scholarly databases first, then expanded to internet-based searches to look at advising programs at other universities. After one hundred hours of digital research, the team assessed IUPUI student experiences through a local study and emailed several academic advisors to get their feedback. Our report analyzes the results and suggests practical options to support effective advising practices at IUPUI. Read more

The IUPUI School of Informatics and Computing (SOIC) have been exploring various recruitment methods to effectively communicate with prospective students about their program. Their primary goals are to have potential students buy into their undergrad ... uate programs and have them commit to giving their contact information. With the contact information of these students, it becomes easier for the SOIC to keep them informed. Read more

The Olaniyan Scholars Program Recommendation Report examines best practices to engage and support undergraduate research opportunities for African American students at IUPUI. Currently, universities including IUPUI face challenges as they create unde ... rgraduate, interdisciplinary research positions that attract emerging African American scholars during their undergraduate degree program. Our report documents challenges and suggests practical steps the Olaniyan Scholars Program can take to engage and support young scholars. Read more