The Alpha Xi Delta Membership Experience Survey Program, consisting of the Initiated Member Survey and New Member Survey, include surveys for undergraduate members that assess our organizational culture and the impact of Alpha Xi Delta membership on our members and established goals.
Alpha Xi Delta partners with Dyad Strategies to conduct the survey. All questions in the surveys are part of measurement scales tested for reliability and validity to measure our desired outcomes. None of these questions were written by anyone associated as an employee or volunteer of Alpha Xi Delta. The surveys are anonymous. Aggregate chapter data will be compiled and shared in reports, but no individual identifying information will be disclosed. To help Alpha Xi Delta continue to improve as an organization, it is very important that members respond honestly to all questions. The results of this survey are for educational purposes, and no adverse actions will be taken toward individuals or chapters as a result of answers given within the surveys. Each survey should take 25-30 minutes to complete.
Who should take the Initiated Member Survey?
New Members for the semester the survey is being deployed for should take the survey. On March 8, the assessment will be sent to each member individually via email. The survey link is unique for each person and must not be forwarded or shared with other members.
Do our inactive status members need to take it?
Members who are considered inactive, including those who are studying abroad, student teaching, or participating in a co-op, are not required to complete the assessment. Since they are still listed as members within your chapter roster, they will receive the survey link, but will not be factored into your final calculations when calculating completion rates.
What chapter officer is responsible for helping implement the Initiated Member Survey?
Chapter Presidents will play an integral role in the implementation of the Initiated Member Survey.
What is the survey timeline?
September 17: Chapter rosters must be up to date in Member Portal. Ensure chapter members’ email addresses are correct.
September 21: The Initiated Member Survey opens. Each member eligible to take the survey will receive an email with the link.
October 22: The Initiated Member Survey closes.
Who should take the New Member Survey?
New Members for the semester the survey is being deployed should take the survey. For example, spring New Members should take the Spring New Member Survey. On October 21, the assessment will be sent to each New Member individually via email. The survey link is unique for each person and must not be forwarded or shared with other members.
What chapter officer is responsible for helping implement the New Member Survey?
Member Development Vice Presidents (MDVP) and New Member Orientation Directors (NMOD) will play an integral role in the implementation of the Initiated Member Survey.
What is the survey timeline?
The Membership Experience Survey Program, a membership outcomes assessment deployed by Dyad Strategies, is a series of surveys that will capture data relating to the Alpha Xi Delta undergraduate experience. The data collected from the surveys will allow chapters and volunteers to better understand the experiences of their membership and current chapter culture while also providing FHQ with deeper insights of the entire Alpha Xi Delta membership along with individual chapters to allow for more tailored support. The survey will be broken into two parts; the Initiated Member Survey for active, initiated members, and the New Member Survey for New Members.
Chapters should strive towards 100% completion; however, we recognize that may not always be possible. To get statistically significant results, a minimum of 70% response rate is required to achieve the Double Blue and Gold Standard.
The entire survey will take 25 – 30 minutes to complete.
Weekly progress reports will be made available each week and will include a list of your members indicating who has and has not completed the survey. They will also include how close the chapter is to the minimum 70% completion rate required.
Possibly. This survey is for the benefit of chapter leaders, to provide direct feedback from your members. If students are dishonest or rush through by marking random answers, that will affect your results. The survey tabulation software has some built-in controls for “fake data,” so one or two members not taking it seriously won’t skew your results. The best way to prevent this is to emphasize the importance and benefits for the entire chapter by sharing honest and complete answers.
Yes. Responses will be collected by our data firm partner, Dyad. Fraternity Headquarters staff, volunteers, and chapter members will not have access to individual responses and will only see chapter-level and organizational-level reports.
No. The questions in the survey measure the attitudes and experiences of your members. We will not collect data on specific incidents. Data collected from questions relating to alcohol, hazing, and sexual assault behaviors will be used to provide better and tailored support to your chapters and more robust educational initiatives but will not be used in any punitive way.
Yes! The Membership Experience Survey Program will be administered every year in the fall term for both surveys, and the spring term for the New Member Survey. Conducting the survey each year will allow chapters to continue to learn about the realities of their chapter experience and provide insight into changing trends both at the chapter and national organization level.
No, each is their own separate survey. The Initiated Member Survey is for all initiated members. The New Member Survey is for New Members only.
If you are having problems or issues related to the survey, please navigate to the Troubleshooting Guide below first. It is likely that your question may already have a solution.
If you do not find the help you are looking for, please contact Kristen Wyse Wagner, Director of Education and Leadership, at kwagner@alphaxidelta.org.
Survey link
The assessment will be sent to each member INDIVIDUALLY via email, to the email address listed in Member Portal. The survey link is unique for each person and will not work if it’s forwarded or shared with other Sisters.
I didn’t get the email.
I deleted the email.
Many Sisters in my chapter didn’t get the email.
Depending on the survey you are taking, Chapter Presidents (and/or Member Development Vice Presidents and New Member Orientation Directors have each member’s individualized survey link included in their weekly progress report spreadsheet. They can send these links to Sisters who are missing the link.
Please note that going into Member Portal to change an email address after the
roster update deadline and/or after the survey has launched will NOT automatically re-send the survey to the updated email address. The emails are coming from an external vendor.
If most of your chapter (more than 50%) did not receive the survey, the Chapter President should contact Kristen Wyse Wagner first. It’s possible that your campus email server has blocked the messages. We can develop a workaround based on your unique circumstances.
Member is marked as “Opted-Out”:
Dyad Strategies utilizes SurveyMonkey for the deployment of our surveys. If a member is marked as “Opted-Out,” this means that in the past, they received a different survey from SurveyMonkey and unsubscribed from emails. If a person has unsubscribed from SurveyMonkey emails at any point, it prevents any future surveys sent from SurveyMonkey from landing in their inbox. This includes the their survey. In order to receive the Initiated Member Survey, they need to “Opt-In” to SurveyMonkey emails again. In order to “Opt-In,” the member will need to enter their email address via this link. They will then receive an email from SurveyMonkey with a link to confirm their Opt-In preference. After that is confirmed, they will receive their survey email.
There are Sisters on our roster who are no longer active. Did they get the survey? Will that impact our participation rate?
Everyone on your roster as of the roster update deadline will get the survey, however only active members will count towards the required 70%.
For roster changes after the roster update deadline, make those updates in Member Portal and also contact Kristen Wyse Wagner. She will manually remove those members from your survey list.
What should we do if New Members are initiated when the Initiated Member Survey is open?
You don’t need to do anything. We know that New Members may be initiated during this period, but their experience more closely aligns with that of a New Member. For this reason, they will only take the New Member survey this fall and will complete the Initiated Member Survey starting in the fall of 2026.
Fraternity Headquarters contact for troubleshooting:
Kristen Wyse Wagner
Director of Education and Leadership
kwagner@alphaxidelta.org