What is new with the 2023 EMBAC Membership Program Survey?

Percept Research is updating the research portals for Executive MBA Council members in 2023 for improved navigation and security. Until the transition is complete, you can still use your research portal as a hub to access your Report Archive. 

During this migration, members will complete the Membership Program Survey directly with a Qualtrics survey instead of via their research portals. We hope this will improve the experience so you do not have to utilize your portal login credentials this year to quickly access the survey.  

What's new?

1. Accessing the survey - Instead of accessing the survey within the research portal, members will receive a unique Qualtrics survey link for each program listed in the EMBAC Directory. Member contacts that are listed in the Directory as Program Survey Designates will receive the survey invitations.

Each program-unique survey link will allow members to complete the survey directly within Qualtrics bypassing the portal. 

With this new approach, you may now complete the survey on mobile devices as well. 😀

2. Access the survey without a survey invitation - reference this article: How can I participate in the EMBAC Membership Program Survey?

3. Directory Profile Summary (DPS) - Percept Research will proactively send the Directory Profile Summary via email to the survey designates just before fielding begins instead of members having to the summary from their research portal as in the past. A link to each program-specific DPS will also be accessible within the survey itself and the survey email invitations.

4. Completing the survey for multiple programs simultaneously - This option is no longer available with this new approach. Each program in the directory will receive a unique survey link. The survey is completed for each program individually.

5. Start and resume the survey - Once a section within the survey is completed and the "Next" button is clicked, the responses will be saved. A member may leave the survey and return to the last completed section with each unique program-specific link. 

6. Add or Delete a program in the Directory - reference this article: How do I add or delete a program in the EMBA Council Directory?

7. Add, Remove, or Modify program contacts - reference this article: How do I add, remove, or modify contacts to the Executive MBA Council Directory?

8. Pre-populated survey responses from previous submission - In years past, the survey would be pre-populated with the responses from the previous submission. Due to the platform change this year, pre-population will not be available. However, you will have access to the Directory Profile Summary to reference these responses. 

9. Survey navigation - This is a new feature this year. reference this article: How can I navigate between sections in the Membership Program Survey?

10. Confirm survey complete for submission - reference this article: Why do I have to "confirm" my data for the EMBAC Program Survey?

11. Summary of Completed Survey - This is a new feature this year. reference this article: How do I retrieve a summary of my completed EMBAC Program Survey?

12. Request extension - If you anticipate difficulty completing the survey by the deadline, please contact us here to request an extension: https://link.bschoolresear.ch/EMBACsupport.

13. Back button - This is a new feature this year. We have added a back button to allow members to adjust previous responses. This button will only work within survey sections.