Session Description:
This interactive workshop will explore how UWaterloo staff can use student stories to inform various levels of decision making. The intended audience of this session is anyone looking to elevate their work by ensuring their decisions are data-informed, regardless of budget, capacity and resources. Using real examples from the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) the facilitators will demonstrate the different layers of student consultation from low-effort, low budget methods such as boothing and intercepts, to high-effort, high budget methods such as our Representative Survey Platform. Participants will learn how to choose consultation methods based on project goals, timelines, capacity and organizational priorities. By the end of the session, participants will have a stronger understanding of the data needed to support student-centered decisions and how to apply it in practice.
Learning Outcomes:
After attending this session, participants will be able to:
-
Identify various consultation method
-
Assess which method aligns best with their project goals, timelines, and priorities
-
Translate student stories into actionable, data-informed decisions
Session Structure:
Lecture-style presentation with optional Q&A
Presenters:
Andrena Lockley-Brown (she/her), Manager, Advocacy and Stakeholder Relations, WUSA
Jordan Daniels (she/her), Research Analyst, WUSA