2.2 Administering an organisation-wide survey An organisation-wide survey involves gathering information to help you understand what staff and Commissioners/Ombudspersons think about the extent to which gender equality is built into the systems and processes of your NHRI. This is an opportunity for all people in your NHRI to express their views. You can also invite selected external stakeholders to participate. Surveys are useful when you want: • an efficient way to seek the views of a large number of people • to collect individual thoughts and experiences • a cost effective and easy way to collect large volumes of information • to reduce bias, since the same questions are asked of all participants, and • responses to be anonymous, as respondents can give personal thoughts without being identified. A survey can be administered in a number of ways, such as face-to-face, online, mail or using mobile devices. You can use paper format, electronic documents such as Word or Excel or an online platform such as Survey Monkey or Google Forms. Figure 17: Steps for administering a survey 48 Step 1 Step 2 Design draft Test and finalise survey the survey Step 3 Administer the survey and collect the data