When to collect REG data

Outreach Activity / Audience

Required to collect REG data?

Methods to consider for collecting

Webinar participants

Yes

Distribute REG survey as a link in chat or by using a poll. Do not broadcast the poll results. Post multiple times during webinar.

Contacts at open house event at a demonstration garden (or other space)

Yes, for participants of any educational program hosted during open house.

No, for open house attendees who do not attend an educational program.

Ask for REG data during the event.

Youth, staff and families associated with school gardens.

Yes, for anyone who is benefiting from the garden.

Use school-provided demographics.

Multi-session programs/activities

Yes

Ask for REG data in preregistration or during the event.

Face-to-face workshops where registration is handled by the UC Master Gardener Program.

Yes

Ask for REG data in preregistration or during the event

Face-to-Face workshops not requiring registration.

Yes

Ask for REG data during the event.

Recipients at local food security organizations or informal food donation sites (ex: “free food” tables).

Yes

Use food bank-provided demographics.