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name: participant-operations-hub description: Processes and guardrails for recruiting, scheduling, consent, and incentive fulfillment.

Participant Operations Hub Skill

When to Use

• Running qualitative or quantitative studies that require participant coordination.
• Ensuring compliance with privacy, NDAs, and incentive tax regulations.
• Centralizing communications with participants across multiple projects.

Framework

1. Recruiting Intake – capture persona, quota, source, incentive, consent requirements.
2. Screening & Approval – automated screeners, manual reviews, and stakeholder sign-off.
3. Scheduling & Logistics – calendars, reminders, backups, language/localization support.
4. Consent & Compliance – template agreements, data retention policy, anonymization workflow.
5. Incentive Fulfillment – payment processor, W-9 or tax forms, fulfillment SLA, audit log.

Templates

• Recruiting tracker with status, notes, and consent links.
• Email sequences for invite, confirmation, reminder, thank-you.
• Incentive fulfillment checklist + finance handoff doc.

Tips

• Keep participant PII in a restricted workspace; expose IDs/tags externally.
• Track over-contact frequency to avoid panel fatigue.
• Pair with orchestrate-qualitative-lab and launch-quantitative-survey for hands-free logistics.

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