OREGON IAPP
REPORT CARD
How
are we doing?
Beginning in 2002, each meeting will be followed with an evaluation report card from our members. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to respond. This input helps to provide direction for future meetings.
| October
16, 2002 Responses
(42% of attendees responded to this Report Card Survey) Note: 100% = positive response to question as phrased |
|
| This meeting had more "networking" (social) than most. Was this too much? (1) about right (3) or could have even been more (5) because it was valuable? | 65% |
| Do
you prefer an afternoon meeting? (5 if prefer, 1 if really dislike
or in between) |
54% |
| This meeting included a special activity that our sponsoring vendor (Concur) was willing to pay for. Does this detract from the meeting (1) or enhance it overall (5) (or in between) by adding a "fun factor"? | 65% |
| Concur presented a "different spin" on an Expense Reporting product. However we had a related presentation in January of this year. Was this presentation new and valuable (5) or redundant to what had gone before (1) (or in between) ? | 68% |
|
Even though we socialized and got a chance to network, we did not break into the popular Round Tables, which reduced indivdual participation. How often should we use the Round Table format (5 = every meeting, 1 = only sometimes) |
61% |
| Do
you appreciate the chance to relax over a full meal, or does that
just seem to take a bigger chunk out of your day and make it more
difficult to plan to attend a meeting? (1 = difficult to attend, 5
= the meal is great) |
71% |
| How do you rate the overall meeting, which includes the locale, the presentation and the participation? | 89% |
| I think morning meetings are easier to attend |
| If we focus the meeting on one or two "areas of interest" and then have an opportunity to share "tips-n-tricks" / "best practices" or to simply throw out a burning question/issue to the crowd, that might be a great way to quickly connect with others who share (or have once shared) the same pain. |
| Vendor participation is valuable, therefore the choice of a vendor to sponser a meeting, should not be based on their ability to provide a full fledged meal. |
| A fun activity every meeting would be great but not spending this much time. "Mixer" activities might help members get better acquainted and lead to more and better networking opportunities |
| Any time a presenter can include specifics or statistics on "best practices" I think it is a benefit that we can share with our companies to either validate where we are or gain support for improvements |
| Once again, enjoy the mix. If each meeting is always the same and always on a timeline you tend lose interest |
| Great facility. Time of meeting - needs to be shorter and morning |
| Shorter meetings would be condusive to higher attendance. Most companies are on strict budgets and managers may not feel they can be away from the office for more than half of a day |
| It seemed to me that no one had any real questions for the speakers. I wonder if that's because no one in the room is considering Expense Reporting Software or if there was another reason for it. I would have liked to have had some group discussion on the subject of travel and how the local companies handle their expenses. Perhaps that wasn't the environment for it, perhaps people didn't feel compelled to share or thought it would detract from the speakers, but I know there are companies who don't use Concur or any other software for travel expenses. |
