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Conference Survey Summer 2009

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This group has been created to discuss what makes a great conference. The interim results of the survey can be seen at http://www3.dufferinresearch.com/fpsconf2009-report.html

Website: http://www3.dufferinresearch.com/fpsconf2009-report.html
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Latest Activity: Jul 4

Information about the Conference Survey Summer 2009

The research is being conducted by a group collaborative team headed by Ray Poynter and Brian Singh, with the support of Dufferin Research and Affective Results.

There is a link to the live results here and when the report is written there will be a link here.

Below we have a discussion area, to review the topics raised by the survey and the results.

The research platform, both the freestanding survey and the Facebook survey were provided by Dufferin Research.

Discussion Forum

What are you specific ideas for making conferences beter?

Started by Ray Poynter Jun 30.

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Started by Ray Poynter Jun 30.

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Comment by Sridhar Srigiriraju on July 4, 2009 at 6:32pm: I think every conference should have pre & post- conference agenda e.g workshop, meetings, etc, that will extend the life of the conference. This way, attendees will have more opportunity to mingle before, during and after the conference enabling higher ROI for their respective companies. Else, it just becomes a very expensive day out-of-office.

Comment by Tiina Raikko on July 1, 2009 at 12:47am: Apart from the obvious a smaller rather than larger venue - to facilitate more mingling and mixing. In the same way the best parties you have been to have been the cramped ones where you met 8 people on the way to the bathroom because you had to squeeze past. For the same reason, smaller tables for the meals so you can easily speak to everyone at the table not just the people either side of you...and alcohol