Event Eval Sample Attached
Speaker Evals
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Value of Speaker EvalSpeaker appreciate the feedback they get after the hard work they put in to present in front of the audience. They would to know what are things they do well and things that they could improve on.
This results in better quality output from speakers that only raises the bar of the event for the future.
As an organizer, you know information on who are the good speakers that you want to re-invite/re-organize for future events.
Format of Speaker EvalYou can consider online evals and hardcopy evals. Look for what can works for you better.
Here some examples that you want to measure.
Evaluation
Please indicate your agreement with each of the statements below using a scale where 1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree
The content of the session was consistent with the title and description.
1 2 3 4 5
The material presented in this session was clear and well organized.
1 2 3 4 5
The material presented in this session was interesting and relevant.
1 2 3 4 5
The presenter was well prepared.
1 2 3 4 5
The presenter demonstrated a strong knowledge of the subject matter he/she presented.
1 2 3 4 5
The presenter presented the material in a manner that was easy to follow and understand.
1 2 3 4 5
The presenter’s speaking skills (diction, volume, emphasis on key points) were appropriate.
1 2 3 4 5
This session met my expectations.
1 2 3 4 5
Use this space to add any other comments. Use the back of the page if more space is needed.
Giving the evals to the speakersTo provide quicker feedback back speakers, the following models could be looked at.
1. Have a box at the back of the room and collect the evals as people walk out. The speaker could grab those evals as he leaves the room.
While the speaker gets the evals instantly, the down side to this that the organizers donot have any visibility into what was in those evals.
2. You can also sort these evals and scan and send it to the speaker within 2-3 days. Having scanner with ADF ( automatic document feeders) helps scan these faster and helps organize them as well. This helps give organizers get a copy of the evals as well thus they could find more details on what worked better for each of those sessions.
Logistics
Tell speakers to ask attendees to fill evals at the end of the session and put them in the box at the back of the room.
The Room Monitor can hand out empty evals as people walk in and collect them on their way out.
Alternately they can be dropped in a box at the back of the room.
Tying Evals with incentives
Here are some examples of what others folks have done for making sure people submit evals.
1. Having every attendee put their raffle ticket number on the evals. This encourages people to fill speaker evals and they get one shot at the raffle for every eval.
2. Another model is having instant raffle in the last few minutes of the session.
3. An Eval raffle prize that is reserved for people who submitted evals.
Another Sample of a Speaker Eval is attached here. Courtesy of Buck Woody. Read more at his blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2011/06/15/session-evaluations.aspx