Dear Participant,
I hope you had a pleasant journey home after the hectic and exciting times we had in Siena last week. You must also have had an opportunity to reflect on the SLA Forum, its process and content and whether it benefited you and met your expectations. To help all of us - those who worked on designing and organizing the Forum and those who plan to organize similar ventures in the future - to improve and do a better job, may I request you to take a few minutes and answer the questions below. Please send your response to the people this letter has been copied to.
Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you.
1. In what ways did the Forum benefit you?
2. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the SLA Forum's design, organization and implementation?
3. Using the following scale as a guide, answer the questions below by marking your choice:
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Inadequately |
Fairly |
Adequately well |
Very well |
Exceptionally well |
Very poor |
Poor |
Good |
Very good |
Excellent |
1. Did the Forum meet your expectations?
Inadequately |
Exceptionally well | |||
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4 |
5 |
2. Forum venue
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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4 |
5 |
3. Forum duration
Too short |
A little short |
About right |
Longish |
Too long |
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4. Forum participants
Boring |
Interesting |
Exceptional | ||
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3 |
4 |
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5. Background papers
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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4 |
5 |
6. Web/E-Conference
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
7. Case study reports
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
8. Mini-case study reports
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
9. Opening plenary sessions
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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10. Case group work
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
11. Case group reporting sessions
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
12. Issue group work
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
13. Issue group reporting sessions
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
14. Mini-case study presentations
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
15. Evening policy issues session
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
16. Internalization plenary session
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
17. Agency group sessions
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
18. Agency group reporting sessions
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
19. Interaction with participants outside sessions
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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4 |
5 |
20. Overall level of participation
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
21. Learning about SLA
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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4 |
5 |
22. Level of scepticism about relevance of SLA before attending forum
High |
Low | |||
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4 |
5 |
23. Impact of Forum on your view of SLA
Negative |
Positive | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
24. Overall assessment of Forum
Poor |
Excellent | |||
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3 |
4 |
5 |
4. -Do you feel that there should be a follow-up to the Forum to address the thoughts and issues that came up in discussion? Could you suggest some concrete actions for consideration?
5. Any other comments?
Thank you for your time and thoughts.
Evaluation of questionnaires | |||||
Scale of replies | |||||
All questions except 3, 4 and 23 |
1: Very poor/ inadequately |
2: Poor/fairly well |
3: Good/ adequately |
4: Very good/ very well |
5: Excellent/ exceptionally well |
Question 3 |
1: Too short |
2: A little short |
3: About right |
4: Longish |
5: Too long |
Question 4 |
1-2: Boring |
3: Interesting |
4-5: Exceptional |
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Question 23 |
1-5: Negative- positive |
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Rating of replies | ||||
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5 | |
Q 1: Did the Forum meet your expectations? |
1 |
4 |
13 |
7 | |
Q 2: Forum venue |
2 |
4 |
19 | ||
Q 3: Forum duration (see above) |
7 |
13 |
5 |
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Q 4: Forum participants (see above) |
5 |
15 |
5 | ||
Q 5: Background papers |
2 |
7 |
12 |
3 | |
Q 6: Web/E-Conference |
2 |
5 |
13 |
1 |
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Q 7: Case study reports |
1 |
9 |
11 |
4 | |
Q 8: Mini-case study reports |
2 |
13 |
6 |
1 | |
Q 9: Opening plenary sessions |
3 |
8 |
11 |
3 | |
Q 10: Case group work |
1 |
3 |
11 |
10 | |
Q 11: Case group reporting sessions |
2 |
8 |
12 |
4 | |
Q 12: Issue group work |
1 |
1 |
13 |
3 |
7 |
Q 13: Issue group reporting sessions |
3 |
10 |
6 |
6 | |
Q 14: Mini-case study presentations |
1 |
3 |
13 |
8 |
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Q 15: Evening policy issues session |
4 |
3 |
11 |
1 | |
Q 16: Internalization plenary session |
2 |
12 |
8 |
4 | |
Q 17: Agency group sessions |
1 |
7 |
8 |
7 | |
Q 18: Agency group reporting sessions |
1 |
8 |
12 |
4 | |
Q 19: Interaction with participants outside sessions |
12 |
12 | |||
Q 20: Overall level of participation |
2 |
9 |
14 | ||
Q 21: Learning about SLA |
1 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
7 |
Q 22: -Level of scepticism about relevance of SLA before attending Forum |
8 |
4 |
11 |
3 | |
Q 23: Impact of Forum on your view of SLA |
2 |
3 |
17 |
2 | |
Q 24: Overall assessment of Forum (see above) |
1 |
16 |
8 |