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Member Survey Report -
Overview of Survey Responses
By Maricel M. Herrera, CMP, CEM
Director of Meetings and Membership Services
email: mherrera@amp.org
Primacy:
63% of
respondents indicated that the AMP Annual Meeting is their
most important professional meeting.
Location
& Timing:
72% of
respondents indicated that it is Somewhat or Not important
that the annual meeting be held in different areas of the
country each year; 28% of respondents indicated that this is
Very important. 52% of respondents are happy with the time
of year that the meeting is held; 20% are not happy; 28%
indicated No Opinion on this item. Of the respondents who
would like the Annual Meeting to be held at a different time
of year, prefer a change because the fall has a lot of
conflicting meetings and holidays or because funds are more
limited in the 4th quarter. Suggested meeting
months included April, May, and August.
The
Program/Schedule:
85% of
the respondents indicated that the meeting has about the
right concentration of sessions and events; 59% indicated
that additional concurrent workshop sessions improved the
2008 meeting; a whopping 75% approved of an 8:15am start for
regular sessions, giving more time to transition from early
bird sessions or to catch some breakfast. Respondents were
pretty evenly split regarding a desire for evening poster
hours even if this means that posters would have to be
located outside of the Exhibit Hall.
Corporate Workshop Day:
45% attend Always; 30% Sometimes; 19% Never. Of those who
do attend, 46% attend 3-5 hours, 34% 6-8 hours, 20% 1-2
hours.
Exhibits:
79% of
respondents indicated that they have sufficient time to tour
the exhibits.
Numerous
comments were provided regarding the strengths and
weaknesses of the meeting, what respondents would like to
see changed, what they would like to remain unchanged,
costs, and location. These comments are very important
feedback and were taken into consideration in the planning
of the 2009 Annual Meeting.
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