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Summary of Business Evaluation|
Summary of Trainer/Trainee Evaluation
SUMMARY OF BUSINESS EVALUATIONS
The Internet: Your Business Partner
Energize Your Business With the Internet
Thursday, April 15
Rankings
AVERAGE RANKINGS BY SESSION
(1 low-5 high)
| Quality of Presentation | Usefulness | Knowledge gained | Number of Respondents |
| Session 1 | 4.58 | 4.42 | 4.58 | 12 |
| Session 2 | 4.69 | 4.62 | 4.54 | 13 |
| Session 3 | 4.92 | 4.85 | 4.85 | 13 |
| Session 4 |
| Agriculture | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
| Retail | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4 |
| Artisans | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
| Tourism | 5.0 | 4.00 | 3.0 | 3 |
| Ag & Tourism* | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
| Did Not Specify | 5.0 | 4.67 | 4.67 | 3 |
| Overall Average | 4.74 | 4.66 | 4.64 | |
| *attended trainer track
Agenda
| 8:30 | Session 1 - What does e-Commerce Look Like?
(Lead Trainer/Facilitator: Connie Hancock, Dewey Teel) |
| 9:00 | Session 2 - Success Stories (Lead Trainers/Facilitators: Beth Duncan, Margaret McDaniel, Eileen Rothlisberger) |
| 10:30 | Session 3 - Site Marketing and Promotion on the Internet (Facilitator: Ruth Willson)
"Marketing Your Small Business on the Internet"
(Lead Trainer: Lilly Buchwitz, Marketing Instructor, Brock University, Internet Marketing Consultant) |
| 1:30 pm | Session 4 - Concurrent Breakout Sessions
- Agriculture (Lead Trainers: Rod Sharp, Carroll Welte)
- Retail (Lead Trainer: Beth Duncan)
- Artisans (Lead Trainers: Connie Kratzer, Rae Montgomery)
- Tourism (Lead Trainer: Karen Biers) |
Comments
Session 1:
- Need more detailed stats. Example - charts show most growth in 65+ demo of web use. This doesn't describe total
share of web use/buying etc. 65+ might be growing most but what is its size relative to the other demos.
- Needed hard copy to take notes as to what was meaningful to my business.
- Very disappointed we didn't have time for the 4 Ways of Doing Business.
- Very good session. Speakers very good - very knowledgeable.
- Information on Yahoo's Site Builder was very practical help. Knowing that we had options and degrees of involvement
with out sourcing was helpful for making decisions.
Session 2:
- 4 Case Studies: 1-Corn Maze, 2-CJ Bows, 3-Quick Truss, 4-Trophy Buckles. 1,3 and 4 were not really web based
businesses (transactional). Only #2, CJ Bows actually sold on line. Was the internet really helping cases 1,3 and 4?
- Grand.
- Great! Success by real people!
- Very much enjoyed hearing all 3 speakers.
- 4 Excellent success stories - willingness of owners to share their experiences in developing and using their website.
- I enjoyed them! - Especially Darlene!
- Very enthusiastic and optimistic presenters. Makes one think it can be done!
Session 3:
- There's an awful lot to optimizing search.
- Very valuable information in examples of successful and not so successful sites.
- Thank you for the constructive criticism on my website Ð Beadsandblessing! I'm glad you chose mine.
- Too much info, too little time. Obviously very knowledge
- Providing "handouts" to audience on material presented to participants would be helpful - OK - on website good.
Speaker is very knowledgeable - excellent presenter.
- Great info will use in my development of my web site.
- Critique of sites was good practice at web analysis. I will never look at a web page the same way - including my own.
Session 4:
AGRICULTURE
- really have no comment. Only that the presentation was professional and presented very well.
RETAIL
- Excellent presenter. Beth Duncan very knowledgeable.
- Mechanics and step by step very helpful.
- Excellent!
ARTISANS
TOURISM
DID NOT MARK SESSION ATTENDED
MARKED TWO (AGRICULTURE & TOURISM) (Business from Utah attended trainer track)
- Both sessions were great. More site comparison, more ideas. The idea of a statewide or 4-corner ag web site intriguing.
CONFERENCE EVALUATION
| Change in Knowledge | |
| As a result of this conference, my knowledge of: | Decreased | Stayed the same | Somewhat increased | Greatly increased | Would like more information |
| Number of Respondents |
| The e-commerce industry has | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Doing business on the web | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Methods of using the web for business has | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Why businesses use the Internet to do business has | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Promoting my website has | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| My competition has | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| How to locate new markets and customers has | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| As a result of my one-on-one consultation, I have | Number of respondents |
| some clear goals to start with | 3 |
| a plan of how to proceed | 4 |
| a timeline for accomplishing the steps of my plan | 1 |
| a set time to meet with my consultant | 1 |
| enthusiasm and confidence! | 3 |
| Number of Respondents* |
| Not at all | Somewhat | On the mark! |
| This conference met my expectations | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| *One attendee created a new category - Exceeded my expectations. And, another wrote "better than expected." |
What I need next:
- Help making and marketing the website.
- More on marketing.
- More information about creating a personal website. I'm going to try yahoo again.
- More information on how the web works and how information is put out etc.
- I have never been to a workshop where I have learned as much! Thank you so much!
- Continue contact with Utah Team. Follow through and experiment (myself) with what I have learned.
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