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	The Northeast Region Conference and Exhibition Convention 2008 SURVEY Thank you for participating in the conference survey. Your participation provides us with feedback to help us improve the conference. All surveys were entered into a drawing (one per meeting day). Winners had to be present to win! A total of 49surveys were returned for day 1.
Survey Results are listed below: Numbers in "( )" following each question are responses from attendees followed by percentage based upon the number of surveys returned.
1. Is this your first attendance at the Northeast Region Conference? a) Yes (22; 45%) b) No (27; 55%) 2. Did you visit the exhibits? a) Yes (49; 100%) b) No (skip to question 6) (0; 0%) 3. How much TOTAL time did you spend visiting the exhibits? a) more than 3 hours (1; 2%) b) 2-3 hours (16; 33%) c) 2 hours (11; 22%) d ) 1 -2 hours (13; 27%) e) 1 hour or less (7;14%) 4. On average how many exhibits did you visit? a) < 25% (7; 8%) b) 25% (12; 51%) c) 50% (13; 27%) d)75% (14; 29%) e) 100% (1; 2%) 5. Did your visit to the exhibits influence your buying decision(s)? a) Yes (24; 49%) b) No (21; 43%) 10. Where did you learn about the convention?(circle all that apply) a) (21; 43%) Direct Mail (flyer, brochure) b) (25; 51%) Co-worker c) (10; 20%) Print Advertisement CLP, CAP TODAY, Advance for MLP d) (6; 12%) Conference Web Site e) (2; 4%) Vendor/Sales Representative f) (10; 20%) Society email message (AACC, CLMA, CLAS, and their chapters) g) (2; 4%) Information available at another meeting (AACC, CLMA, etc) h) (3; 6%) Calendar Ad or link from another web site 11. What ONE FACTOR most influenced your decision to attend? a) CEU's (12; 24%) b) Educational Sessions (25; 51%) c) Overall Meeting Quality (11; 22%) 12. Please rate the overall educational portion of the program (ONLY FOR THE DAY(S) YOU ATTENDED, PLEASE) Day one a) Excellent (2; 4%) b) Good (16; 33%) c) Fair (2; 4%) d)Poor (0) Day two <surveys not recorded at this time> 13. Would you recommend this meeting to co-workers? a) Yes (48; 98%) b) No (1; 2%) 14. I will attend the conference next year a) Yes (36; 73%) b) No (0; 0%) c) Unsure (11; 22%) 15. How would you rate the value of the conference in relation to the price? a) high value (15; 31%) b) good value (30; 61%) c) fair value (2; 4%) d) poor value (0; 0%) 16. Did you visit the conference web site? a) Yes (23; 47%) b) No (24; 49%)
	The Northeast Region Conference and Exhibition Convention 2007 SURVEY Thank you for participating in the conference survey. Your participation provides us with feedback to help us improve the conference. All surveys were entered into a drawing for an IPOD (one per meeting day). Winners had to be present to win! A total of 93 surveys were returned.
In response to the survey results the following actions were taken by the NERCE committee: 1. Brochures will be mailed out before the end of February by first class mail. 2. 5 educational tracks will be running each day of the convention. 3. Speaker handouts if provided to us will be downloadable from this web site prior to the meeting. If not on our site, ask the speaker for a copy! 4. Up to 9 CEU hours are now available for attending. 5. Larger font name badges will be issued. 6. Special food requirements will be addressed if we are notified in advance. 7. This web site was updated to contain more information. 8. Additional meeting notices are in trade publications. 9. Vendors will be provided exhibit hall passes and meeting flyers for distribution...please ask your vendor for copies! 10. If you were not on our mailing list you can download a form to be added to our mailing list or to update your address.
Survey Results are listed below: Numbers in "( )" following each question are responses from attendees followed by percentage based upon the number of surveys returned.
1. Is this your first attendance at the Northeast Region Conference? a) Yes (36; 39%) b) No (57; 61%) 2. Did you visit the exhibits? a) Yes (91; 98%) b) No (skip to question 10) (2; 2%) 3. How much TOTAL time did you spend visiting the exhibits? a) more than 3 hours (10; 11%) b) 2-3 hours (36; 39%) c) 2 hours (18; 19%) d ) 1 -2 hours (19; 20%) e) 1 hour or less (8; 9%) 4. On average how many exhibits did you visit? a) < 25% (4; 4%) b) 25% (10; 11%) c) 50% (29; 31%) d)75% (33; 35%) e) 100% (12; 13%) 5. Did your visit to the exhibits influence your buying decision(s)? a) Yes (43; 46%) b) No (39; 41%) 6. Did we have sufficient exhibitors? a) Yes (86; 92%) b) No (5; 5%) 7. Were the products exhibited varied enough to represent your potential buying needs (ie analyzers, disposables, services, etc? a) Yes (62; 67%) b) No (4; 4%) c) Unsure (14; 15%) 8. What product group or industry segment did not exhibit that you would like to see next year? POC (high), Needleless Systems (high), Private Labs, LIS, Microbiology, Blood Culture, PCR, Molecular Genetics, Hematology, and Blood Bank 9. What vendors not present this year that you would like to see next year? Mayo (high), Trek, Trinity, BioMerieux, HP, Celldyne, BioRad, Leica and Nikon 10. Where did you learn about the convention?(circle all that apply) a) (42; 45%) Direct Mail (flyer, brochure) b) (33; 35%) Co-worker c) (18; 19%) Print Advertisement CLP, CAP TODAY, Advance for MLP d) (15; 16%) Conference Web Site e) (3; 3%) Vendor/Sales Representative f) (20; 21%) Society email message (AACC, CLMA, CLAS, and their chapters) g) (4; 4%) Information available at another meeting (AACC, CLMA, etc) h) (3; 3%) Calendar Ad or link from another web site 11. What ONE FACTOR most influenced your decision to attend? a) CEU's (21; 23%) b) Educational Sessions (48; 52%) c) Overall Meeting Quality (13; 14%) d) Support of my Society (4; 4%) e) I did not have to pay to attend (4; 4%) 12. Please rate the overall educational portion of the program (ONLY FOR THE DAY(S) YOU ATTENDED, PLEASE) Day one a) Excellent (31; 33%) b) Good (28; 30%) c) Fair (1; 1%) d)Poor (0) Day two a) Excellent (9; 10%) b) Good (24; 25%) c) Fair (1; 1%) d)Poor (0) 13. Would you recommend this meeting to co-workers? a) Yes (90; 97%) b) No (2; 2%) 14. What educational track interested you the most______________________________ 15. In comparison to other regional or local meetings overall I would rank this meeting as: a) Excellent (28; 30%) b) Good (49; 53%) c) Fair (5; 5%) d) Poor (0) 16. I will attend the conference next year a) Yes (59; 63%) b) No (1; 1%) c) Unsure (31; 33%)
17. How would you rate the value of the conference in relation to the price? a) high value (30; 32%) b) good value (49; 53%) c) fair value (10; 11%) d) poor value (1; 1%) 18. Who paid your registration fee? a) Employer (64; 69%) b) Self (16; 17%) 19. Please rate the committee in their efforts for this convention: EDUCATION/SPEAKER HIGH (62; 67%) MEDIUM (21; 23%) LOW(3; 3%) VENDOR/EXHIBITS HIGH (51; 55%) MEDIUM (34; 37%) LOW(1; 1%) BROCHURE/FLYERS HIGH (53; 57%) MEDIUM (30; 32%) LOW(1; 1%) HOTEL/FOOD/BREAKS HIGH(44; 47%) MEDIUM(40; 43%) LOW(5; 5%) ADVERTISING/WEB SITE HIGH(28; 30%) MEDIUM (33; 35%) LOW(7; 8%) REGISTRATION HIGH(57; 61%) MEDIUM (28; 30%) LOW(0) 20. What session topics are of most value to you? SELECT 2 a) Management (36) b) Quality (19) c) Regulatory (24) d) New Technology (29) e) Clinical Care (12) f) Technology update a. Chemistry (42) b. Blood Bank (8) c. Hematology (13) d. Immunoassay (14) e. Microbiology (0) f. Cytology/Histology (0) g. Other (1) 21. Did you visit the conference web site? a) Yes (42;45%) b) No (49; 53%) 22. Would you visit the web site to read an executive summary of the educational sessions? a) Yes (67; 72%) b) No (18; 19%) 23. Would you like us to try another hotel/venue? a)Yes (15; 16%) b)No (67; 72%) 24. Your comments are appreciated! More CEUs for topics available. Brochures received late, greater selection of topics (sessions running in parallel with symposia), larger font on name badges, diabetic food/refreshments, update web site like AACC, handouts, downloads on web site....
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In response to the survey results the following actions were taken by the NERCE committee: