Trees Foundation's
2009 Confab Evaluation Form


If you attended in 2009, please take some time to evaluate the following aspects of your experience. This evaluation is anonymous and we ask very little from you in the way of personal information (as you will see). Answer everything as honestly as you can remember -- the quality of next year's event depends on it!

This form should take about 5-10 minutes to complete. When you are finished, click the button at the bottom to send your ratings and comments to us. If you would rather print and mail us your information, you may do so by using the printable form.

Introduction

Please take a moment to tell us about yourself

I am or represent:
an agency
an NGO
a watershed group
a consultant
a restoration practitioner
something else


Workshops and Tours

Begin by rating each tour or workshop in which you participated


#1: Friday evening presentations

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Presenter preparedness

Quality of presentation

Hand-out materials

Organization of tour or workshop

Tour site or workshop topic


Can you think of some ways to improve the Friday evening presentations?


#2: Saturday morning

I attended:

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Presenter preparedness

Quality of presentation

Hand-out materials

Organization of tour or workshop

Tour site or workshop topic


Can you think of some ways to improve this particular workshop/tour?


#3: Saturday afternoon


I attended:

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Presenter preparedness

Quality of presentation

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Organization of tour or workshop

Tour site or workshop topic


Can you think of some ways to improve this particular workshop/tour?


#4: Saturday Open Forum

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Presenter preparedness

Quality of presentation

Hand-out materials

Organization of tour or workshop

Tour site or workshop topic


Can you think of some ways to improve the Saturday Open Forum?


#5: Sunday


I attended:

RATE

Excellent

Good

Fair

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N/A

Presenter preparedness

Quality of presentation

Hand-out materials

Organization of tour or workshop

Tour site or workshop topic


Can you think of some ways to improve this particular workshop/tour?


Other Event Components

How did you feel about these other essential components?

RATE

Excellent

Good

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N/A

Organization

Facility

Meals

Educational Opportunity



Educational Effectiveness
Please help us gauge the overall effectiveness of the 2009 Coho Confab


Consider your familiarity with the following topics. What did you know before coming to this year's Coho Confab? What did you learn?

BEFORE you attended this year's event, what was your level of knowledge?
A1. Underwater fish identification of salmonids
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None
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Little
3
Moderate
4
Advanced
5
Complete

B1. Bioengineering techniques
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None
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Little
3
Moderate
4
Advanced
5
Complete

C1. Habitat restoration
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None
2
Little
3
Moderate
4
Advanced
5
Complete

D1. Utilizing instream structures
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None
2
Little
3
Moderate
4
Advanced
5
Complete

E1. Biomonitoring stream health
1
None
2
Little
3
Moderate
4
Advanced
5
Complete


AFTER you attended this year's event, what was your level of knowledge?
A2. Underwater fish identification of salmonids
1
None
2
Little
3
Moderate
4
Advanced
5
Complete

B2. Bioengineering techniques
1
None
2
Little
3
Moderate
4
Advanced
5
Complete

C2. Habitat restoration
1
None
2
Little
3
Moderate
4
Advanced
5
Complete

D2. Utilizing instream structures
1
None
2
Little
3
Moderate
4
Advanced
5
Complete

E2. Biomonitoring stream health
1
None
2
Little
3
Moderate
4
Advanced
5
Complete


Final Questions
Please take a few minutes more to give us some details about your experience

How did you learn about the Coho Confab?

What worked best? What could be improved?

How will you apply what you learned?

What other regions would you like to see host the Coho Confab? What groups are active in coho salmon habitat restoration in that region?




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Thanks for taking the time to fill out this evaluation form.
We genuinely appreciate your input and will take your thoughts into consideration when planning for the future.


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