When I was working on my presentation for this conference I honestly thought I might have two people. I knew I was going to have at least one person as my Assistant Principal swore she would come! So part of me thought, "well the two of us can talk about reading! And if she doesn't come I brought a book to read!" I am always thinking ahead like that!
Well, I checked the schedule and 22 people were signed up! I was a little nervous to say the least but also excited. I'm proud to say I had a decent number of people (I don't think I had 22 though). The presentation went really well. I got a bunch of thank you's as people were walking out, and several people said that they got a lot out of it. I had to stop myself from chasing them down the hallway to ask for specifics.
I guess that's a question I have for anyone who has presented before. Do you have your participants fill out a survey to ask for feedback? I know there are some adjustments I need to make, and slides I need to pull and/or tweak. But I really want to know what they thought. What have you done before? What's the best way to elicit feedback when presenting? Please comment and let me know! Here's a link to my presentation as well: Using Technology to Engage Readers and Writers.
Most of the conferences I've been to (if they've been in a setting like the one you described), have typically asked for a feedback via survey which the speaker/presenter casually slips in at the end of the presentation. They usually already have set out at the table or individual chairs a small slip of paper with no more than 3 quick questions. I usually don't mind filling it out if the first two are sort of yes/no or rate xyz from a scale of 1 to 10 type questions....leaving the last question as a comment on what they feel could improve the presentation.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I like that idea! I could do a Google Form and a hard copy one so people can choose maybe! Thank you again for reading my blog and taking the time to comment!
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