Wi7 Post Event Survey

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1. This year ABA created a website dedicated to Wi7. This website was:

Easily to navigate and helpful

Adequate

Hard to navigate ,but helpful once I found figured it out

Not easy to find and not helpful

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2. I made my hotel reservation at the event hotel by:

Speaking with the hotel on the phone

Online through a desktop, laptop, or tablet computer

Online through my android/iphone

I did not stay at the event hotel

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3. My experience at the ABA Welcome Desk was:

Good

Adequate

Bad

I did not visit the ABA Welcome Desk

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4. The signage directing me to sessions and events was:

Noticeable and helpful

Adequate

There was signage?

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5. The variety of topics offered in the education program provided:

A good mix of subjects and themes to choose from

Not enough diversity

Too much diversity

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6. Thursday afternoon featured 12 30-minute best practices sessions. These sessions were:

Good

Adequate

Not a good use of Wi7 time

I did not attend these sessions

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7. Consider your experience with the the Wi7 Working Group activity. From receiving your group information and group e-mail, to meeting your group on Wednesday and participating in the working group session on Friday, this experience overall was:

Good

Adequate

Not a good use of Wi7 time

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8. Specifically, my working group discussion was:

A good use of Wi7 time and profitable for my business

Interesting, but not profitable for my business

Not a good use of Wi7 time

I did not participate in the working group activity

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9. Overall, the education schedule offered:

A program that included a good variety for experienced, mid-level and beginner booksellers

A program that was too advanced

A program that was too basic

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10. The downloadable handouts posted on the Wi7 website were:

Helpful and valuable to my business

Not helpful/not valuable to my business

I did not know handouts were available for download at the Wi7 website

No opinion

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11. The Wi7 galley room hours were convenient:

Yes

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12. I picked up the following number of books from the Wi7 galley room:

1 - 5

6 - 10

11 or more

I did not pick up any books from the galley room

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13. Please rate each plenary session.

	Good. I found this very useful and valuable	Interesting, but not useful or valuable	Not interesting and not useful or valuable	I did not attend this session
Wednesday morning plenary with Skip Prichard and Ann Patchett	Wednesday morning plenary with Skip Prichard and Ann Patchett Good. I found this very useful and valuable	Wednesday morning plenary with Skip Prichard and Ann Patchett Interesting, but not useful or valuable	Wednesday morning plenary with Skip Prichard and Ann Patchett Not interesting and not useful or valuable	Wednesday morning plenary with Skip Prichard and Ann Patchett I did not attend this session
Wednesday lunch plenary with James Patterson	Wednesday lunch plenary with James Patterson Good. I found this very useful and valuable	Wednesday lunch plenary with James Patterson Interesting, but not useful or valuable	Wednesday lunch plenary with James Patterson Not interesting and not useful or valuable	Wednesday lunch plenary with James Patterson I did not attend this session
Wednesday afternoon plenary with Douglas Brinkley and USA Today's Bob Minzesheimer	Wednesday afternoon plenary with Douglas Brinkley and USA Today's Bob Minzesheimer Good. I found this very useful and valuable	Wednesday afternoon plenary with Douglas Brinkley and USA Today's Bob Minzesheimer Interesting, but not useful or valuable	Wednesday afternoon plenary with Douglas Brinkley and USA Today's Bob Minzesheimer Not interesting and not useful or valuable	Wednesday afternoon plenary with Douglas Brinkley and USA Today's Bob Minzesheimer I did not attend this session
Thursday World Book Night Breakfast	Thursday World Book Night Breakfast Good. I found this very useful and valuable	Thursday World Book Night Breakfast Interesting, but not useful or valuable	Thursday World Book Night Breakfast Not interesting and not useful or valuable	Thursday World Book Night Breakfast I did not attend this session
Thursday Rep Picks Speed Dating Lunch	Thursday Rep Picks Speed Dating Lunch Good. I found this very useful and valuable	Thursday Rep Picks Speed Dating Lunch Interesting, but not useful or valuable	Thursday Rep Picks Speed Dating Lunch Not interesting and not useful or valuable	Thursday Rep Picks Speed Dating Lunch I did not attend this session
Thursday Author Reception	Thursday Author Reception Good. I found this very useful and valuable	Thursday Author Reception Interesting, but not useful or valuable	Thursday Author Reception Not interesting and not useful or valuable	Thursday Author Reception I did not attend this session
Friday Small Press Breakfast	Friday Small Press Breakfast Good. I found this very useful and valuable	Friday Small Press Breakfast Interesting, but not useful or valuable	Friday Small Press Breakfast Not interesting and not useful or valuable	Friday Small Press Breakfast I did not attend this session
Friday Working Group Activity	Friday Working Group Activity Good. I found this very useful and valuable	Friday Working Group Activity Interesting, but not useful or valuable	Friday Working Group Activity Not interesting and not useful or valuable	Friday Working Group Activity I did not attend this session
Friday Rep Picks Speed Dating Lunch	Friday Rep Picks Speed Dating Lunch Good. I found this very useful and valuable	Friday Rep Picks Speed Dating Lunch Interesting, but not useful or valuable	Friday Rep Picks Speed Dating Lunch Not interesting and not useful or valuable	Friday Rep Picks Speed Dating Lunch I did not attend this session
Friday Small Press Reception	Friday Small Press Reception Good. I found this very useful and valuable	Friday Small Press Reception Interesting, but not useful or valuable	Friday Small Press Reception Not interesting and not useful or valuable	Friday Small Press Reception I did not attend this session

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14. Did you attended the eBook session moderated by Matt Supko and featuring Pete Mulvihill of Green Apple Books (San Francisco, CA), Christie Olson Day of Gallery Bookshop & Bookwinkle's Children's Books (Mendocino, CA), and Matt Norcross of McLean and Eakin Booksellers (Petosky, MI)? If so, please rate this session:

Good. I found this very useful and valuable

Interesting, but not useful or valuable

Not interesting and not useful or valuable

I did not attend this session

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15. Did you skip meal events or education sessions to meet with booksellers, vendors or other guests?

Yes

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16. Do you meet with any of the representatives of ABA's affiliated business solution partners, POS vendors, and others in the Wi7 Consultation Station?

Yes

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17. Were the Wi7 Consultation Station hours suitable?

Yes

More hours needed

I did not visit the Consultation Station

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18. I have some great ideas for topics or speakers at future ABA events! They include:

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19. I would recommend the ABA Winter Institute to others

Yes

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20. Additional comments about Wi7:

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21. Do you plan to attend Wi8 in Kansas City on February 23 - 25? CAMEX, the college marketplace expo with its broad range of sidelines vendors, will also be in Kansas City then, and we anticipate creating sideline-oriented programming and arranging for ABA members to attend the CAMEX show.

Yes

Maybe