{"id":743,"date":"2020-03-13T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T08:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/?p=743"},"modified":"2020-03-13T08:32:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T08:32:56","slug":"how-to-collect-useful-conference-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/how-to-collect-useful-conference-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Collect Useful Conference Feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You only improve by learning from your mistakes, but how can you tell if a conference was a success and what you could be doing better? You need feedback. Specifically, you need useful, practical feedback. Getting it from the people who attended your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phuketmeetingconference.com\">Phuket conference venue<\/a> can be a challenge, however. In some cases, the feedback might be worthless praise. In others, it could be spiteful hate. Here\u2019s how to gather the best feedback to help make your next event even better than the last.<\/p><br>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Start\ngathering feedback before the end of the event<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If\nyou leave the feedback phase until long after the event, memories of specific\nniggles or highlights might have faded, becoming only general impressions that\nare worthless to you. While that\u2019s no excuse to completely ditch post-event\nfeedback, you should also canvas for opinion at other stages of the process,\nincluding during the event. You could even include feedback time in the\nschedule.<\/p><br>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-attachment-id=\"274\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/influencers-and-their-impact-on-mice\/pic_blog_temp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pic_Blog_Temp.jpg?fit=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,534\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Influencers and their Impact on MICE\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pic_Blog_Temp.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pic_Blog_Temp.jpg?fit=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pic_Blog_Temp.jpg?resize=800%2C534\" alt=\"Influencers and their Impact on MICE\" class=\"wp-image-274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pic_Blog_Temp.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pic_Blog_Temp.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pic_Blog_Temp.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pic_Blog_Temp.jpg?resize=420%2C280&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<br><p><strong>Give\nan incentive to give feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Useful\nfeedback will be a lot more forthcoming if attendees feel that there is some\nbenefit to them for giving it. A simple way to do this is to make the feedback\nform dual-sided so that it doubles as a prize draw ticket. If they don\u2019t give\nyou feedback, they don\u2019t get entered into the draw and can\u2019t win a prize.\nAlternatively, you could offer discounts on services or future events in return\nfor completed feedback forms.<\/p><br>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Make\nit easy to give feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phuket\nconference venues are getting more and more technological advanced, and events\nhave to keep up with that trend in order to remain relevant. One way to do that\nis to have a conference app or website, which can help people to keep track of\nthe schedule, download handouts, find conference rooms and also give feedback.\nAnything you can do to make the process as easy as possible for the attendees\nwill dramatically increase the likelihood of getting useful feedback in bulk,\nand incorporating feedback into the event\u2019s digital solutions is certainly a\ngood way to make things easy.<\/p><br>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-attachment-id=\"472\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/how-to-network-successfully-phuket-meeting\/attachment\/92825395\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/92825395.jpg?fit=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,534\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bring business cards\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/92825395.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/92825395.jpg?fit=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/92825395.jpg?resize=800%2C534\" alt=\"Bring business cards\" class=\"wp-image-472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/92825395.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/92825395.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/92825395.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phuketmeetingconference.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/92825395.jpg?resize=420%2C280&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<br><p><strong>Don\u2019t use a generic feedback template<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you ask people generic questions, you\u2019ll get generic answers. Instead, ask very specific questions. Ideally, you don\u2019t want to ask too many. It\u2019s better to get a detailed answer to one question than short answers to 20. Don\u2019t forget to also give the option to provide positive feedback. If you frame every question as though you\u2019re looking for problems, you will almost certainly find them in abundance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You only improve by learning from your mistakes, but how can you tell if a conference was a success and what you could be doing better? You need feedback. Specifically, you need useful, practical feedback. Getting it from the people who attended your Phuket conference venue can be a challenge, however. 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