ReefSmart Participant Satisfaction Survey

OMB CONTROL NO. 0648-0342

Expiration Date: 4/30/2015

Reef Smart Participant Satisfaction Survey

Please take a moment to help us improve our initiative by completing this short survey about today’s NOAA Reef Smart Seminar Series event. Your feedback is important to us. When you are done, please drop the survey off in the designated box as you exit the room.

1. Please rate the quality of the presentations given during today’s Reef Smart Manager’s Event by marking an “X” in the appropriate column for each item in the table below.

	Not Applicable	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Very Good
Ability of the presenters to explain scientific concepts and information						
Ability of the presenters to answer questions						
Demonstrations of research equipment and technology						

2. Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about today’s NOAA Reef Smart Seminar Series event by marking an “X” in the appropriate column for each item in the table below.

	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	No Opinion	Agree	Strongly Agree
Today’s event enabled me to make useful contacts with scientists and peers doing research on coral reef ecosystems in my jurisdiction.					
At today’s event, I learned something new about the coral reef ecosystem research occurring in my jurisdiction.					
The information provided at today’s event was highly relevant to my job.					
Today’s event provided information that I will use to improve management of my jurisdiction’s coral reef resources.					
Attending this Reef Smart event was a good use of my time.					
Today’s Reef Smart event was well organized.					

3. Are there coral reef-related research topics or issues that you would like to know more about? If yes, please list them in the space below. We will use this information to inform planning of future outreach events.

4. Do you have any additional comments or suggestions? If yes, please share them in the space below.

5. Do you presently work in an agency, organization or business where natural resource management, recovery/restoration or administration is the primary focus or mission?

• Yes

• No

6. Are you presently an elected official or serve as a staff-person for an elected official?

• Yes

• No

7. Which of the following best describes your professional organizational affiliation?

(Please check only one response.)

• None, individual/private citizen

• K-12 educational institution

• College or university staff or faculty

• College or university student

• Federal government-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Federal government-Other

• State/territorial government

• County or parish government

• City or town government

• Non-governmental organization

• News media

• Private business or industry, please specify type of business or industry: _______

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• Other, please specify: ________________________________________________

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