Table 4: Satisfaction with Sessions and Activities at the Conference, 2013 (%)
Day
Session
Attendance
Poor
Fair
Good
Very good
Highly rated sessions (VG: 60+%)
Fri
Rotary Bomb Dogs
18.5
3.0
-
9.1
87.9
Sat
New Generation D-7620 Four Way Test
20.1
-
4.7
9.3
86.0
Fri
D-3372 GSE Team Pakistan
13.6
-
-
17.2
82.8
Sat
Stop Hunger Now
27.7
-
3.0
14.9
82.1
Fri
D-9465 GSE Team Australia
13.0
-
-
20.0
80.0
Sat
New Generation D-7610 Music/Essays
21.7
-
4.3
17.0
78.7
Fri
Hospitality Rooms
50.5
-
3.6
22.7
73.6
Fri
Polio Plus Update
9.2
-
4.8
23.8
71.4
Sat
Hospitality Rooms
46.7
-
3.2
27.4
69.5
Medium rated sessions (VG: 40%-59%)
Sun
Memorial Service
24.5
3.9
-
41.2
54.9
Fri
Ethics Forum
8.7
4.5
13.6
27.3
54.5
Fri
Speaker X
54.3
4.3
16.2
30.8
48.7
Sat
Lunch
65.2
3.9
7.0
43.8
45.3
Thu
Cristal City Jazz Party
20.7
7.5
17.5
30.0
45.0
Sat
D-7610 Special Awards
23.4
-
15.6
40.0
44.4
Sat
D-7620 Peace through Service
19.6
-
9.3
46.5
44.2
Fri
Background to War & Spies
10.9
4.0
24.0
28.0
44.0
Sat
New Generation Presentation
8.7
3.8
3.8
50.0
42.3
Fri
Afternoon District Breakout Session
47.8
1.0
7.1
50.0
41.8
Sat
Breakfast
56.0
6.3
5.4
46.8
41.4
Sat
Stars and Stripes Dinner
51.1
4.8
8.7
45.2
41.3
Sun
Breakfast Buffet
32.6
-
9.1
50.0
40.9
Sat
Interact Morning Session
8.2
-
13.3
46.7
40.0
Less well rated sessions (VG: 40-%)
Fri
Cherry Blossom Lunch
60.3
3.9
14.1
43.8
38.3
Fri
Membership Forum
8.2
5.3
26.3
31.6
36.8
Fri
Conference General Session
54.3
0.9
14.8
51.3
33.0
Sun
Final Plenary and Adjournment
20.7
2.2
10.9
54.3
32.6
Fri
Morning District Break out Session
53.3
1.8
11.7
55.0
31.5
Sat
Extreme Club Makeover
6.5
6.3
12.5
50.0
31.3
Fri
Opening Ceremony
51.1
2.1
8.3
58.3
31.3
Sat
D-7630 Grants Management
10.9
-
17.4
52.2
30.4
Fri
Mission Possible Dinner
52.2
13.5
27.0
29.7
29.7
Fri
Cocktails
24.5
13.2
22.6
37.7
26.4
Sat
Vendors/House of Friendship
44.6
2.2
18.5
53.3
26.1
Fri
Vendors/House of Friendship
56.0
3.4
19.7
53.8
23.1
Fri
Speaker Y
49.5
24.3
34.6
23.4
17.8
Sat
Cocktails
21.2
10.0
27.5
45.0
17.5
Fri
Silent Auction
49.5
-
42.7
41.7
15.5
Fri
Theme Spies Everywhere/Murder
41.3
30.5
38.9
18.9
11.6
Source: Author, based on the District conference evaluation surveys.
Perhaps the most noteworthy and
praise in open-ended questions). Some
successful addition to the program was the
participants suggested that opportunities to
Stop
Hunger
Now
session,
whereby
volunteer for service work should be
Rotarians,
Rotaractors
and
Interactors,
systematically included in future district
helped prepare 20,000 bags of food for those
conferences.
in need. Many participants rated this session
very highly (and also mentioned it with
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