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Branding and signage were lovely!!

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Very professional!

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The lineup of speakers was fantastic and the topics were diverse and interesting!

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As a small team, this was a tremendous lift and I'm curious if for efficiency, and sanity's sake - having a third party like Mosaic to manage would be worth exploring.

Is there a better balance between staff and volunteer/committee involvement once the event is off and running?

Is there a way to get push notifications from the CRM about the conference (schedule updates, etc.)?

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Excuse my stream of consciousness in this section - it's mostly just reminders for future events and nothing earth-shattering.

ROS and Annotated Agenda was nice, but I wonder if driving to Wrike for some of the to-do's would have been easier for everyone to track in real time.

Having a staff schedule would have been helpful. Spreadsheet with the when, where, who, timing, specific responsibilities, etc. Something at-a-glance where you could see what your responsibilities are for the day/conf.

Needed a point of contact for both the PF and the speaker - often they weren't sure if they could start, how they were doing on timing, etc.

For the larger sessions it would be helpful to have a second or even third staff/volunteer assisting with the microphone during Q&A, helping people to find seats, making sure that the outside noise is kept to a minimum.

Could use some "Quiet Session in Progress" signs during the breakouts.

Good to run through lighting in the mtg room during the walk-through.

Shorter intros.

Shorter acceptance speeches.

Once we were off the agenda, folks felt they could float into sessions whenever which carried throughout the conf.

Group photos - sometimes it's easier to arrange those ahead of time/after and have a photo call time rather than hold the program for a stage shot.

Having a screen in the back of the room with what's been projected for presenters would be helpful or moving the screens so presenters could see what we're all seeing was the feedback I received.

As conference attendees we're trained to look for coffee throughout the day, especially in the AM and an afternoon session after lunch or late afternoon.

Hospitality Suite - in theory VERY swanky - just need it to be someplace away from others.

A reminder to myself that there's a difference btwn good PFs and good Emcees. It's totally a skillset -can we note emcee or host experience in our CRM?

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Are we the type of group that gets excited by door prizes? Or giveaways? Something to encourage attending all sessions or arriving early/on time?

Some sort of audience recognition/engagement could become a norm before the SOF or another foundation program - silly prizes like, "alum that traveled the farthest!" or "first to register!"

Games - do we like games? Ag Leadership Trivia something. IDK.

A hashtag would be cool to share ahead of time with our ppl - it was v. cool seeing alumni posting from the conference!

Having music is good! Class, ed team, deans, class liaisons, or even speaker-curated playlists would be cool to rotate through - where appropriate.

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Post-Conference Feedback / General Alumni Feedback

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Post-Conference Feedback / General Alumni Feedback

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Are we doing some sort of attendee feedback (all attendees - alums, speakers, ILAC, industry?)

Same for committee members?

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It was pretty cool the way it all came together, and the food was BOMB! Not sure if the recipes were meant to be shared, but it would be cool to have a QR Code in the program or somewhere on the table in the future.

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Should conferences be attached to an anchor event like Inaugural or Commencement?

Could be an ideal time to gather alumni reflections on video

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We need a different approach to making an event like this appealing to alumni. We definitely did not get enough interest for how much $ we invested in the event.

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We had too many meetings for an event with this minimal of an impact.

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Food was great. So nice to offer beverages that we had a connection with. New signs were really cool. I only heard a few speakers but was really excited about them, they were fantastic! Auction Items were a nice array of things. Weather was spectacular, especially for our out of town/state guest.