IACS 2021 FALL CONFERENCE FINAL SURVEY-TRADESHOW

Here is the concensus on the previous survey:

1. 2021 Conference Surveys-Consensus

· Many schools are moving to in-state travel okay

· Many feel we still need to have a virtual format for education

· Many feel both virtual vendor appointments and F2F Trade Show would be beneficial (transition year)

· Budgets are mixed for travel and meetings (some have, some don’t)

· Many seem flexible with format, we like F2F but virtual is okay if need be for transition year

2. 2020 Virtual Conference Survey

How many sessions attended virtually Fall 2020?

· 3-4

· 5 or more

· 3-4

· 5 or more

· 5 or more

· 5 or more

Number of sessions offered?

· Just Right

· Just Right

· Too few

· Just Right

· Just Right

Main reason?

· Practical take-aways

· Practical take-aways

· Practical take-aways

· Find out what others are doing

Any technical issues?

· Lost connection a couple of times

· No, just send links (have ready) and let members decide

Low turnout-why?

· Pre-existing obligations

· Something came up

· Something came up

· Forgot

Which session was most valuable?

· How stores are marketing & generating sales opportunities

Future topics?

· Finding safe was to operate better with more foot traffic

· Book buying workflow

· Drive sales with less foot traffic

What can be improved?

· Request speakers to have microphones, not device mics

· Have an event page with links, don’t send out too many emails

· Send invites that can be added to calendars

Roundtables?

· COVID-19 and safety, how is everyone coping

· What’s changed for you

· Drive sales with e-commerce

· Clever ways to conduct social media

Committees?

· Already on one

· No interest

· No interest

· No interest

· No interest

· No interest