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29th Annual Quest Conference Evaluation
Quest Conference Attendee Feedback

Thank you for taking the time to evaluate the 29th Quest for Excellence Conference. Your
comments will enable us to continue to improve and execute future conferences to meet your
needs.
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Expiration date: 05/31/2018

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1. Please indicate your satisfaction with the following conference sessions.
Very Satisfied

Satisfied

Neutral

Dissatisfied

Very Dissatisfied

N/A

Baldrige Award
Ceremony
Monday Leadership
Presentations
Monday Q&A Talk Show
Monday and Tuesday
Concurrent Sessions
Tuesday Baldrige
Foundation Awards
Luncheon
Tuesday Baldrige
Category Best Practices
Sessions
Wednesday Keynote
Session - Polly LaBarre
Wednesday Panel
Discussion on The
Innovation Advantage
Comment (please specify)

2. Please indicate your satisfaction with the following aspects of the conference.
Very Satisfied
Pre-event registration
Registration/Check-in on-site
Conference App
Conference Wi-Fi
Charging Stations
Conference Headquarters Hotel Baltimore Marriott Waterfront

Satisfied

Neutral

Dissatisfied

Very
Dissatisfied

N/A

3. If you attended a Special Session, please indicate which session you attended and your feedback on the
session? If you did not attend, please skip to the next question.
Communities of Excellence 2026 Session - San Diego's Journey
Baldrige Cybersecurity Panel Session - Monday
MEP Session - Assisting Small U.S. Manufacturers as Trusted Advisors
Comments:

4. Please indicate whether or not your expectations were met at the conference relative to the following.
Fully Met
Expectations
Learn from Awardees
Opportunity to interact
with Awardees
Opportunity to interact
with Exhibitors
Opportunity to interact
with Attendees
Improve your knowledge
of the Baldrige Criteria

Met Most
Expectations

Neutral

Met Few
Expectations

Did not Meet
Expectations

N/A

5. How likely, or unlikely, is it that you would recommend next year’s Quest Conference to a professional
colleague, key customer, partner, or supplier?
10 Extremely Likely

6

2

9

5

1

8

4

Not At All Likely

7

3

Comment (please specify)

6. Please rate how valuable the information from the conference will be in your improvement efforts.
Very Valuable

Limited Value

Valuable

Not Valuable

Neutral

No Opinion

7. Please rate how well this conference overall met your expectations.
Exceeded

Met some

Met all

Met none

Met most

No opinion

29th Annual Quest Conference Evaluation

8. What was one of the key strengths of the conference this year?

9. What is the one factor keeping you from giving this a higher rating?

10. Please check the sector to which your organization belongs.
Education

Manufacturing

Government

Nonprofit

Health Care

Service

Small Business

11. How is your organization using the Baldrige Criteria?
Not currently using the Criteria
For raising awareness of performance excellence
For self assessment and improvement
To apply for feedback or the Award

12. How many Quest conferences have you attended?
1

4-5

2-3

6+