"haywired: An Economic Disaster?" Evaluation

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USGS Science Application for Risk Reduction (SAFRR)
“HayWired: An Economic Disaster?” Evaluation Form

We are conducting a short survey to obtain feedback about your recent participation in __________ Webinar. The questions are designed to glean information about what you believe to be the value of the workshop to you and to your organization, knowledge or awareness of economic impacts from a Hayward earthquake threat, and idea for potential future workshops. Your personal identity and organizational affiliation will not be associated with your individual responses or revealed in reporting and only the evaluation team (at the Hazards Center) will have access to the raw data. Your participation is voluntary. If there are any questions you prefer not to answer, simply skip them. This survey should take about 10 minutes to complete.

IMMEDIATE POST-WORKSHOP QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following best describes the sector you represent?

□ Individual business

□ Business coalition

• Economic development

□ Other (Please describe.) _____________________________________________________________

□ Not applicable (Please explain your interest in this workshop)

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[SKIP LOGIC] 1.A. If you selected “individual business,” please indicate the size of the business you represent from the ranges provided below.

• Small (1-50 employees)

• Medium (50-500 employees)

• Large (500+ employees)

[SKIP LOGIC] 1.B. If you selected “individual business,” please indicate the scale of your businesses’ operations.

• Local

• San Francisco Bay Region

• State-level

• Other ____________

2. Overall, how would you describe the value of this workshop/webinar to you and your organization?

• Very valuable

• Valuable

• Somewhat valuable

• Not at all valuable

• No response

3. If you indicated that the workshop/webinar was somewhat valuable, valuable, or very valuable to you and your organization, please briefly explain in what way(s) it was valuable. (Please write in the space provided below.)

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Please mark the most appropriate box to indicate whether you Strongly Agree, Agree, Neither Agree nor Disagree, Disagree, or Strongly Disagree with the following general statements about the information provided during the workshop/webinar.

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
As a result of participating in this workshop, I have a better understanding of societal consequences of a Hayward event to this region.	□	□	□	□	□
The information provided in the workshop was credible.	□	□	□	□	□
As a result of participating in this workshop, I have a better understanding of issues concerning economic impacts following a Hayward earthquake event.	□	□	□	□	□
The workshop/webinar raised issues that are important to my geographic region (e.g., the Bay Area, Northern California).	□	□	□	□	□
The workshop/webinar provided information that is relevant to decision-making in my professional role.	□	□	□	□	□
The information provided in the workshop/webinar will improve my ability to make decisions with respect to hazard mitigation, preparedness, and/or risk reduction activities.	□	□	□	□	□

Please mark the appropriate box to indicate the extent to which your knowledge about the following topics increased Significantly, Somewhat, A Little, or Not At All a result of attending this workshop/webinar.

	Significantly Increased	Somewhat Increased	A Little Increased	Not At All Increased
The potential effects of a Hayward earthquake on GDP loss	□	□	□	□
The potential effects of a Hayward earthquake on employment loss	□	□	□	□
The potential effects of a Hayward earthquake on population loss from the region	□	□	□	□
The potential effects of a Hayward earthquake on different sizes of businesses.	□	□	□	□
The potential effects of a hayward earthquake on different levels of government.	□	□	□	□
The size of the impacted area in the event of a Hayward earthquake	□	□	□	□
Potential solutions for addressing threats posed by a Hayward EQ (e.g., investment in stronger infrastructure, plans for telework)	□	□	□	□
How to employ an equity approach to addressing potential threats from a Hayward EQ	□	□	□	□
The potential for a Hayward earthquake to overlap with other disasters (e.g., climate change, pandemics, fires)	□	□	□	□
How to use hazard mitigation to reduce the impacts of a potential Hayward earthquake.	□	□	□	□

20. Did the workshop/webinar raise new issues not yet considered within your organization?

□ Not applicable

□ Yes—if yes, please explain below

□ No

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21. Do you intend to share information about the content presented in this workshop/webinar with others in your organization?

□ Not applicable

□ Yes—if yes, please describe how you plan to do so

□ No—if no, why not?

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22. Do you intend to share information about the content presented in this workshop with others outside of your organization?

□ Not applicable

□ Yes—if yes, please describe how you plan to do so

□ No—if no, why not?

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Over the years, SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) has produced science on earthquakes, floods, wildfires, landslides, tsunamis, and coastal erosion.

23. Does your organization have other science information needs?

□ Yes □ No

If you responded “yes,” please describe these needs and their level of importance to your organization in the space below:

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~Please provide any additional feedback about the workshop in the space provided below~

Thank you very much for your feedback.

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