Conference Evaluation Forms

Ratings based on 1-5 with 5 being the best

Session Avg. Rating Comments
Opening Ceremony 4.57 Good Job Donna; Always glad the colors are posted & to see uniforms, Mayor and Judge were excellent; Presenting the colors great; I like having the flag salute; Very good; Thanks to the soldiers; WOW; Very moving; flag ceremony good opening; Color Guard with pledge-Great; Very appropriate for this time in our country's life; Very touching;
OJA Updates 4.02 Good in short amount of time; Thanks for the info; It would be nice if there was more time and more detail; Things we like to hear and things we don't; Updates are important; OJA staff is always upbeat, entertaining and informative; Always interesting to stay informed;
Gordon Lansford 3.30 Maybe a little shorter; boring; Gordon is Gordon;
Tim Delaney - Ethics 3.61 Good topic, polished presenter; KADCCA needs something in writing; Wonderful speaker, bring him back; Too long; He used language we could understand; Timely & helpful; Not an outstanding speaker, but good subject matter; Learned a lot of thins regarding ethics; Boring, could have had something more interesting that applied to our jobs, not Washington DC Senators and Congressmen; Too Long; Brought a fresh viewpoint to a familiar topic; It was difficult to remain attentive; Interesting; Coming from a small county, I don't know how we could put it all into practice; Very good; Made head spin with what to address; Very appropriate topic; Good information, wish it pertained more to "serving the public"; Timely topic; Good show; Pretty good, would have been better in the morning that after lunch; Too long;
Vendor Expo 4.48 Appreciate Robin & her committee's hard work; good participation; Very nice; good food & fun; Great group; Very good this year;  I really enjoyed it this year; Lots of vendors, nice giveaways and good dinner; Vendors were very friendly; Always nice to see what services and products are out there.; Good variety; Made good contacts; Nice to have so many; Wonderful turnout, way to go Robin: Great; good assortment; More, better door prizes from KADCCA; 
BO1 - Overdue 3.37 Great information; Didn't get much out of it; Could have been simpler; Great, I loved the breakout sessions, topics and presenters were fabulous; I would like to see this covered again; Very Informational, great handouts; I was completely lost; found out something I did not know; Learned from it; Unorganized presentation for those who don't use it; Good information but went to fast; A lot of info in a little time, but worth it; Most of us don't have extensive computer expertise and/or time to use recommended procedures presented;
BO2 - Juv. Comp. 3.24 Confusing; Great, I loved the breakout sessions, topics and presenters were fabulous; Informational, somewhat confusing at times; Everyone needs to be on the same page; did good job and everyone needs more training; No win situation for anyone; Not long enough; think we are going to benefit since Kathy Porter sat in; More complaining than training; Need more training; Chaotic; Only more confused' We need more help; Need more training, to many counties doing it differently; A great session-put us all on the same pager (or will); Lee & Amanda did a  good job, compliance is a big mess; Need to have something more specific to present; Was expecting to see the actual process; Would like to see OJA stand up for the clerks and not expect us to keep files in compliance; It was good to be able to discuss with the other clerks the frustrations: Need positive approach to problems, not complaints of how inconsistent training was and how awful judges and attorneys are.  Maybe there should be two groups, one for those of us who just need to see how to set up and use the program again now that we are actually using it and another group that is more advanced.  I am lost in using this; Because of the problems within the module, the training was done as well as possible.  Now they know that we all need more training;
BO3 - Expungements 4.37 Interesting topic, maybe have a county attorney talk about process; Good Info; thanks for sharing your forms; Interesting and informative; Great, I loved the breakout sessions, topics and presenters were fabulous; Simple, but great to be reminded of everything that needs to be blocked out; Learned more stuff I didn't know; Very good; Helped clarify procedure; Very Helpful' Common subject that needs to be refreshed;
BO4 - KPC Website 3.93 Good to hear and see the program is getting better; Can't Wait; How confusing, need small groups w/computers; Informative; Very beneficial; Excellent job, well thought out; Looking forward to using it; Will be good to update; Lots of good info; Needed more time; I hope there will be more training; Longer time slot needed; Went very fast;
Kim Parker - BTK 4.56 Very good; Wonderful, enlightening; Very interesting; Fabulous, spellbinding, could have listened longer; Very Impressive, Kim did a fantastic job; Very good; Very interesting, could have listened to more; She was worth the wait; Very good program, worth waiting for;  Loved this!!; Amazing, well worth the wait; Excellent; I can't believe someone else couldn't have filled it at work for Kim; think if speaker was going to be that late, we should have told her not to come and not paid her; Very interesting and informative; Good!; I enjoyed her very much, an interesting subject, well attended; Awful subject, gut she had a thorough presentation;
Dinner Theatre 4.40 They did a great job; Kids did a great job, maybe a bit too long; What Fun!, It was a nice change, great kids; Excellent foot and entertainment; Lots of laughs; Okay: What an enjoyable time, needed a good laugh; Fun; Very Entertaining; this was very good, thanks for the entertainment; Great1 Great! Great!; Food was good, kids were excellent; so-so; I loved the fact that it was the youth in the community that did the play; a joy to watch the kids; Great entertainment;  Very entertaining and amusing; A little long, but great!; Great group of kids;
Overall Conference Rating 4.32 Great setup, positive surroundings, Nice to see everyone; Good topic selections; Had a wonderful time, ate too much as always, lots of good information; Breakfast & evening meals  were delicious, Bingo prizes were extremely cheap.  Could have more door prizes to give away; Best gift for several years, after the first night, I did not have air conditioner or heat. good conference! the food was marvelous; One of the best conferences I recall in recent past! I love, absolutely love, having the round tables in the main conference room; The breakout sessions were very beneficial, lots retained with questions and answers; Really liked early release; I really liked the idea of being over at 3:45, although it did not work out; I really enjoyed bingo, it seemed to bring more to the hospitality room or area. maybe a white elephant from everyone who wants to play for the prizes; Thanks to each of you for your hard work, not an easy task and sometimes thankless, keep up the good work, someone is learning; Wonderful, enjoyed the breakouts, enjoyed the bingo, it was a great mixer; Motel left lots to be desired, rooms were not very clean - food was good - appreciated having breakfast at the motel; The theme was super; Enjoyed meeting the other clerks, great breakfast, all were genuine and warm to this newbie, everyone made me feel welcome; The breakout sessions would have been more helpful if there was just one or two and more time devoted to it; The hotel was nice and the service was good, this should be shortened to 2 days instead of 3; Everyone did excellent!! - I appreciate all your hard work and time' Breakout sessions are always good idea, could use more breakouts over the course of the conference to cover mort topics related to clerk's offices-devote more of the day to this; Very pleased; Great!; Thought everything worked out well; This was one of the better conferences; Love the coaster; Loved the breakout sessions; Very well done: Good content, very good time; One of the best I have attended, thank you! - really liked the round tables for the sessions, also the breakouts; I always enjoy the fall conference, each one is different, entertaining an a learning experience, plus you make new friends; I appreciate the time put in organizing; Great group of people to be working with; Good site for the conference; Great theme, food fun; Really liked the round tables for meetings, very comfortable, could actually get out when you needed to without worrying about tripping over table and chair legs and spilling water;
Suggestions for Future Training   Juvenile compliance training for Judges and County Attorneys;  Have a lunch option; More breakouts on different subjects and/or divisions; Overdue processing, statutory duties of clerk, i.e.. "must do"; Juvenile compliance, no more customer service, more breakout sessions, keep the round tables; Would welcome more training on juvenile compliance, continue with a variety of breakout sessions; I like breakout sessions; We will need to keep up on juvenile compliance after we learn it; Overdue, juvenile compliance and traffic; Juvenile compliance, jury program, overdue processing; More breakouts; More breakout sessions for deputies; I liked the motivational speakers from years past-would love to see that again next year; Please have something on our insurance at the fall meeting, we don't get notified in time to go to the meetings and don't get our packets before the meetings take place, insurance changes every year and should be discussed at every fall conference; Loved the breakout sessions: Our district just had the lead prosecutor's on the Lisa Montgomery federal trial and it was very interesting, might be a good presentation for next year; New clerks need training on payroll, if you have never done payroll, you need help 'before' you make mistakes and get those 'black marks'; Would like to see a map of hotel in packets, the round tables made it much more comfortable during meetings; Juvenile Compliance retraining; Fall conference needs to include a session on open enrollment every year, health insurance changes every year; Budget training;