CDAA National Conferences Survey

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* 1. In which of the following sector/s do you work as a career development practitioner?

Community

Secondary Education

Tertiary Education

Adult Education

Private Practice

Corporate Business

Govt/ Semi-govt

Rehabilitation

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What category of CDAA Member are you?

Professional

Fellow

Associate

Student

Retired

Corporate

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* 3. Which State or Territory are you from?

ACT - Metropolitan

NSW - Metropolitan

NT - Metropolitan

QLD - Metropolitan

SA - Metropolitan

TAS - Metropolitan

VIC - Metropolitan

WA - Metropolitan

ACT - Regional

NSW - Regional

NT - Regional

QLD - Regional

SA - Regional

TAS - Regional

VIC - Regional

WA - Regional

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* 4. How many National CDAA Conferences have you attended?

2-4

5 or more

none

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* 5. Which recent CDAA conferences have you attended?

2010 - Adelaide

2009 - Melbourne

2008 - Hobart

2007 - Perth

2006 - Sydney

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* 6. What is your preferred conference length?

2 days

2.5 days

3 days

Comments:

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* 7. Which days of the week would you prefer the conference to cover? (please mark all that apply)

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Comments:

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* 8. Would you attend an intensive professional development workshop in conjunction with the conference?

Yes, pre-conference

Yes, post-conference

Not at all

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* 9. The CDAA National Conference has traditionally been held in the week after Easter. What is your preference in relation to this and to school holidays?

The week after Easter is good

The week after Easter does not work for me

I prefer the conference to be during school holidays

I prefer the conference to NOT be during school holidays

Other (please specify)

	Very important				Not important at all
quality of keynotes	quality of keynotes Very important	quality of keynotes	quality of keynotes	quality of keynotes	quality of keynotes Not important at all
program quality	program quality Very important	program quality	program quality	program quality	program quality Not important at all
opportunity for skill development	opportunity for skill development Very important	opportunity for skill development	opportunity for skill development	opportunity for skill development	opportunity for skill development Not important at all
networking opportunities	networking opportunities Very important	networking opportunities	networking opportunities	networking opportunities	networking opportunities Not important at all
conference price	conference price Very important	conference price	conference price	conference price	conference price Not important at all
cost of attending	cost of attending Very important	cost of attending	cost of attending	cost of attending	cost of attending Not important at all
location	location Very important	location	location	location	location Not important at all
conference length	conference length Very important	conference length	conference length	conference length	conference length Not important at all
timing of the conference (weekdays vs weekends)	timing of the conference (weekdays vs weekends) Very important	timing of the conference (weekdays vs weekends)	timing of the conference (weekdays vs weekends)	timing of the conference (weekdays vs weekends)	timing of the conference (weekdays vs weekends) Not important at all

Very important

Not important at all

quality of keynotes

quality of keynotes Very important

quality of keynotes

quality of keynotes Not important at all

program quality

program quality Very important

program quality

program quality Not important at all

opportunity for skill development

opportunity for skill development Very important

opportunity for skill development

opportunity for skill development Not important at all

networking opportunities

networking opportunities Very important

networking opportunities

networking opportunities Not important at all

conference price

conference price Very important

conference price

conference price Not important at all

cost of attending

cost of attending Very important

cost of attending

cost of attending Not important at all

location

location Very important

location

location Not important at all

conference length

conference length Very important

conference length

conference length Not important at all

timing of the conference (weekdays vs weekends)

timing of the conference (weekdays vs weekends) Very important

timing of the conference (weekdays vs weekends)

timing of the conference (weekdays vs weekends) Not important at all

	Very important				Not important at all
international profile in the career development profession	international profile in the career development profession Very important	international profile in the career development profession	international profile in the career development profession	international profile in the career development profession	international profile in the career development profession Not important at all
track record of academic research in the field	track record of academic research in the field Very important	track record of academic research in the field	track record of academic research in the field	track record of academic research in the field	track record of academic research in the field Not important at all
public profile	public profile Very important	public profile	public profile	public profile	public profile Not important at all
track record as a career development practitioner	track record as a career development practitioner Very important	track record as a career development practitioner	track record as a career development practitioner	track record as a career development practitioner	track record as a career development practitioner Not important at all
providing expertise/perspective from a complementary field	providing expertise/perspective from a complementary field Very important	providing expertise/perspective from a complementary field	providing expertise/perspective from a complementary field	providing expertise/perspective from a complementary field	providing expertise/perspective from a complementary field Not important at all
positive references / feedback from other career development practitioners	positive references / feedback from other career development practitioners Very important	positive references / feedback from other career development practitioners	positive references / feedback from other career development practitioners	positive references / feedback from other career development practitioners	positive references / feedback from other career development practitioners Not important at all

Very important

Not important at all

international profile in the career development profession

international profile in the career development profession Very important

international profile in the career development profession

international profile in the career development profession Not important at all

track record of academic research in the field

track record of academic research in the field Very important

track record of academic research in the field

track record of academic research in the field Not important at all

public profile

public profile Very important

public profile

public profile Not important at all

track record as a career development practitioner

track record as a career development practitioner Very important

track record as a career development practitioner

track record as a career development practitioner Not important at all

providing expertise/perspective from a complementary field

providing expertise/perspective from a complementary field Very important

providing expertise/perspective from a complementary field

providing expertise/perspective from a complementary field Not important at all

positive references / feedback from other career development practitioners

positive references / feedback from other career development practitioners Very important

positive references / feedback from other career development practitioners

positive references / feedback from other career development practitioners Not important at all

	Very important				Not important at all
track record as a career development practitioner	track record as a career development practitioner Very important	track record as a career development practitioner	track record as a career development practitioner	track record as a career development practitioner	track record as a career development practitioner Not important at all
experience in facilitating learning	experience in facilitating learning Very important	experience in facilitating learning	experience in facilitating learning	experience in facilitating learning	experience in facilitating learning Not important at all
skill as a trainer / teacher	skill as a trainer / teacher Very important	skill as a trainer / teacher	skill as a trainer / teacher	skill as a trainer / teacher	skill as a trainer / teacher Not important at all
specific skill development provided	specific skill development provided Very important	specific skill development provided	specific skill development provided	specific skill development provided	specific skill development provided Not important at all
relevance of content to theme	relevance of content to theme Very important	relevance of content to theme	relevance of content to theme	relevance of content to theme	relevance of content to theme Not important at all

Very important

Not important at all

track record as a career development practitioner

track record as a career development practitioner Very important

track record as a career development practitioner

track record as a career development practitioner Not important at all

experience in facilitating learning

experience in facilitating learning Very important

experience in facilitating learning

experience in facilitating learning Not important at all

skill as a trainer / teacher

skill as a trainer / teacher Very important

skill as a trainer / teacher

skill as a trainer / teacher Not important at all

specific skill development provided

specific skill development provided Very important

specific skill development provided

specific skill development provided Not important at all

relevance of content to theme

relevance of content to theme Very important

relevance of content to theme

relevance of content to theme Not important at all

CDAA National Conferences

1. Member Survey

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* 1. In which of the following sector/s do you work as a career development practitioner?

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* 2. What category of CDAA Member are you?

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* 3. Which State or Territory are you from?

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* 4. How many National CDAA Conferences have you attended?

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* 5. Which recent CDAA conferences have you attended?

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* 6. What is your preferred conference length?

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* 7. Which days of the week would you prefer the conference to cover? (please mark all that apply)

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* 8. Would you attend an intensive professional development workshop in conjunction with the conference?

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* 9. The CDAA National Conference has traditionally been held in the week after Easter. What is your preference in relation to this and to school holidays?

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* 10. How important are each of the following factors in determining whether or not you would attend a CDAA Conference?

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* 11. Rate the importance of each of the following factors that the conference organizing committee should consider in selecting conference keynote speakers

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* 12. Rate the importance of each of the following factors that the conference organizing committee should consider in selecting conference workshop presenters:

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* 13. Any other comments that you would like to make?