National Farm Viability Conference Please take a few minutes to complete this survey of the National Farm Viability Conference. Your responses will be confidential and will be used in aggregate to share feedback to presenters; report to our funders and sponsors; and to inform and improve future conferences and training opportunities. If you would like to see the survey results, please let us know. Question Title * 1. Identify your profession or primary role: Service provider/consultant Capital provider Entrepreneur Higher education – research faculty and students Land trust staff Other agencies and stakeholder organizations Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. Please indicate ways in which, overall, the conference was helpful to you. Select all that apply. There were opportunities for effective networking and I have developed new relationships that I intend to maintain I will contact people I met at this conference outside of my home state when I have questions they may be able to help with I have new skills and resources I will share with farm/food entrepreneurs I increased my understanding of the breadth of capital options that exist for farm/food enterprises I gained knowledge that will increase my effectiveness in advising, delivering services to, and/or assisting farm and food enterprises Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. If you believe this training will increase your effectiveness in delivering services/assisting farm/food businesses as a part of your job, please comment on how – what you learned and any changes you expect to see in your work. Question Title * 4. What training topics or trainers would you recommend to the VHCB to improve and plan future trainings or conferences? Question Title * 5. How well was the conference managed? On a scale of 1-5 where 1 is poor and 5 is excellent, please rate the following aspects of conference management. 1 2 3 4 5 Ease of registration Ease of registration 1 Ease of registration 2 Ease of registration 3 Ease of registration 4 Ease of registration 5 Participant materials Participant materials 1 Participant materials 2 Participant materials 3 Participant materials 4 Participant materials 5 Conference facilities Conference facilities 1 Conference facilities 2 Conference facilities 3 Conference facilities 4 Conference facilities 5 Quality of the food Quality of the food 1 Quality of the food 2 Quality of the food 3 Quality of the food 4 Quality of the food 5 Overall organization Overall organization 1 Overall organization 2 Overall organization 3 Overall organization 4 Overall organization 5 Please provide comments on conference management and ideas for future improvements Next