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Smithsonian Volunteer Appreciation Event - 2024

Please consider taking the following survey about your experience with this year's Volunteer Appreciation Event and ideas for future volunteer events. It will take about 5-7 minutes to complete. Providing your feedback will ensure that we are offering the best programs possible, and that attending them is both easy and enjoyable. The information you provide will be reviewed by OVS staff members.
1.Did you attend or do you plan to watch the recording of this year's Smithsonian Volunteer Appreciation Event?(Required.)
2.Rate your overall experience at the Appreciation Event.
Did Not Attend
Not Enjoyable
Just OK
Partially Enjoyable
Enjoyable
Very Enjoyable
3.Rate how easy it was to access the event, i.e. to attend the event at NMAI or view the livestream/recording.
Did Not Attend
Difficult
Somewhat Difficult
Just OK
Easy
Very Easy
4.Did you have any issues accessing the event?
5.Did you attend any of the Volunteer Enrichments hosted by OVS during April? If so, please indicate which ones.
6.Rate how likely are you to attend another Smithsonian Volunteer Appreciation Event or Volunteer Enrichment in the future.
Very Unlikely
Unlikely
Neutral
Likely
Very Likely
7.Please give us three words to describe what you thought of the event.
8.What was your favorite part of the event?
9.What was your least favorite part of the event?
10.How could this event have been improved?
11.With what Smithsonian museum/unit do you volunteer?(Required.)
12.What topic(s) would you like to see covered at future Volunteer Events? (Appreciation or Enrichments)
13.Is there anything else about this year's Smithsonian Volunteer Appreciation Event that you would like us to know?
With Volunteer Appreciation Month concluded, OVS would now like to show our appreciation for your volunteer supervisors at museums and units across the Smithsonian! These are the people who oversee your programs, your volunteering, and your impact. They work every day to make your experience positive and fun. To help us show them how much we value their support, please share a note of thanks or a story about how they support your volunteering below. We'll compile and share as many notes as we can with them.
14.Share your message for volunteer supervisors here!