Today is the second round of surveying the delegates. We will be going down to Raffles Convention Centre for the Aviation Outlook Asia 2008. When we went down, it was unfortunate that all the delegates are attending workshops all the way until 5pm so we only managed to get 30 surveys.
I was quite disappointed that we only managed to get 30 survey results when our actual target was 50. But then again, it can't be helped. I'm just hoping that the next time round will be better!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Meeting Ten
Today is D'Day! We are going to start our first round of survey! With that in mind, we headed down to Suntec City Convention Centre to the two conferences going on.
JEC conference actually had this exhibiton going on too for the participants so this allowed us to get in touch with the delegates easier. So we waited outside of the exhibition halls for the delegates as they make their way out.
At the end of the day, we collected 50 surveys! But of course we banged into "walls" along the way. Some delegates just didn't want to entertain us or some are very enthusiastic but they can't understand english that well so we had to explain each and every question to them in chinese.
But along the way, we got quite good responses like "oh, you're from the hospitality faculty?", "this idea seems good!". So I'm quite happy afterall.
JEC conference actually had this exhibiton going on too for the participants so this allowed us to get in touch with the delegates easier. So we waited outside of the exhibition halls for the delegates as they make their way out.
At the end of the day, we collected 50 surveys! But of course we banged into "walls" along the way. Some delegates just didn't want to entertain us or some are very enthusiastic but they can't understand english that well so we had to explain each and every question to them in chinese.
But along the way, we got quite good responses like "oh, you're from the hospitality faculty?", "this idea seems good!". So I'm quite happy afterall.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Meeting Nine
As we didn't have time to edit our survey questions at the previous meeting, we did it today as requested by Chronos. While editing the questions, we discussed among ourselves on how each question will help us in our research and analysis and made sure that it's not just another redundant question.
The events that we searched previously were over or the event organizer didn't get back to us so we went to search for upcoming events for this week. After getting the information of the event, we called or emailed the event organizers to inform them about surveying the delegates. Some rejected us straightaway but there are some who agreed to let us in after looking at our survey questions.
These are the two events that we will be going to next week: ITB Asia and JEC Asia, both at Suntec City Convention Centre.
The events that we searched previously were over or the event organizer didn't get back to us so we went to search for upcoming events for this week. After getting the information of the event, we called or emailed the event organizers to inform them about surveying the delegates. Some rejected us straightaway but there are some who agreed to let us in after looking at our survey questions.
These are the two events that we will be going to next week: ITB Asia and JEC Asia, both at Suntec City Convention Centre.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Meeting Eight
Today we met up with Chronos to discuss about our survey questions that we've just done up. After this, we are able to go to events like conferences or exhibitions to survey the delegates and participants.
These are the pointers that were discussed:
1. Surveys questions have to be purposeful
2. Green initiative movement in recent years has to be edited into paragraphs as it is more explanatory
3. Survey question techniques have to be clear in getting the answer you want, e.g ranking questions to eliminate
4. We have to standardize the words used in surveys
5. Question 4.3 has to switch with question 4.2
6. Asking delegates what they think that are wasteful in events and then can be recycled
7. Paperless - pre-conference, during conference and post conference
8. Rephrase the questions to more rating and ranking (This allows us to know the perceptions of the participants better)
After that, we went to Singapore Tourism Board website to look for conferences and exhibitions that we can go to. Knowing that we can't just start surveying the delegates like that, we looked for the event organizers' numbers, hoping to have access to the event.
These are the pointers that were discussed:
1. Surveys questions have to be purposeful
2. Green initiative movement in recent years has to be edited into paragraphs as it is more explanatory
3. Survey question techniques have to be clear in getting the answer you want, e.g ranking questions to eliminate
4. We have to standardize the words used in surveys
5. Question 4.3 has to switch with question 4.2
6. Asking delegates what they think that are wasteful in events and then can be recycled
7. Paperless - pre-conference, during conference and post conference
8. Rephrase the questions to more rating and ranking (This allows us to know the perceptions of the participants better)
After that, we went to Singapore Tourism Board website to look for conferences and exhibitions that we can go to. Knowing that we can't just start surveying the delegates like that, we looked for the event organizers' numbers, hoping to have access to the event.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Meet-up with Nison
Today Nison and I decided to meet up to look through our survey questions before sending it to Chronos.
Points that were discussed:
1. Survey seemed too "sudden". It would be more appropriate to give a brief introduction of what this survey is trying to achieve.
2. Consistency of words in the questions. E.g. Delegates/participants; Ranking from 1 to 5 (1 being the most important)
3. We finished up the questions about paperless
After that, we sent the survey questions to Chronos and our team members. Selamat Hari Raya!
Points that were discussed:
1. Survey seemed too "sudden". It would be more appropriate to give a brief introduction of what this survey is trying to achieve.
2. Consistency of words in the questions. E.g. Delegates/participants; Ranking from 1 to 5 (1 being the most important)
3. We finished up the questions about paperless
After that, we sent the survey questions to Chronos and our team members. Selamat Hari Raya!
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