Post Event Evaluation Checklist

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What should you evaluate?

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Registration and attendance


How did your registration numbers compare against your goals?

What was your no-show rate?

Would you plan differently for food and budget, knowing the no-show rate?

Was the registration process smooth all the way from signup to check-in?

Would you work with the registration tool again?

What can you do to increase registration numbers and actual attendance next
time?

Did your engaged audience grow before, during and after the event?

Budget
What were some of the budget “surprises”?

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What would you do differently next time?

Revenue or funds raised


How did this stack up against your goal?

What can you do to be more effective as a fundraiser?

Were tickets priced appropriately?

If you gave out free or discounted tickets, did you get a return on investment?

Marketing spend and performance


Which marketing channels gave you the best volume?

Which channels generated the best cost-per-lead?

Which channels performed poorly?

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Was there a correlation between specific channels and a specific type of 03
attendee?

How would you evaluate the tools you used for marketing?

What kind of marketing mix would you use next time?

Attendee satisfaction
What did attendees say about your event in the surveys, in your follow-up
calls, and on social media?

Were there any sessions or parties that fell flat?

Did attendees have complaints about the venue or the food?

Did they seem happy with the networking opportunities?

Was their perceived value of the event worth more than the price of the
ticket?

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Message amplification and lifetime 04
How many people used your hashtag before, during and after the event?

What was the volume of social shares, user photos, comments and follows?

If you wanted to encourage a specific message or tone, were you effective?

How engaged is your audience a week, a month, and 6 months after the
event?

Sponsor success
Were your sponsors happy with the volume of leads they collected and the
conversations they had?

Did they feel like the attendees were relevant to their customers?

After a few months, are sponsors able to report a positive return on


investment?

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Venue and vendor performance 05
Did the venue and vendor teams perform professionally and capably?

Were they able to deal with contingencies?

Would you work with them again?

Effectiveness ofthe events team


Was everyone on your team accountable and effective?

Were there any gaps in accountability, or team members who weren’t pulling
their weight?

Did you have enough staff overall?

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