Evaluate your Event
It is important to evaluate your work.
Quantitative feedback can be time consuming to collate and
analyse, but is worthwhile.
- If you visit/give talks to schools or others, issue them with a feedback form.
- If you have a stall, a quiz or competition for visitors is one way of assessing interest, as well as the amount of leaflets etc distributed.
- For a radio phone-in you will be able find out the number of calls taken.
- For any talks/workshops you run, provide participants (teachers if a school) with evaluation forms.
- Monitor press coverage (including the letters page) and any change in the number of enquiries and website traffic you receive.
Qualitative feedback is less straightforward to analyse, but can be extremely useful.
- A discussion between your team and partners to assess reactions to your work and the opinions of those involved.
- Talking to people targeted will establish whether they are finding the initiative interesting and useful Were friends, neighbours, or relatives aware of your Noise Action Week activities and what did they think?
- How do you think your event went?
Feedback will be positive and negative. Environmental Protection UK evaluates Noise Action Week through feedback forms, press coverage, calls to our office and talking to participants. Our annual awareness raising initiative on noise has now been established for 10 years, with increasing support.
