Con Evaluation: IndividUUality

For the first time at this Con, we had some evaluation of the event by the overall attendees.  How did Con go overall? 

 Overall Evaluation:

5 ratings (super happy face) :  67%

4 (slightly happy face) :          28%

3 (neutral face) :                     5%

2 (slightly unhappy face) :        1%

1 (very unhappy face) :            0%

Favorite parts of Con:
No-talent show:                    79%
Touch groups:                       67%
Workshops:                          51%
Worship:                              50%
Main workshop:                     44%
Spirit Corps:                         21%

What would you change?
The top answer was "the rain," which unfortunately we can't help you with.

Top answers:
Vary music at the dance
Make con longer
Longer worships
More supplies for henna/hair dye
More free time
After-worship campfire time
Newbie orientation
Inclusive first-night games
Better privacy
More theme-related workshops

How would you make Con more inclusive?
Most of these answers focused on Friday night and helping new attendees feel part of the community more quickly; second was the ability to have solo time or more personal space.

• Friday night games / mixers
• Have older / more experience con-goers reach out to newcomers better (newcomers can feel it's hard to approach others who clearly know each other well)
• Mix-up people at meals
• Con buddies
• Get "lei'd" at registration so you know right away who new people are
• Have 1st touch group before orientation, so you've got some people to sit with / talk to right away
• Pre-Con information: have a video, explain more about what happens
• Area for quiet people or smaller "coffee house" type talent show
• More active games (e.g. capture the flag, ultimate frisbee - the rain made this hard)