Social Work Global Conference Report 2020

Evaluation Feedback and Results Of the 442 participants, 224 people attended via the Zoom webinar, with an additional 218 views on YouTube Live. Of the people who attended the conference, 140 completed and returned the conference evaluation questionnaire. The responses were collected and analyzed to ensure the quality of future conferences and will be taken into account for future conference programs and proceedings. Based on the collected responses, 26 of the respondents were graduate students, 41 undergraduate students, 12 faculty, 18 alumni, and 43 reported as other (not attending or working for Kutztown University). Over three quarters (86.2%) of the respondents heard about the conference from their course instructors or from KU announcements through email. The results indicated that 97% of the respondents rated the sessions they attended as excellent or good; 98% of the respondents indicated that the information from the sessions was congruent with the main theme of the conference; 100% of the respondents rated the conference as well organized. 93.5% noted that the Keynote Speaker was knowledgeable about the subject related to the theme of the conference; 100% of the respondents indicated that the discussions after the speaker ’ s presentations were satisfactory. 90.5% of the respondents indicated that the time allotted for each session was sufficient. The results further indicated that 98% of the respondents gained valuable insight about local/global organizations responding to human needs from attending the conference. Finally, 94.1% of the respondents indicated that they would attend a future Annual Conference on Social Work in the Global Environment at KU and 98.5% would recommend future conferences to others to attend. In terms of their involvement, 24% of the respondents indicated that they would be willing to present a conference paper in the future, 28% indicated that they might present at a future conference, and 47% indicated that they would not present at a future conference.