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In the meantime, read what your colleagues have to say about this idea. Below are the results of an online survey about the profile (186 responses collected February 2008).
1. What kinds of information would you like know about other attendees?
94% Contact information
89% General areas of professional expertise
76% Link to their website or other online resources
74% Resources they have to share
55% Link to their conference abstract (if applicable)
34% Work responsibilities
27% A list of 3 work challenges
25% A list of 3 significant work accomplishments
2. Would you be willing to put the information listed in Question 1 above on your profile for others to see?
99% Yes
1% No
3. I would be willing to share this information with:
63% After the conference, other individuals working in this area (vetted in advance by DiversityRx staff)
52% Conference attendees only
38% After the conference, anyone else who also had a profile (open to the public)
4. What, if any, information from Question 1 would you not want included in your profile?
Highlights:
17 people indicated that they would not want to discuss their work challenges, and several of those would not list their work accomplishments or their work responsibilities
Some suggested making the responses optional in all fields so that people could enter only what they felt comfortable with.
5. Using a search engine, how would you like to search for people in the profile system?
86% By professional expertise
69% By name
52% By state/country
Other: Type of organization, organization title, job title, degree, ethnicity/languages spoken, conference abstract key words
6. How would you use this online profile resource? Please check all that apply.
90% Contact someone after the conference about their expertise, interests or resources they might have to share
48% Organize group of people with common interests to informally share information after the conference
47% Give people a chance to get to know your work better
46% Contact someone about an individual meeting at the conference
45% Organize a group of people to work on a specific project after the conference
45% Contact someone before the conference about their expertise, interests or resources they might have to share
34% Contact several people about organizing a lunch or dinner get-together at the conference
37% Organize an interest group or other work-related meeting at the conference
Other: Identify speakers, trainers, researcher to assist with work; compare job descriptions and responsibilities
7. Compared to the current conference binder, which contains abstracts, bios, and contact information for all conference presenters as well as some additional resource materials provided by presenters, would the online profile database be:
67% Complementary
35% More useful
2% Less useful
Other/Why: Easier access post-conference; information needs to be searchable; binders useful during the conference to select sessions (but could perhaps have less information); binders too bulky/heavy.
8. Other comments (this could include general comments, other online profile databases you find useful, other information you’d like to see included, etc)
Broad support for an online, searchable database
It would make conference resources available to those who can’t attend
Provides a snapshot of national and international experience in this field
Include conference PPTs and resource materials in database
Include major projects the individual or organization is working on or trying to find some expertise to assist with their project
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You can request a complete survey results report by sending an email to ccconf@drexel.edu