1. 2013 Raffa Learning Community Survey
Results

2. 2013 Attendee Survey Results
Our sincerest thanks to everyone who has participated
in the Raffa Learning Community thus
far! Together, we empower the community and make
it greater for all of us! We welcome your
expertise, your feedback and your efforts to Do More
with Raffa in 2014!

3. 2013 Attendee Survey Results
 Total Organizations Attended = 470
 Total Client Organizations Attended = 172
 Individual Participants Attended = 909
 Web Participants Attended = 174
 Total Number of Classes Offered = 80
 Our content was among the top 1% of most viewed on SlideShare in 2013
 110 presentations uploaded
 Content was viewed 30514 times in 2013
Total Reach in 2013

4. 2013 Attendee Survey Results
Aerospace Industries Association
Aidan Montessori School
American Association for Homecare
American College of Nurse-Midwives
American Public Power Association
American Sociological Association
Archdiocese for the Military Services
Association for Childhood Education International
Association of Public Television Stations
Association of Science - Technology Centers
Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio
BoardSource
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington
Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing
Christian Family Montessori School
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
Education Strengthens Families Public Charter School
For Love of Children
Global Language Network
Howard Road Academy
Ibrahim El-Hibri Building
LeadingAge
MarketForce Strategies
National Association of Hispanic Nurses
National Automobile Dealers Association
National Capital Flag Company
Piedmont Environmental Council
Retrak
Rural Community Assistance Partnership
Special Libraries Association
Spina Bifida Association of America
Team Dynamics LLC
The Children’s Law Center, Inc.
The Council of Undergraduate Research
The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Urban Alliance Foundation
Williamsburg health Foundation
Youth Service America
Youth Venture
Organizations That Responded

5. 2013 Attendee Survey Results
1. Overall, how would you rate the Raffa Learning Community?

6. 2013 Attendee Survey Results
2. Please rate the following aspects of the sessions you attended:

7. 2013 Attendee Survey Results
3. Was the level of presentations you attended right for you?

8. 2013 Attendee Survey Results
4. Please rate the following aspects of the sessions you attended:

9. 2013 Attendee Survey Results
5. Based on your 2013 experience of the Raffa Learning Community, how likely
are you to attend future sessions?

10. 2013 Attendee Survey Results
What was your favorite Raffa Learning Community session(s) in 2013?
Nonprofit Fraud
Saving Money on IT
Branding
Sharepoint and Reporting Services
Volunteer Engagement
Sponsorships
ERISA and Actions Program
IT Assessment
New DC Corporate laws
Catalogue for Philanthropy
Dashboards
Technology

11. 2013 Attendee Survey Results
 Good meeting venue
 Well prepared presenters
 Friendly Raffa staff
 Great meetings
 Everything! It is a very nice program that you
are providing and it does build goodwill!
 Offering education to the community
 Variety of topics
 Quality presenters
 Food and drink
 Great initiative to put something together like
this!
 Providing a diverse offering of financial
workshops
 Providing clients opportunity for professional
development, information and
 networking opportunities and overall
business improvement
 Offering sessions around lunchtime and
providing food — it makes it easy to
participate.
 Special attention given to details…ie
classical musical for transitioning
 Presenting relevant topics which provide
valuable information for non-profit
professionals
 Creating a great venue/environment for
trainings and communicating about the
events
 Your classes are very informative;
instructors are always knowledgeable
 Raffa is doing a tremendous job of providing
complimentary high quality continuing
 professional development
 You are doing great! This is a value add
service!
 Supporting both the non-profit and
commercial sectors with business
 improvement presentations
 Wonderful staff!
 Morning sessions
 Professional speakers
 Just about everything!
 You are doing well on every aspect of
seminars and getting them out to the
community
 Reaching out to the community
 Hospitality! Timeliness!
 I think you do a great job!
 Webinars are helpful
 Good topics
 Good length of sessions
What are we doing well?

12. 2013 Attendee Survey Results
 Offer sessions in Alexandria
 Build in networking
 Improve consistency of
presenters /vet quality/ some
better than others
 Add more abstract executive
courses and personal
development courses
 Explore how to post seminars
for a view period after the live
session
 Continue offering classes and
providing valuable information
 More For Profit client classes
 Offer classes in the suburbs
 Recording and creating a web
database library of presented
materials which
 can be accessed by clients
(even if nominal fee is required)
during non-work
 hours would be nice
 Provide remote access to all
 Presentations could be
substantive
 More sessions for small
nonprofits
How can we improve?