Questionnaire before the meeting cycle 
(if completing electronically please place an '*' next to your answers)

Name:_Iain Thomas Robinson
          
Background information 
         
       1. What is your gender?
*    Male
o Female
         
       2. What is your age?
        __25___ years
         
       3. What is your current education type or highest earned degree?
o PhD
*   Master's Degree
o First Degree
o A-level/High School (US)
o Other:  


       4. What is your current profession / study?
         Currently temporary employment in catering.
         
         
        Technology experience
         
       5. How often do you use a computer?
o Never
o Monthly
o Weekly
*    Daily
         
       6. How often do you use the Internet for browsing webpages?
o Never
o Monthly
o Weekly
o Daily - less than 1 hour
*    Daily - 1 to 3 hours
o Daily - more than 3 hours
         
       7. How often do you use the Internet for email?
o Never
o Monthly
o Weekly
o Daily - less than 1 hour
*    Daily - 1 to 3 hours
o Daily - more than 3 hours
         
       8. How often do you use the Internet for chatting?
o Never
o Monthly
o Weekly
*    Daily - less than 1 hour
o Daily - 1 to 3 hours
o Daily - more than 3 hours
     
       9. How often do you search for multi-media content (audio (e.g. music) or video (e.g. movies)) on the computer?
o Never
o Monthly
*    Weekly
o Daily - less than 1 hour
o Daily - 1 to 3 hours
o Daily - more than 3 hours
         
       10. Which of the following devices do you own or use regularly?
o Laptop
*    Mobile Phone
o PDA
o MP3-player
o None of the above
         
         
        Meeting experience
         
       11. How often do you participate in meetings?
o Never
*    Monthly
o Weekly
o Daily - once
o Daily - more than once
     
       12. What is approximately the typical size of your meetings?
        ___5___ number of participants
         
       13. What is approximately the typical length of your meetings?
        ___30____ minutes
         
       14. How would you characterize your typical meetings (e.g. subject matter, objective, atmosphere)?
         Informal, usually planning small-scale social events.
         


       15. What role(s) do you typically perform in meetings?
o Chairman
o Draw up the minutes
*    Participant
o Other:  
         

       16. Do you feel that the objectives for your meetings are generally attained?
o Never
o Hardly ever
o Sometimes
*    Most of the times
o Always
         
       17. Do you feel that the time for your meetings is generally well-spent?
o Never
o Hardly ever
o Sometimes
*    Most of the times
o Always
         
       18. Do you generally like to participate in your meetings?
o Never
o Hardly ever
o Sometimes
*    Most of the times
o Always
         
       19. Which of the following do you make use of before a meeting (to prepare for the meeting)?
*    Minutes of the previous meeting(s)
o Related documents
*    Agenda
*    Personal recollection
*    Contact other participants
o Personal notes of the previous meeting(s)
o Means to prepare a presentation
o Pictures of previous meeting(s)
o Audio recording of previous meeting(s)
o Video recording of previous meeting(s)
*    Consult external information sources (e.g. internet)
*    Contact external people (face-to-face, e-mail, telephone)
o Other:  
         

       20. Which of the following do you make use of during a typical meeting?
o Minutes of the previous meeting(s)
o Use and annotate related documents
*    Agenda
*    Personal recollection
*    Make personal notes
o Make/discuss shared notes (e.g. on blackboard, whiteboard, flip-over)
o Give/discuss a presentation
o Make pictures
o Make audio recording
o Make video recording
o Consult external information resources (e.g., internet)
o Contact external people (e-mail, telephone)
o Audio conferencing tools
o Video conferencing tools
o Other:  
         
       21. Which of the following do you typically make use of after a meeting (to process the results)?
*   Minutes of the previous meeting(s)
o Related documents 
o Agenda
*    Personal recollection
*    Contact other participants 
*    Personal notes of the previous meeting(s) 
o Means to prepare a presentation 
o Pictures of previous meeting(s) 
o Audio recording of previous meeting(s) 
o Video recording of previous meeting(s) 
o Consult external information sources (e.g., internet) 
o Contact external people (face-to-face, e-mail, telephone) 
o Other:  
         

       22. What types of information do you typically include in your personal notes? 
*    Decisions taken 
*    Things to do 
o Things you want to tell others
*    Reminders
o Reference materials (names, phone number, webpages) 
o "Doodles" (absent-minded scribbles) 
o Other:  
         

       23. When you have missed a meeting, how do you catch up? 
*    Read meeting minutes
*    Ask other participants
o Consult notes of other participants
o Consult audio recording
o Consult video recording
o Other:  
         
         
        Design projects
         
       24. Do you have experience with working in project teams?
o No
o Hardly any 
*   Average
o A lot 
         
       25. Do you have knowledge of or experience with product or service development?
o No
*    Hardly any 
o Average
o A lot 
         
Please save the completed questionnaire in your My Documents folder on the desktop.

Thanks!