Questionnaire before the meeting cycle

       
   

Background information

     
  1. What is your gender?
    Male
    Female
     
  2. What is your age?
   
years
     
  3. What is your current education type or highest earned degree?
    PhD
    Master's Degree
    First Degree
    A-level/High School (US)
    Other:
     
  4. What is your current profession / study?
   
     
     
   

Technology experience

     
  5. How often do you use a computer?
    Never
    Monthly
    Weekly
    Daily
     
  6. How often do you use the Internet for browsing webpages?
    Never
    Monthly
    Weekly
    Daily - less than 1 hour
    Daily - 1 to 3 hours
    Daily - more than 3 hours
     
  7. How often do you use the Internet for email?
    Never
    Monthly
    Weekly
    Daily - less than 1 hour
    Daily - 1 to 3 hours
    Daily - more than 3 hours
     
  8. How often do you use the Internet for chatting?
    Never
    Monthly
    Weekly
    Daily - less than 1 hour
    Daily - 1 to 3 hours
    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?
    Never
    Monthly
    Weekly
    Daily - less than 1 hour
    Daily - 1 to 3 hours
    Daily - more than 3 hours
     
  10. Which of the following devices do you own or use regularly?
    Laptop
    Mobile Phone
    PDA
    MP3-player
    None of the above
     
     
   

Meeting experience

     
  11. How often do you participate in meetings?
    Never
    Monthly
    Weekly
    Daily - once
    Daily - more than once
     
  12. What is approximately the typical size of your meetings?
   
number of participants
     
  13. What is approximately the typical length of your meetings?
   
minutes
     
  14. How would you characterize your typical meetings (e.g. subject matter, objective, atmosphere)?
   
     
  15. What role(s) do you typically perform in meetings?
    Chairman
    Draw up the minutes
    Participant
    Other:
     
  16. Do you feel that the objectives for your meetings are generally attained?
    Never
    Hardly ever
    Sometimes
    Most of the times
    Always
     
  17. Do you feel that the time for your meetings is generally well-spent?
    Never
    Hardly ever
    Sometimes
    Most of the times
    Always
     
  18. Do you generally like to participate in your meetings?
    Never
    Hardly ever
    Sometimes
    Most of the times
    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)
    Related documents
    Agenda
    Personal recollection
    Contact other participants
    Personal notes of the previous meeting(s)
    Means to prepare a presentation
    Pictures of previous meeting(s)
    Audio recording of previous meeting(s)
    Video recording of previous meeting(s)
    Consult external information sources (e.g. internet)
    Contact external people (face-to-face, e-mail, telephone)
    Other:
     
  20. Which of the following do you make use of during a typical meeting?
    Minutes of the previous meeting(s)
    Use and annotate related documents
    Agenda
    Personal recollection
    Make personal notes
    Make/discuss shared notes (e.g. on blackboard, whiteboard, flip-over)
    Give/discuss a presentation
    Make pictures
    Make audio recording
    Make video recording
    Consult external information resources (e.g., internet)
    Contact external people (e-mail, telephone)
    Audio conferencing tools
    Video conferencing tools
    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)
    Related documents
    Agenda
    Personal recollection
    Contact other participants
    Personal notes of the previous meeting(s)
    Means to prepare a presentation
    Pictures of previous meeting(s)
    Audio recording of previous meeting(s)
    Video recording of previous meeting(s)
    Consult external information sources (e.g., internet)
    Contact external people (face-to-face, e-mail, telephone)
    Other:
     
  22. What types of information do you typically include in your personal notes?
    Decisions taken
    Things to do
    Things you want to tell others
    Reminders
    Reference materials (names, phone number, webpages)
    "Doodles" (absent-minded scribbles)
    Other:
     
  23. When you have missed a meeting, how do you catch up?
    Read meeting minutes
    Ask other participants
    Consult notes of other participants
    Consult audio recording
    Consult video recording
    Other:
     
     
   

Design projects

     
  24. Do you have experience with working in project teams?
    No
    Hardly any
    Average
    A lot
     
  25. Do you have knowledge of or experience with product or service development?
    No
    Hardly any
    Average
    A lot