TBCON 2000 Attendee Comments

1 is Very Bad and 5 is Very Good

What was your overall impression of the Conference?	4.8
What did you think of the facilities in general?	4.3
If you stayed on campus, what did you think of the dorm rooms?	3.4
What did you think of the food?	4.2
What was your feeling about the location?	4.8
Did you think the timing was right?	4.6
Tell us your thoughts about the presentations?	4.3
Tell us about the value of the conference.	4.7

Some Representative Comments from the Evaluations

Best Dev Con I've attended.
I am not an "Open Scripter" so enjoyed the more basic stuff that can be done with the ToolBook interface without script.
As always, it was excellent. Even better than last year with more session choices.
I liked the Help Desk! Great idea!
This is great, basically just tech sessions and not so much commercialization.
All presenters were very open to answering questions.
Really appreciate the all-inclusive price, ToolBook focus, and meeting other developers.
Liked very much having multiple sessions of same topic. Made scheduling more efficient.
Great to have so many sessions to choose from.
Good range--beginners to expert--liked inclusion of third party products--Flash, PhotoShop, Agent.
Once again, it was great! We learned tips and tricks that will pay for our trip almost immediately.
Better than cafeteria food from my college days!
It's great that all of theses presenters share their material. It's much easier to get started and further ahead with this help.
Incredible value, environment, and content!
Super! You guys are the greatest and organized really well!
I picked up a lot of valuable information to take back to work. Some will be applied immediately.
Very useful; saved me bazillions of dollars and time.
Good; best setup and organization I have ever seen.
The help desk solved some "hot, burning" issues I had.
Lots of variety in the participants helps make the conference very effective.
I found the 2 dinners very useful for making contact with people that are doing the same type of things w/ ToolBook as I plan on doing.
Conference topics reflected current issues I was investigating in ToolBook. It was very relevant to me, ant that is what stands out.
Friendly, helpful participants, presents, and staff. I'm eager to get the CD and start applying some of the ideas that I've heard here.
Amazing food selection, good quality. Even the coffee was good, unlike most conferences.
Probably the only conference where I learned things in all the sessions I attended.
Loved it! This was a major boost in getting me started with ToolBook.
I loved the variety of topics and the range of skill levels covered.
Outstanding. Organization and overall support were great. Excellent social activities and the entertainment was fantastic!! I'm a musician myself and haven't heard much better!
Pre-conference training was my favorite part.
Excellent. Ton of helpful information and a renewed sense of community.

Some Unsolicited Testimonials Sent To Us After the Conference

Our latest project has improved an order of magnitude over what it would have been without the conference.
I have only been to one worthwhile conference in the past five years (and I go to 5 to 6 a year as attendee, exhibitor, and speaker only because I have to for our business) and you know which conference that is! All meat, no fluff and smart presenters and attendees.
TB Con was the most worthwhile conference I have been to as there is so much for someone like me.
I got a copy of the CD this week and it contains a lot of useful info. If you couldn't attend the conference (unfortunately I didn't make it this year) you can still purchase the CD from Platte Canyon. It's worth it.
The conference was great, the hospitality fantastic and the entertainment awesome.
There was a good mix of sessions for the beginner, as well as, the more advanced person.
You certainly assembled a great team of presenters. My only problem was deciding on what stream to attend as every presentation was right on the button. In a way, I was relieved the whole thing came to a successful conclusion -- any more lectures and I would have suffered from information overload. For what its worth, I recommend you stay with your present conference format and scope, you have a winning combination there.
Thank you so much for the wonderful conference. It was my first time and I came back so motivated. Since I am new with Instructor I will likely have a lot of questions for the listserv and others.
I had a fantastic time at the conference and am definitely looking forward to next year. Thanks to both you and Jeff and your support crew for a job well done. It's like summer camp for the 'older' folks. Learned a lot & had fun in the process.
I had a wonderful time at the conference!! Besides it being very informative, I really enjoyed the opportunity to talk with all of the users of ToolBook and here about all of the exciting and new ideas they have. I am looking very forward to next years conference and hope by them I can consider myself more of an experienced developer with ToolBook. Until then, I shall continue pushing onward in my developments.
Thanks again for all of the hospitality extended in Colorado
Thanks for a well ran conference. You, Jeff and the rest of the staff were so nice, friendly and so accommodating. Learned a lot, met some good people and enjoyed the little Colorado springs I saw
I really learned a lot (or exactly how much I don't know).
TBCON was well organized and enriching.
I turned in a survey but I would also like to add that the conference has been a real help in my job. I found tons of hints and tips there and will be back in the future.
I am looking forward to getting the CD... I agree with the other input you've gotten, I have lots of good ideas!
The conference was a great use of my time, you folks did a great job.
I really enjoyed the conference and have given feedback via the evaluation form left at the end of the conf. You and Jeff should really take pride in pulling off such an ambitious endeavor!
The conference was a great success. We have wasted no time incorporating ideas from the conference into some of our projects. We are hoping to do a lot of customizing later this fall. I'm already looking forward to next year's conference.
Again, great work at the conference. We look forward to seeing you again next year in Colorado Springs!
Great Users Conference! I had a great time, accommodations were surprisingly comfortable (Loomis Hall), food was out of this world and of course the session themselves were A number 1! My Hats off to the entire team.
The conference was great. I'm already using some of the ideas I got from it, specifically designing my own user interfaces using Photoshop. It's a lot easier than I thought. I look forward to getting the conference CD so I can review a lot of the other presentations.
I very much enjoyed the conference -- it was very well organized, and I liked the "small" feeling of it with easy access to the presenters and other attendees. The scope of material covered was very good too. I'm looking forward to the CD as well!!! (no pressure)
As I told Jeff, it was a great conference just loaded with real solutions not promises of what you should be able to do.
Thanks for your enormous efforts on behalf of each attendee.
It was a great learning experience.
Also wanted to take this opportunity to tell you what a great conference this was. I spent 20 years in the Conference / Convention / Trade Show business and I can say from experience that this was one of the smoothest running, best organized, valuable, and fun conferences I have ever been around. You guys deserve a round of applause for such a great job. I'm looking forward to being there next year.
Thanks again for an outstanding conference.
I want to add my thanks for the great conference. I and my co-worker Monique are newcomers to ToolBook. We brought away a wealth of useful information. Hope to be there next year!
I had a great time at the conference and look forward to next year. I found something of value in every session I attended. Great Job to you and Jeff.