So basically, it should work like Skeeball.

@Nathan Or Whack-A-Mole.

I filled out an eval for each session. I prefer paper, since it made me do it immediately. But I was a good LS attendee and filled them out on line. The fact I had to choose the type of session and fill in the speaker's names irritated me. (As others have said).

Also, the question about "Did this influence your decision to purchase" or something like that, did not apply to most sessions I attended.

Have the evaluation return rate stayed about the same or have they gone down in recent years? Is the implementation of lsonline the problem?

Well, I'm at a conference right now that for every evaluation I fill out give me a chance to win a group of iPads they are giving away. Not that I would run out and buy one myself, but worth the time to fill out an eval for a chance to win one.

Back when everything was paper based, I filled out eval forms every time. Now that it is mostly online, it is hard to find a connection or a paper form and I hardly ever get one completed.

During #ls10 I tried to fill out evals, but lack of power and wifi prevented me from doing it during the session with my laptop. The first thing I did when I got my yellow backpack was to dump the extra weight of the notebook in my room. I only found out at the end of the conference that there were eval forms in there. I tried to go back and fill out forms when I got home, only to find I could not log in to LSOnline.

We need a system like the RIM conference, as someone mentioned in the other post. A simple web form would make it very easy to enter evals on a BlackBerry or iPhone. Don't make the layout or registration of this too hard. Just let me enter my ID and session number and start answering questions on a single page.

@Nathan: Let's call them "Skeevals." :-)

I think it's a fantastic idea. One token per evaluation handed in.

I still like the idea that Rob Novak and I pieced together on Twitter yesterday: when entering and/or leaving the room your badge is scanned. To reduce traffic jams, instead of getting scanned you can SMS the session number and a code that is on the title screen of the slide set to a short-code. You immediately get an email with a link to the on-line eval form. The form is built for mobile, pre-filled in (they know what room your badge was scanned in, or what session number you texted), so if you've got a wireless device you can do the eval right then and there on your smartphone. Otherwise you can get to it later. They can even send you a tickler email a few days later if you're a procrastinator. They can still do a prize as incentive. (The code on the title slide is their insurance that you're not just filling in evals for session you didn't see in order to try and win the prize.)

Chris, I like this idea, from the competitive side of getting people to do it. Incentive is good.

Online simple means of doing the review is key at a mobile/web level.

Making it easy for people to complete is key as well.

What works for a one day event doesn't work for a 5 day event.

But automating it somehow would be nice.