I am so very excited to share the reviews from my three presentations at the Massachusetts Council of Activity Professionals 2019 convention. These are the unedited reviews!
On behalf of the MassCAP Board, I would like to thank you for speaking at the MassCAP Conference and making it so successful. Our members found your sessions very informative & educational. Attached are your session evaluations. I hope you will consider speaking at future MassCAP workshops/conferences. Thanks again, Ann Devillafane MassCAP Program Chair
“Sensory Program for People with Dementia”
Speaker: Gloria Hoffner, BA, ADC, AC-BC, CDP
Thursday, October 3, 2019
The Radisson Hotel & Suites
Chelmsford, MA
Total attendees signed in: 91
Overall Evaluation Completed: 79
5=Strongly agree, 4=Agree, 3=Neutral, 2=Disagree & 1=Strongly disagree,
N/A=No Answer
1. Discussion of program objectives. 5= (61), 4=(15), 3=(3), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
2. Professional relevance of program topic. 5= (66), 4=(10), 3=(3), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
3. Speaker’s ability to communicate the topic. 5= (62), 4=(13), 3=(4), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
4. Speaker’s ability to stimulate discussion. 5= (64), 4=(9), 3=(6), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
5. Speaker knew subject matter well. 5= (67), 4=(9), 3=(3), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
6. Speaker presented subject matter clearly 5= (61), 4=(14), 3=(4), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
7. Speaker involved the audience in discussion 5= (67), 4=(9), 3=(3), 2=(0), 1=(0)
& N/A (0)
8. Assessment of new learning acquired 5= (63), 4=(11), 3=(5), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
9. Time length of session was appropriate. 5= (65), 4=(10), 3=(3), 2=(1), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
Overall Program Evaluation (Excellent-5 to Fair 1)
Excellent (62), Very Good (11), Good (3), Average (0) & Fair (0) & N/A/(3)
Comments:
-Some good ideas that I will use.
--Seasoned director-learned a few new things!
-Loved it!
-Great, easy, craft ideas for people with dementia.
-Intelligent & excellent!
-Excellent, great knowledge.
-Very good suggestions of activities to implement –low budget, creative, tips on
creating new activity programs with household items. One of the best sessions
attended in quite sometime.
-This was very creative, informative, and enthusiastic. Very well done. Loved this
class.
-Fantastic, I have been asking for examples of sensory activities for years!
-Very well presented, I really learned a lot in both sessions.
-Excellent speaker, very informative.
-Loved the sensory items being passed out!
-Very good!
-Gloria had great ideas!
-Went two out of three of Gloria’s sessions. Good speaker, great participation.
-Excellent, please return to future conventions, very knowledgeable!
-Great ideas!
-Lots of good ideas.
-Larger print on power point.
-Gloria engaged us in the importance and practice of a sensory program for people
with dementia.
-Great speaker loved the discussion!
-Loved these sensory projects!
-Gloria, you are so interesting! Thank you for an enjoyable day.
-Great job! Lots of ideas.
-Thank you.
-Thank you! Attended the brain boosting and I have the same great thoughts as the
speaker.
-Excellent speaker
-Another great program.
-Appreciate the different approach to activity all of the senses. A lot to digest. Will
need to email you to obtain more details.
“Brain Boosting Games”
Speaker: Gloria Hoffner, BA, ADC, AC-BC, CDP
Thursday, October 3, 2019
The Radisson Hotel & Suites
Chelmsford, MA
Total attendees signed in: 93
Overall Evaluation Completed: 91
5=Strongly agree, 4=Agree, 3=Neutral, 2=Disagree & 1=Strongly disagree,
N/A=No Answer
1. Discussion of program objectives. 5= (66), 4=(20), 3=(5), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
2. Professional relevance of program topic. 5= (70), 4=(18), 3=(3), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
3. Speaker’s ability to communicate the topic. 5= (70), 4=(18), 3=(3), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
4. Speaker’s ability to stimulate discussion. 5= (70), 4=(18), 3=(3), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
5. Speaker knew subject matter well. 5= (76), 4=(12), 3=(3), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
6. Speaker presented subject matter clearly 5= (75), 4=(13), 3=(3), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
7. Speaker involved the audience in discussion 5= (69), 4=(16), 3=(6), 2=(0),
1=(0) & N/A (0)
8. Assessment of new learning acquired 5= (78), 4=(10), 3=(3), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
9. Time length of session was appropriate. 5= (72), 4=(15), 3=(3), 2=(1), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
Overall Program Evaluation (Excellent-5 to Fair 1)
Excellent (71), Very Good (15), Good (5), Average (0) & Fair (0) & N/A/(0)
MassCAP 2019 Conference
“Brain Boosting Games”
Speaker: Gloria Hoffner, BA, ADC, AC-BC, CDP
Thursday, October 3, 2019
The Radisson Hotel & Suites
Chelmsford, MA
Comments about speaker:
-Will definitely use a couple of games.
-Ran out of time.
-Nicely done again, Gloria. So, many great games.
-Very interesting & fun ideas.
-More audience participation to show ideas, very good though!
-Great ideas! Can’t wait to get the email.
-Excellent speaker, very informative
-Great speaker!
-Very impressive information. A fun class.
-Thank you!
-Power point hard to read, game ideas helpful.
-She was wonderful –informative.
-Fun ideas!
-Entertaining & informative.
-I hated the way Gloria rocked back and forth during the program, other than that
she was great.
-Great demo of games.
-We needed more time with her.
-Not long enough would love to see more games or take longer to talk about them to
visualize them, great program.
-Very good.
-Oh yeah…as expected…fantastic, humorous and mental-brain boost.
-She is very funny and makes it more fun.
-Larger print on power point
-Wonderful, new ideas, thank you.
-Great job, thank you
-Fun & interactive, lots of good ideas.
-Excellent, needs to return for another convention.
-Great games to try
-Again another great session and lots of stuff to learn & play
-Great ideas, excellent speaker
-I love Gloria’s in-services; she is very informative and knowledgeable. Her many
years of experience shows and she is a great teacher. I only wish we had handouts
so we could jot down notes. I will email her for copies of power point
“The Purpose Project”
Speaker: Gloria Hoffner, BA, ADC, AC-BC, CDP
Thursday, October 3, 2019
The Radisson Hotel & Suites
Chelmsford, MA
Total attendees signed in: 46
Overall Evaluation Completed: 45
5=Strongly agree, 4=Agree, 3=Neutral, 2=Disagree & 1=Strongly disagree,
N/A=No Answer
1. Discussion of program objectives. 5= (33), 4=(10), 3=(2), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
2. Professional relevance of program topic. 5= (34), 4=(10), 3=(1), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
3. Speaker’s ability to communicate the topic. 5= (33), 4=(11), 3=(1), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
4. Speaker’s ability to stimulate discussion. 5= (33), 4=(8), 3=(4), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (0)
5. Speaker knew subject matter well. 5= (33), 4=(10), 3=(1), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (1)
6. Speaker presented subject matter clearly 5= (30), 4=(13), 3=(1), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (1)
7. Speaker involved the audience in discussion 5= (30), 4=(13), 3=(2), 2=(0),
1=(0) & N/A (0)
8. Assessment of new learning acquired 5= (27), 4=(15), 3=(2), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (1)
9. Time length of session was appropriate. 5= (28), 4=(14), 3=(2), 2=(0), 1=(0) &
N/A (1)
Overall Program Evaluation (Excellent-5 to Fair 1)
Excellent (32), Very Good (9), Good (2), Average (0) & Fair (0) & N/A/(2)
MassCAP 2019 Conference
“The Purpose Project”
Speaker: Gloria Hoffner, BA, ADC, AC-BC, CDP
Thursday, October 3, 2019
The Radisson Hotel & Suites
Chelmsford, MA
Comments about speaker:
-Fabulous speaker
-Always interesting and thank you for the great ideas!
-Excellent
-So many good ideas! Very funny!
-Gloria is an outstanding presenter and should consider doing stand up comedy on
the side! I would love to work with her. Thank you for your enthusiasm and love for
our elders!
-Great topic, ideas & sense of humor
-I am inspired to inspire my residents!
-Great speaker!
-Wonderful, thank you!
-Learned so much and Gloria is so interesting & fun. Enjoyed the class so much.
-Thank you.
-Great ideas! Can’t wait to bring these back to empower my residents.
-Fantastic program! Great, practical ideas! Great humor & realistic! Thank you!
-Wonderful!
-I have some great ideas now!!
-Very good!
-Always enjoy your presentations.
-Would have been nice to have printouts to follow along with.
-Great ideas!