PASS Community Insights

Summit 2021: Community feedback

Now is the time to have your say about what you'd like this year from the event formerly known as PASS Summit.

It will be a free virtual event in November 2021, organized by the Redgate Communities team, along with external community partners, and guided by a community-first approach. Our intention is to gather insights from the data platform community to help guide its format.

We'll provide more transparency into how decisions are made and we hope that this approach will give you confidence in our commitment to supporting the community to learn and grow. We'd love to get your help, and encourage you to share your feedback with us so we can provide you the best virtual event experience possible.

We appreciate your time is valuable, so as a thank you for your feedback three entrants will be randomly selected to win one of the following gifts:

1) $50 (the equivalent in your local currency) donation to the charity of your choice

2) $100 (the equivalent in your local currency) donation to the charity of your choice

3) A Peloton Bike, or $3,000 (the equivalent in your local currency) to spend on your home office or lounge re-fit, or a charity donation.

Survey closes: 12:00PM PT April 15, winner to be contacted by April 30 via email.

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* 1. Have you attended PASS Summit previously?

Yes, attended in person

Yes, attended virtually

No (leave questions relating to 2020 blank)

Yes as a speaker, in person

Yes as a speaker, virtually

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How satisfied were you with the PASS Summit 2020 virtual event experience?

1 Star

2 Stars

3 Stars

4 Stars

5 Stars

1 Star

2 Stars

3 Stars

4 Stars

5 Stars

Why did you give this rating?

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* 3. If you attended PASS Virtual Summit 2020, what did you value most about the event? (select all that apply)

Data platform focus of tracks/topics

Speakers

Live sessions

On-demand sessions

Pre-cons

Q&A with speakers

Networking with other attendees

Group discussions

Opportunity to review and connect with vendors

The attendee experience of the event platform

Keynotes built around US time zones

That all time-zones were considered

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Other than these topics, which are typically covered by PASS Summit:

Advanced Analytics
Application Development
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data
Business Intelligence and Data
Cloud Solutions
Data Governance/Privacy
Data Platform Strategy
Database Administration
Development
DevOps
Hybrid Infrastructure
Professional Development
Security
Warehousing

What other technology focus areas would you like to see the 2021 sessions cover?

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* 5. Which elements are important to you for the virtual format of the Summit 2021 event? (select all that apply)

Networking with other attendees

Interaction with Microsoft solution engineers and experts

Q&A with speakers

Keynotes

Learning pathways

Non-tech sessions, e.g. leadership, diversity, emotional intelligence, etc.

Pre-cons

Happy hours, informal sessions, ice-breakers, socials, speaker-idol

Prize-draws, contests, awards

Event platform experience

Birds of a feather style group discussions

Time to evaluate and connect with vendors

Live sessions

On-demand sessions

Sessions and networking being available in my time-zone

None are important, I wouldn't attend

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* 6. Which of the following virtual Summit time-formats would work best for your schedule?

Same as before: 2 pre-con days (8 hours), 3 general session days (across 24 hours), and on demand sessions available after the session has aired

8-hour days of sessions, available across 1-3 days (with pre-recorded sessions available from day 1)

24-hour days of sessions across 1-2 days (with regional networking, live viewing, and all pre-recorded sessions available from day 1)

Multiple 8-hour slots across different time zones spread across the month (offering regional networking, live viewing, and all pre-recorded sessions available from day 1)

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Which geo region are based in?

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* 8. What are your main concerns and top priorities that you'd like the Summit to help you with for 2021/2022?

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* 9. What best describes your current role?

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* 10. How important are the following reasons for attending Summit 2021?

	Not important	Slightly important	Important	Fairly important	Very important	N/A
Gain knowledge from the sessions	Gain knowledge from the sessions Not important	Gain knowledge from the sessions Slightly important	Gain knowledge from the sessions Important	Gain knowledge from the sessions Fairly important	Gain knowledge from the sessions Very important	Gain knowledge from the sessions N/A
Q&A with the speakers	Q&A with the speakers Not important	Q&A with the speakers Slightly important	Q&A with the speakers Important	Q&A with the speakers Fairly important	Q&A with the speakers Very important	Q&A with the speakers N/A
Keeping up to date on the latest trends and technologies	Keeping up to date on the latest trends and technologies Not important	Keeping up to date on the latest trends and technologies Slightly important	Keeping up to date on the latest trends and technologies Important	Keeping up to date on the latest trends and technologies Fairly important	Keeping up to date on the latest trends and technologies Very important	Keeping up to date on the latest trends and technologies N/A
Networking with other attendees	Networking with other attendees Not important	Networking with other attendees Slightly important	Networking with other attendees Important	Networking with other attendees Fairly important	Networking with other attendees Very important	Networking with other attendees N/A
Evaluate solutions	Evaluate solutions Not important	Evaluate solutions Slightly important	Evaluate solutions Important	Evaluate solutions Fairly important	Evaluate solutions Very important	Evaluate solutions N/A
Career development	Career development Not important	Career development Slightly important	Career development Important	Career development Fairly important	Career development Very important	Career development N/A

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* 11. What would you like to see from this year’s Summit to make it one to remember?

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* 12. Have you attended a virtual event that has surpassed your expectations recently, if so what was it and why did you enjoy it?

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* 13. How many hours do you typically tune in for when attending virtual events in any one day?

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* 14. Which of these other virtual data platform community events have you got value from over the past 12 months?

SQLBits

Data Platform Summit

GroupBy

New Stars of Data

SQLSaturday # x - Virtual

EIGHTKB

C# Corner SQL Server Virtual Conference

Other (please specify)

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* 15. What's your favorite thing about learning online/virtual events?

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* 16. Is there anything else you'd like to share about your previous experience(s) of attending or not-attending PASS Summit (positive or constructive)?

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* 17. Thank you for sharing your feedback with us and the community. Add your info if you'd like to receive the following:
- Summary of the results
- Registration link once Summit 2021 is live
- Notification if you've been randomly selected as the winner of one of the prizes: $50/$100 donation to the charity of your choice, or the grand prize of a Peloton Bike, or $3,000 or the equivalent in your local currency to spend on your home office or lounge re-fit, or a charity donation.

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