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Course Evaluation Survey Data Collection, 2016Boots to Business, IVMF
By Sabreen MereJuly 2016
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Introduction: This study reports the results of the program evaluation survey for Boots to Business. The results will be presented in a briefing of the findings for [insert staff]. This report will be used to further develop the Boots to Business program for future use.
Methods: The data were collected from a paper survey of instructors that taught one or more modules since 2013. The target population is unspecified. 110 responses were collected. The sample is representative of the instructors participating in the survey. Their may be accuracy concerns because of unanswered questions within the survey. Sample sizes per question vary. Also, some questions had inconsistence scales. The open-ended responses were coded to fit the best possible answer.
Findings:
1. 53% of respondents taught Boots to Business at least 2 or more years. (n=110)
2. 67% of respondents taught 2 or less modules per workshop. (n=110)
3. Module 1 is the most taught module (54% response). (n=114)
4. When asked the value of the course objective “Understanding the opportunities and challenges associated with pursuing business ownership, 68% responded it had “good” or “great” value. (n=77)
5. 64% of respondents reported the course objective “Identify the processes and elements required to pursue business ownership" had “good” or “moderate” value. (n=75)
6. 57% of respondents placed the course learning objective “Evaluate the feasibility of a business concept with the feasibility analysis tool” with having the “least” or “moderate” value. (n=83)
7. The course learning objective “identify the resources, services and access points available to support the formation of business ownership including services provided by the SBA and resource partners” was valued by 64% of respondents as having the “greatest” or “good” value. (n=100)
8. 62% of respondents thought Module 1 was the most comfortably taught module. (n=114)
9. 72% of respondents thought Modules 4 and 5 were the least comfortably taught modules. (n=114)
10. See Finding 10 for scale ratings of each module.
11. 69% of respondents “sometimes” or “never” use the introduction to Business Ownership book as part of their two-day instruction. (n=96)
12. 60% of respondents “sometimes” or “never” use their feasibility analysis tool as part of their two-day instruction. (n=97)
13. 552% encountered issues or constraints while delivering the course. *Other is specified (n=114)
14. 53% of respondents use additional aids in their presentations. (n=97)
15. 60% of respondents prefer Modules 6 and 4 to have additional training. (n=114)16.
16. See Finding 16 for scale rating.
17. 57% of respondents allocate “30-60 minutes” per module. (n=95)
18. 65% of respondents used 4 or more instructors in the duration of the course. (n=92)
19. 73% wanted more diversity of presenters or “Other” if they used additional instructors. (n=83)
20. Time allocated for workshop preparation was 0-1 week for 67% of respondents. (n=92)
21. 72% of respondents has “some” or “no” awareness of the 8-week online Foundations of Entrepreneurship course. (n=92)
22. 72% recommend the Boots to Business 8-week course at the conclusion of the two day workshop. (n=87)
23. 75% of respondents recommend the small business development center as a follow-on resource to workshop participants. (n=114)
24. See Finding 24 for scale rating general category response.
25. 44% of respondents had issues with technology and base access. (n=18)
26. 53% of respondents cancelled a workshop due to lack of attendance/registrants. (n=17)
27. 56% of respondents would not modify the time allocated to any of the modules. (n=66)
Finding 1
Comment: 4 respondents did not answer this question.
0-1 years 1-2 years 2-3 years 3+ years0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
18% 18%
26% 27%
Frequency of years taught for Boots to Business n=110
Years teaching Boots to Business
Per
cen
tage
of
resp
ond
ents
Finding 2
Comment: Modules taught that could not be specified include: 96, 8-Jan (4), 64, 60, 30 (2) 40, 14, Day2, 16, 15, 13, Reboot, Gov't contracting, 50
1 Module
2 Modules
3 Modules
4 Modules
5 Modules
6 Modules
7 Modules
8 Modules
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
32%
35%
10%
9%
3%
0%
2%
7%
Frequency of modules taught per workshop n=110
Percentage of respondents
Nu
mb
er o
f m
od
ule
s ta
ug
ht
Finding 3
Comment: n/a
Module 1: Introduction to Business Ownership for Transition-ing Service Members
Module 3: Understadning Markets & Your Competetive Space
Module 5: Picking the Correct Legal Entity for Your Business
Module 7: Next Steps: Introduction to Business Planning
0% 10%20%30%40%50%60%
54%49%52%
49%38%
44%51%
40%
Percentage of the modules taught by respondents n=114
Percentage of respondents
Mod
ules
taug
ht
Greatest value Good value Moderate value Least Value0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40% 38%
30%
19%13%
Frequency of respondents' feelings on the course learning objective: "Understanding the opportunities and challenges associated with
pursuin business ownership as vocation"n=77
Value ranking
Perc
enta
ge o
f res
pond
ents
Finding 4
Comment: Of the four course learning objectives, this ranked 2nd.
Greatest value Good value Moderate value Least Value0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%
15%
32% 32%
21%
Frequency of respondents' feelings on the course learning objective: "Identify the processes and elements requiredto pursue business
ownership"n=75
Value ranking
Perc
enta
ge o
f res
pond
ents
Finding 5
Comment: Of the four course learning objectives, this ranked 3rd.
Greatest value Good value Moderate value Least Value0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%
19%24% 23%
34%
Frequency of respondents' feelings on thecourse learning objective: "Evaluate the feasibility of a business concept with the feasibility
analysis tool"n=83
Value ranking
Per
cen
tage
of
resp
onde
nts
Finding 6
Comment: Of the four course learning objectives, this ranked 4th.
Finding 7
Comment: Of the four course learning objectives, this ranked 1st.
Greatest value Good value Moderate value Least Value0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45% 41%
23%18% 18%
Frequency of respondents' feelings on the course learning objective: "Identify the resources, services and access points available to support the formation of business ownership including services provided by the
SBA and resource partners" n=100
Value Ranking
Per
cen
tage
of
resp
ond
ents
Finding 8
Comment: Module 1 was the most comfortably taught module, followed by Modules 7, 3 and 2.
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
Module 8
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
62%54%
56%39%
31%49%
57%44%
Frequency of respondents' most comfortably taught modulen=114
Percentage of respondents
Mod
ule
Module 1Module 2Module 3Module 4Module 5Module 6Module 7Module 8
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
3%7%
18%35%
37%28%
6%15%
Frequency of respondents' least comfortable taught modulen=114
Percentage of respondents
Mod
ule
Finding 9
Comment: Revise Modules 4 and 5, since they are considered the last comfortably taught modules.
*Finding 10
Comment:Most value- Module 1Somewhat value- Module 2Slightly valuable- Module 2Neutral- Module 4Moderately valuable- Module 7Slightly invaluable- Module 4Least valuable- Module 6No value- Module 8
Never Sometimes Mostly Always0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%
25%
44%
9%
23%
Frequency of respondents who use the Introduction to Business Ownership book as part of their two-day instruction
n=96
Response
Per
cent
age
of r
espo
nden
ts
Finding 11
Comment: n/a
Never Sometimes Mostly Always0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%
34%
26%
15%
25%
Frequency of respondents who use the feasibility analysis tool as part of their two day instruction
n=97
Response
Per
cent
age
of r
espo
nden
ts
Finding 12
Comment: n/a
Base A
ccess/
Coo
rdina
tion
Audio
visua
l (com
puter
/inter
net, l
ack of
)
Classro
om (lo
cation
, size)
Other (S
pecif
y)0%
10%20%30% 27%
22%15%
25%
Percentage of respondents who have constraints while delivering the coursen= 114
Response
Perc
enta
ge o
f res
pond
ents
Finding 13
Comment: *Other is specified
Whiteboard
Gate access
Site challenges
Internet/Powerpoint
Course material
Response: None
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
4%
4%
4%
11%
4%
59%
Frequency of general category responses to: What types if any, facility constraints do you experience while delivering the course?
n=27
Series1
Yes No0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60% 53%47%
Frequency of respondents who used any additional aids in their presentations
n=97
Response
Per
cent
age
of r
espo
nden
ts
Finding 14
Comment: If yes, specified* see spreadsheet
Finding 15
Comment: Modules 6 and 4 need additional training, possible review.
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
Module 8
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
7%
11%
16%
32%
22%
28%
13%
12%
Frequency of respondents preferences for modules with additional trainingn=114
Percentage of respondents
Mo
du
le
Finding 16
Comment: Scale rating for interests in further professional development
Not at all- Peer Mentorship Not very- Peer Mentorship Somewhat- Live webinars Very- Learning on demand videos
Teach
ing C
onf...
Peer m
entor
s...
Learni
ng on
dem...
Live w
ebina
rs
Team te
achin
g opp
...0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
26% 27%
15% 16%
21%
10%
23%
14%17% 19%
21%
29%26%
36%33%34%
21%
38%
31%26%
Frequency of respondents' interests in various types of professional development for continuous improvement of course instruction
Not at all Not very SomewhatResponse
Per
cent
age
of r
espo
nden
ts
0-30 minutes 30-60 minutes 60 minutes0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
2%
57%
41%
Frequency of time respondents' allocate per modulen=95
Time allocated
Per
cent
age
of r
espo
nden
ts
Finding 17
Comment: n/a
1 ins
tructo
r
2 ins
tructo
rs
3 ins
tructo
rs
4 ins
tructo
rs
5 ins
tructo
rs
5+ in
struc
tors
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%
8%12%
15%
23%17%
25%
Percentage of instructors used in the duration of the coursen=92
Number of instructors used
Per
cent
age
of r
espo
nden
ts
Finding 18
Comment: See Finding 19 for reasons for additional instructors.
Finding 19
Comment: Diversity of presenters for more insight on course material.
Exposure to local resource/partners
Diversity of presenters
Schedule of constraints
Other (specify)0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%
18%
43%
8%
30%
Percentage of respondents' reasoning for using a certain number of instructors
n=83
Response
Perc
enta
ge o
f res
pond
ents
0-1 week 2-3 weeks 4-5 weeks 5+ weeks0%
10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%
67%
22%
2%9%
Frequency of time allocated for preparation per workshopn=92
Time (weeks)
Perc
enta
ge o
f res
pond
ents
Finding 20
Comment: n/a
No awareness Some awareness Fully aware0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%
32%
40%
28%
Frequency of respondents reported awareness of the eight-week online Foundations of Entrepreneurship course
n=92
Response
Perc
enta
ge o
f res
pond
ents
Finding 21
Comment: n/a
Yes No Sometimes0%
10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80% 72%
18%9%
Percentage of respondents that recomend the Boots to Business eight work course at the conclusion of the two day workshop
n=87
Response
Perc
enta
ge o
f res
pond
ents
Finding 22
Comment: n/a
Finding 23
Comment: The small business development center and SCORE are the most used follow-on resources to workshop participants.
Finding 24
Comment: Video and Powerpoint updates were among the top issues respondents voiced. Some respondents thought the material can be too vague to participants, so look into giving examples such as, “John Doe has owned Xbusiness for 5 years, using this business model he has established his brand” etc.
Finding 25
Comment: Technology is a large issue that needs to be addressed. Recurring theme among respondents’ answers.
Technology/ Base Access
Attendance/Attendees Miscellaneous0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50% 44%
33%
22%
Frequency of respondents who answered what issues negatively af-fected their experience with Boots to Business
n=18
General category open ended response
Perc
enta
ge o
f res
pond
ents
Finding 26
Comment: Most workshops get cancelled due to a lack of registrant application.
Instuc
tor un
able
Not en
ough
atten
dees/
registr
ants
Weat
her re
lated
Miscell
aneo
us0%
20%40%60%
12%
53%
24%12%
Frequency of respondents who answered, "yes" to "have you cancelled a workshop in the past year?"
n=17
General category open ended response
Perc
enta
ge o
f res
pond
ents
No modification Yes, modify DK0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60% 56%
42%
2%
Frequency of respondents' who answered "would you modify the time allocated to any of the modules?"
n= 66
General category open ended response
Per
cent
age
of r
espo
nden
ts
Finding 27
Comment: n/a