Other Feedback Methods

Over 4 years, I brought a guest book to all my trainings to collect comments and autographs of participants. Originally, I wanted to squeeze some constructive feedback out of the participants. In the end, it turned out to be a – much nicer – collection of memories and drawings. But it’s still feedback.

Some extra methods I did not describe in detail:

technique	description
Questionnaire	Share and collect a sheet with questions. Very formal but accurate feedback. Provides the best values when other trainers get the same questionnaire and you can compare results.
Scale	Participants locate themselves on a scale 0-100% towards their goal pre and post
Review expectations	If you collected written expectations at the beginning of the course, review them together at the end
Fridge	Take a round answering a question “What would you tell your (fridge/cat/kids) about the training day?”
Tandem	share personal takeaways and goals in pairs
Free drawing	Place a sheet of flipchart paper on a table and ask participants to write or draw a summary of the course.
1 Up, 1 Down	participants alternate positive and critical comments, without repetitions
Speedboat	every coach knows this one, google it
Headlines	write a one-line news title on the question of the day
Postcards	pick a postcard that expresses your mood and explain why
Treasure box	collect hints for the follow-up course
Hot or Not	ask about pairs of items: which is more important -> priorities
more.. same.. less..	let students collect items in the three columns, then vote. Also: Start Stop Continue
Draw it	ask students to draw their new superpower / the week
Weather	quick temperature check on the mood of students: sunny, cloudy, rain, wind, snow
Plus / Delta	collect items in two categories: “more of it” and “change”
One Word	summarize a lesson in one word. See www.funretrospectives.com/one-word-before-leaving/
Closing ritual	Appreciations