March 24, 2011

Friday Poll: Ombuds, Why Are You Not Attending the IOA 2011 Conference?

Many American and Canadian Organizational Ombuds will meet up in Portland, Oregon for the sixth annual International Ombudsman Association conference. However, some Ombuds will not attend. (Last year, 55% of respondents cited "insufficient office budget" as the reason.) This week's poll asks why not this year?
  • Insufficient office budget
  • Organizational travel ban
  • Workload/case coverage
  • Lack of interest
  • Choosing another conference
  • Philosophical differences with IOA
  • Other
  • Not applicable -- I'm going!
Select all that responses apply. Results posted next Friday.

2 comments:

  1. Last year's results:
    Insufficient office budget 22 (55%)
    Organizational travel ban 7 (17%)
    Workload/case coverage 4 (10%)
    Lack of interest 6 (15%)
    Choosing another conference 9 (22%)
    Other 8 (20%)

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  2. This year's results:
    Organizational travel ban 4 (21%)
    Workload/case coverage 0 (0%)
    Lack of interest 1 (5%)
    Choosing another conference 1 (5%)
    Philosophical differences with IOA 0 (0%)
    Other 5 (26%)
    N/A -- I'm going! 8 (42%)

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