Please provide responses for as many questions as were discussed at your roundtable.
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1. Please briefly describe the participants in your roundtable. How many attended? What attracted participants to the design profession? Did they have particular mentors or experiences that opened the door to the profession?
2. How did participants get involved with AIGA? Approximately how long have they been involved with AIGA?
3. Were there actions or activities that made participants feel particularly welcome as they became involved with AIGA? unwelcome?
4. How do participants define AIGA?
5. When participants describe why others should join AIGA, what are the most important activities and benefits they mention to define AIGA’s positive role?
6. Where do participants see themselves as designers in five years? in ten years? What issues do they envision will be important to them at those benchmarks in their careers?
7. What were the top five items raised when participants considered the role they think AIGA can play in helping them achieve their ambitions?
8. Do participants differentiate between your local chapter of AIGA and the larger organization? If so, what is the difference between the two?
9. What did participants feel was the most valuable AIGA program they participated in during the past year? Why did they feel it was valuable?
10. What type of programming would participants like to see in the future?
11. What would help to make participants more active in your chapter?
If you asked additional questions, please list the question(s) and response(s) here.
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