Q1. What title best describes your job:
1 Corporate meeting planner 50%
2 Association meeting planner 8%
3 Independent meeting planner 33%
4 Other planner 8%
Q2. How long have you worked in the meetings industry?
1 0-1 years 0%
2 1-2 years 9%
3 3-5 years 36%
4 6-10 years 27%
5 11+ years 27%
Q3. How many off-site meetings to you plan annually?
1 10 or less 27%
2 11-25 27%
3 26-50 18%
4 51-100 90%
5 100+ 18%
Q4. What is the total annual attendance of all your off-site meetings?
1 Less than 100 40%
2 101-500 40%
3 500-1000 10%
4 1000-5000 30%
5 5000+ 20%
Q5. Are you currently using a web-based or online registration company for your registration needs?
1 Yes 18%
2 No 82%
Q6.  If your answer was no,  what do feel the likelihood of using them in the next two years?
1 Very unlikely 12%
2 Somewhat unlikely 12%
3 Somewhat likely 25%
4 Very likely 50%
Q7.  How important does company history (year in business, number of employees, reputation) weigh in your purchasing decision?
1 No importance 0%
2 ... 0%
3 Some importance 80%
4 ... 10%
5 Extreme Importance 10%
Q8. How much does company funding (capitalization, amount of funding, company backers) weigh in your purchasing decision?
1 No importance 8%
2 ... 19%
3 Some importance 33%
4 ... 8%
5 Extreme Importance 33%
Q9. Which company rates the highest in the area of company history and funding? (order determined by random selection)
1 b-there 0%
2 RegWeb 56%
3 Event411 33%
4 SeeUThere 11%
Q10. How much does the following component weigh in your purchasing decision?
The Registration Component
1 No importance 0%
2 ... 0%
3 Some importance 0%
4 ... 0%
5 Extreme Importance 100%
Q11. How much does the following component weigh in your purchasing decision?
The People Profiling Component
1 No importance 0%
2 ... 0%
3 Some importance 25%
4 ... 42%
5 Extreme Importance 33%
Q12. How much does the following component weigh in your purchasing decision?
The Housing/Travel Component
1 No importance 9%
2 ... 0%
3 Some importance 18%
4 ... 9%
5 Extreme Importance 64%
Q13.How much does the following component weigh in your purchasing decision?
The Budgeting Component
1 No importance 0%
2 ... 8%
3 Some importance 25%
4 ... 42%
5 Extreme Importance 25%
Q14. How important is reporting capabilities in your purchasing decision?
1 No importance 0%
2 ... 0%
3 Some importance 15%
4 ... 15%
5 Extreme Importance 69%
Q15. How important is customer support and training in your purchasing decision?
1 No importance 9%
2 ... 0%
3 Some importance 9%
4 ... 27%
5 Extreme Importance 55%
Q16. How important is price your purchasing decision?
1 No importance 0%
2 ... 0%
3 Some importance 31%
4 ... 15%
5 Extreme Importance 54%
Q17. Which company rates the highest in the area of Registration?
1 b-there 14%
2 RegWeb 29%
3 Event411 43%
4 SeeUThere 14%
Q18. Which company rates the highest in the area of PeopleProfiling?
1 b-there 0%
2 RegWeb 11%
3 Event411 44%
4 SeeUThere 44%
Q19. Which company rates the highest in the area Housing/Travel?
1 b-there 71%
2 RegWeb 14%
3 Event411 14%
4 SeeUThere 0%
Q20. Which company rates the highest in the area of Budgeting?
1 b-there 0%
2 RegWeb 0%
3 Event411 60%
4 SeeUThere 40%
Q21. Which company rates the highest in the area of reporting?
1 b-there 20%
2 RegWeb 0%