Dare Festival 2015 by the numbers
Find out what people loved and would improve about #DareFest 2015.
A moment of reflection.
Dare Festival explores how Human Behavior and New Technology shape the way we make things happen in a Digital World. A playground for those who want to built better organizations. View #DareFest 2015 schedule.
Survey Stats
We love feedback because it allows us to make each event a little bit better. A survey using Typeform was sent out to our attendees. Here is a summary of how people felt about #DareFest 2015.
How would you rate #DareFest?
8.32 Average rating
What did you love about #DareFest?
- Divers program. Beyond your comfort zone. Unexpected topics
- Multi-disciplinary line-up. Mix of local and international talent
- Motivational speakers. Practitioners. No Talking Heads
- Awesome superhero Lego keychains!
- Room for discussion. Not too crowded. Small scale is awesome
- Not just talks. Great selection of hands-on workshops.
- In-depth Masterclasses. A chance to pick the brain of the author
- Duration. Three days make all the difference
- Innovative AI-based networking. Meetmatch
- The food was DELICIOUS! Food trucks created a relaxed atmosphere
- Great location. An amazing view over the Scheldt
- Informal relaxed atmosphere
- Open-minded crowd. Practitioners. Positive vibe
- Speakers were approachable. Part of the crowd
- Passionate organizers! Great hospitality. Well organized
How can we make #DareFest perfect?
- More tracks. More speakers. Bring it on!
- More ways to provide feedback on sessions
- Workshops room were too noisy
- More time to digest new content
- Organize popular workshops twice
- Great coffee. Bring the Barista back
- More places to sit and relax
- Organize evening events
- More digital goodies to play around with throughout the event
- Meetmatch networking was great for one but not three
- Serve breakfast
- Introduce speaker more elaborate
- Record sessions for reflection afterwards
- Connect participants before the conference
- Better insights on who is there and what there challenges are
- More food throughout the day
- Pick a warmer season
Which epic battle should take place at #DareFest?
Testimonials
Dare to challenge yourself
Annabel De Craene / IT Portfolio Management at VDAB (BE)
An inspiring conference to trigger you mind and sharpen your thinking
Ivo van Halen / Director of Operations at VI Company (NL)
Darefest is a must for who wants to find inspiration, ideas & like minded people to make a better (working) world
Katrien Debevere / Personal Coach at Froggy Coaching (BE)
Dare to change how you work within your team, your company, the world? There’s a fest just for that… #DareFest!
Christian De Neef / Owner at FastTrack (BE)
Darefest is a gathering of Daredevils that want to make a difference in the digital world and the world of work. They dream big dreams, but what they dream is achievable and their dreams come with practices and workshops.
Marjoke Franken / Agile Coach at Rigid-Loxia (NL)
Darefest is like meeting friends, in a great location, and being inspired by the nice talks. Just be sure to inspire the people around you afterwards!
Bruno Monteiro / Agile Delivery Manager at Zooplus (DE)
When have you been recently inspired? I was at Darefest
Bartosz Janowski / Agile Coach at mBank (PL)
Schedule Stats
We love trees. The schedule was published online using Sched. Participants were informed up front that a mobile version of the schedule would be provided. Banners and sticky notes contained a QR code that linked to the online schedule. Paper versions were available.
Usage
About 1/2 of the participants created an account on Sched. From those accounts 3/4 of them also created a personalized schedule. Personalized schedules had 14 sessions by average. The schedule is accessible for both Sched users as anonymous viewers. No Google Analytics Tracking ID was linked to Sched therefor no data could be retrieved how many participants actually viewed the online schedule.
Most Popular Sessions
The following sessions were added the most by participants who created a personal schedule in Sched. This does not indicate that people liked these sessions the most at the end of the conference.
- Human intelligence and value creation in the digital era
Katri Saarikivi / Researcher, University of Helsinki, Cognitive Brain Research Unit - Sociocracy 3.0: Grow Effective, Resilient and Agile Organizations
James Priest / Co-developer at Sociocracy 3.0 - How to dare to build digital innovations
Tuomas Syrjänen / CEO at Futurice - Do Your Co-Workers Understand Your Process?
If “No” Then Neither Do You
Jim Benson / Author Personal Kanban - Rational Optimism
Jo Martens / CEO at Purpose+ Belgium
The End
Happy participants. Happy Speakers. Happy organizers.
Dare Festival 2015 was a success. Expect #DareFest 2016 to be different.
