MPPG Metrics Subcommittee Responsibilities

The purpose of the metrics sub-committee is to explore, recommend, implement, execute and apply tools that measure the effectiveness of MPPG and its programs. The metrics sub-committee has accountability for executing the tools to assess each program implemented by MPPG, and will provide written and verbal reports at each full MPPG meeting. Written reports to the chair of MPPG will be available within two months following each ACS National Meeting.

Potential tools the metrics sub-committee might leverage are as follows:

• Session attendance reports: The Departments of Division Advancement and Meetings & Expositions Services have access to this information.
• Include a question on the pre-meeting survey regarding influence that thematic programming had on an attendee’s decision to attend the meeting: Department of Meetings & Expositions Services composes the survey.
• Post meeting surveys.
• On-site surveys, similar to those conducted for the web redesign.
• Publications, Symposium Series Books, etc., related to thematic topics
• Press coverage resulting from the thematic programming: the Communications group at ACS monitors responses to and about the meeting that appear in the press.
• Survey division executive committees and program chairs to see if the thematic programming helped, hindered , did not affect their constituency
• Other ways to elicit reaction from ACS members