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Appendix A: Samples of TMIP Webinar Announcements and Evaulation Reports

4.0 Measuring Participants' Interest in TMIP Webinars

In addition to the estimated participants, we also measure the quality of the presentation and the relevancy of the webinar topic to participants' work or interests using the "connection" duration[7]. The following figures illustrate the participants and participant or "connection" durations throughout the webinars. The figures show that most of the participants stayed for most of the sessions.

Figure 14: Temporal Profile of Participation in the Agency Experience with ABM Webinar-ARCTitle: Figure 14: Temporal Profile of Participation in the Agency Experience with ABM Webinar—ARC - Description: Figure 14 depicts webinar participation for the ARC Agency Experience with Activity-Base Modeling webinar on October 22, 2012 from 2PM to 3PM EST. The presentation in the webinar was given by Guy Rousseau of ARC. The session was 60 minutes in length, and there were a total of 88 unique connections with an average participant duration of 37 minutes. The figure provides a plot with participant duration in minutes on the y-axis and the number of session participants on the x-axis. The image illustrates that over 50 percent of participants stayed on the call between 40 and 60 minutes.

Figure 15: Temporal Profile of Participation in the TMIP Feedback Webinar

Title: Figure 15: Temporal Profile of Participation in the TMIP Feedback Webinar - Description: Figure 15 depicts webinar participation for the TMIP Feedback Webinar on March 28, 2013 from 2PM to 3PM EST. The presentation in the webinar was given by Sarah Sun of FHWA, John Jobb of RSG, and Brian Grady of RSG. The session was 60 minutes in length, and there were a total of 52 unique connections with an average participant duration of 52 minutes. The figure provides a plot with participant duration in minutes on the y-axis and the number of session participants on the x-axis. The image illustrates that over 55 percent of participants stayed on the call for more than 45 minutes.

Figure 16: Temporal Profile of Participation in the Agency Experience with ABM Webinar-ODOT/MORPC

Title: Figure 16: Temporal Profile of Participation in the Agency Experience with ABM Webinar—ODOT/MORPC - Description: Figure 16 depicts webinar participation for the TMIP Participation in the ODOT/MORPC Agency Experience with ABM Webinar on April 9, 2013 from 2PM to 3:30PM EST. The presentation in the webinar was given by Rebekah Anderson of ODOT and Zhuojun Jiang of MORPC. The session was 90 minutes in length, and there were a total of 114 unique connections with an average participant duration of 62 minutes. The figure provides a plot with participant duration in minutes on the y-axis and the number of session participants on the x-axis. The image illustrates that over 60 percent of participants stayed on the call for more than 60 minutes.

Figure 17: Temporal Profile of Participation in the Advanced Analytical Practices Webinar-NCTCOG

Title: Figure 17: Temporal Profile of Participation in the Advanced Analytical Practices Webinar—NCTCOG - Description: Figure 17 depicts webinar participation for the TMIP Participation in the ODOT/MORPC Agency Experience with ABM Webinar on April 9, 2013 from 2PM to 3:30PM EST. The presentation in the webinar was given by Rebekah Anderson of ODOT and Zhuojun Jiang of MORPC. The session was 90 minutes in length, and there were a total of 114 unique connections with an average participant duration of 62 minutes. The figure provides a plot with participant duration in minutes on the y-axis and the number of session participants on the x-axis. The image illustrates that over 60 percent of participants stayed on the call for more than 60 minutes.

Figure 18: Temporal Profile of Participation in the Agency Experience with ABM Webinar-MTC

Title: Figure 18: Temporal Profile of Participation in the Agency Experience with ABM Webinar—MTC - Description: Figure 18 depicts webinar participation for the TMIP Participation in the MTC Agency Experience with ABM Webinar on June 6, 2013 from 2PM to 4PM EST. The presentation in the webinar was given by David Ory of MTC. The session was 120 minutes in length, and there were a total of 109 unique connections with an average participant duration of 94 minutes. The figure provides a plot with participant duration in minutes on the y-axis and the number of session participants on the x-axis. The image illustrates that over 75 percent of participants stayed on the call for more than 60 minutes.

Figure 19: Temporal Profile of Participation in the Agency Experience with ABM Webinar-HGAC

Title: Figure 19: Temporal Profile of Participation in the Agency Experience with ABM Webinar—H-GAC - Description: Figure 19 depicts webinar participation for the TMIP Participation in the H-GAC Agency Experience with ABM Webinar on July 25, 2013 from 2PM to 4PM EST. The presentations in the webinar were given by Chris Van Slyke of H-GAC, Chi Ping Lam of H-GAC, Tom Rossi of CS, and Andy Mullins of TTI. The session was 120 minutes in length, and there were a total of 135 unique connections with an average participant duration of 89 minutes. The figure provides a plot with participant duration in minutes on the y-axis and the number of session participants on the x-axis. The image illustrates that 64 percent of participants stayed on the call for more than 90 minutes.

Figure 20: Temporal Profile of Participation in the Model Roles in Transportation Investment Webinar-FHWA

Title: Figure 20: Temporal Profile of Participation in the Model Roles in Transportation Investment Webinar—FHWA - Description: Figure 20 depicts webinar participation for the TMIP Participation in the Participation in the Model Roles in Transportation Investment Webinar on September 12, 2013 from 2PM to 3:30PM EST. The presentations in the webinar were given by Sarah Sun and Nat Coley of FHWA. The session was 90 minutes in length, and there were a total of 151 unique connections with an average participant duration of 73 minutes. The figure provides a plot with participant duration in minutes on the y-axis and the number of session participants on the x-axis. The image illustrates that 65 percent of participants stayed on the call for more than 45 minutes.

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[7] Unique connections measures the number of times the meeting URL is accessed. We use this metric when developing the profile showing participant duration. For example, if Adobe shows us that there were 110 unique connections, the number is somewhat misleading since the same person may be connecting multiple times. In any one session, the maximum number of connections is 100. The multiple times connections may also partially explain why some of the connections have very short "connection" durations.

Updated: 9/25/2017
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