Maintaining the high-level of quality that attendees have come to expect from AU sessions is very important to us. Since the very beginning, we have asked attendees to provide us with feedback on every single session they attend. We want to know how attendees feel about technical content, speaker preparedness, and session materials (among other things), and we ask them to rate each category from 1 to 10. The highest possible rating is 10. <\/p>\n
This year, we received feedback from 49.7% of all attendees of all sessions and the average speaker rating was 8.44. <\/p>\n
The AU team takes these results seriously. Generally, to be invited back as an AU speaker, the presenter must receive at least an 8.0. We do make exceptions to this rule if comments clearly indicate that something beyond the control of the presenter happened, such as a fire alarm (which happened a few years back) or software installation issues. <\/p>\n
The highest rated speakers are recognized with the AU speaker award and this year\u2019s five categories were Hands-on Lab, Small Lecture (< 200), Large Lecture (> 200), PowerTrack, and First Time AU Speaker. All presenters received a near perfect score. So without further adieu, the winners are: <\/p>\n