Evaluation - Region 9 Grant Reviewer

FYI - Michigan Arts & Culture Council (MACC) is the new name for MCACA.

Evaluation – MACC Region 9 Minigrant Reviewer

Anonymous - Yep, this is an anonymous survey.
Unlike many surveys where you might be asked to add your name if you want to be contacted, we won't ask you to do that either. We want you to be comfortable giving us your honest responses. Thanks, in advance, for your feedback!
I reviewed - choose one of the following*
- Arts & Cultural Projects
- Professional/Organizational Development
Was this your first time serving as panelist for ANY grant review?*
- Yes
- No
The minigrant review training session gave me the information and instructions I needed to review these minigrants.*
- Absolutely
- Mostly
- Could have been better
- Not at all
Please offer any recommendations that would improve the training session.
MACC's SmartSimple grant portal*
MACC launched its SmartSimple grant portal in 2021, they have been updating it ever since. As a reviewer, did you find it user friendly?
- Absolutely
- Mostly
- Could have been better
- Not at all
SmartSimple Portal
Please offer any recommendations, comments or suggestions that we may forward to MCACA or use in Creative Washtenaw's training to improve your SmartSimple experience.
How much time did you spend reviewing the proposals before the in person panel reviews? (in 30 minute increments)*
I was given enough time to review the applications prior to the deadline.*
- Yes
- No
Review Panels by Zoom*
The minigrant panel reviews were conducted on ZOOM. Would you say Zoom worked well?
- Absolutely
- Mostly
- Could have been better
- Not at all
In-person or Zoom review panels - What is your preference going forward.*
- Zoom was great, it would be my preference for the future.
- In-person panels are better and would be my preference for the future
- Zoom or in-person work well for me.
The in-person review session ran smoothly. I did not feel overburdened and liked making the final award recommendations with the team of panelists.*
- Yes
- No
- Could have been better
Communication. Rate your opinion of the communication you received throughout the minigrant process.*
Please consider the presentations, emails, updates, in person Zoom sessions etc.
- High
- Medium
- Low
Please offer any comments or recommendations to improve the communications, Please if there was something specific, cite the example.
Rate your opinion of the minigrant review process before you participated in this year's Region 9 minigrant review process,*
- High
- Medium
- Low
- The same
- No opinion
- I was unfamiliar with grant reviews before
Rate your opinion of the grant reviews AFTER you experienced it.*
- High
- Medium
- Low
- The same
If your opinion changed of the minigrant review process changed, please explain.
After serving on this panel would you serve on another grant review panel?*
- Yes
- No
You said you would not serve on another grant panel, please give a short reason why.
Would you recommend serving on another Creative Washtenaw panel to your colleagues?*
- Yes
- No
You said you would not recommend serving on a Creative Washtenaw to your colleagues. Please give a short reason why.
Creative Washtenaw staff was supportive and helpful throughout the application jurying process.
- Yes
- No
- They could have been better!
Creative Washtenaw is always looking to improve!
Please offer comments about or suggestions to Creative Washtenaw on their performance, assistance, communication, etc. Include comments about how the panel was conducted, developing the funding plan, etc.
Overall, how would you rate your Region 9 Minigrant Panel Review experience?*
- So glad I did it and proud to say I was a member of this panel.
- It was fine. It was a lot of work. I learned a few things that might be beneficial.
- It was time I will never get back. I wish I had never offered to help.
MACC should know...
Please provide any additional comments or feedback. This could be general to your experience or specific recommendations to MACC on how to improve the guidelines, review process etc. The survey is anonymous!
Thank you for serving as an MACC minigrant review panelist!
We really appreciate your service and the time you took to evaluate your experience. It will help us as we are always looking to improve our process.
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