Just like The Evaluation Target, The Evaluation Thermometer an extremely simple and easy ‘stick and go’ evaluation tool to use at in-person events, meetings and workshops. It can help you gage whether your participants are ‘hot’ or ‘cold’ about the content of your session or event.
Method
Ask participants to stick a sticker onto a pre-printed thermometer to rank their opinion on something or to evaluate an event or session.
Step 1:
Pre-print some large thermometer images onto blank paper. Add labels and a rating scale to the target if you wish.
Step 2:
Give each participant a sticker at the end of a session, event or workshop and ask them to place it onto the thermometer in a place that represents how they feel.
Outcome:
Gain a quick snapshot/poll of people’s opinion while they were ‘in the moment’. This is better to get a snapshot view immediately, rather than sending out a survey, because in takes a few seconds to participate and it captures how people felt at the time, rather than on reflection.