NASA GSFC's WFF
	WOW
	1997 Survey Results

Thanks to everyone who participated in our contest and survey.
The results are listed below:

1. The votes for each logo appear below each image. The winning logo was submitted by
    Peter N. Bradfield.  Congratulations Pete!

LOGO 1: 1 vote	* LOGO 2: 36 votes
LOGO 3: 5 votes	LOGO 4: 3 votes
LOGO 5: 6 votes	LOGO 6: 1 vote
LOGO 7: 4 votes	LOGO 8: 1 vote

2. SURVEY RESULTS:

3. The FWP has traditionally sponsored several events during the year. Please provide your comments and ideas on the following events:

• Secretarial Luncheon:

  Participated?	YES: 19		NO: 27
  Valuable?	YES: 32		NO: 8
  Continue?	YES: 30		NO: 10
  Volunteer to help plan?	YES: 9		NO: 29
  Suggestions:	1) Combine with Professional women's event. 2) Majority of females at WFF are not secretaries. 3) what about other job categories? 4) Clerical Achievments should be recognized at the awards cerimony with everyone else, not at a separte luncheon. 5) Not all Women at Wallops are Secretarial! 6) Continue at a reduced level. For example, have tea/coffee and cookies/pastry instead of lunch! 7) Lunch & Learns

  
  

• Take Your Daughters to Work Day:

  Participated?	YES: 11		NO: 34
  Valuable?	YES: 38		NO: 1
  Continue?	YES: 38		NO: 1
  Volunteer to help plan?	YES: 8		NO: 27
  Should sons be included?	YES: 30		NO: 9
  Suggestions:	1) Could be a meaningful experience for children to develope a sense of responsibility. 2) emphasis on all children 3) Drop the traditional definition. Replace it with a day to show daughters and sons women at work. 4) As a contractor, I was not allowed to participate 5) take your children to work day 6) Take your child to work day. 7) Take sons if change name of program to ... Children to ... 8) Take your Son's to Work Day

4. The FWP is also considering sponsoring several new activities of interest to Wallops' women:

• Brown bag lunches in the Williamsburg Room with speakers:

  Interested?	YES: 37		NO: 7
  Suggestions:	1) men should be invited 2) WOULD ALL EMPLOYEES BE INVITED 3) Dress for Success, Accept that Everything isn't Fair Until we Can Change That (Politics are real); Women Sharing Lessons Lea 4) Management Topics please 5) Stress Management speaker, career changes speaker, women's health issues speaker

  
  

• Women's Day Reception, to recognize women across all professions at Wallops:

  Interested?	YES: 32		NO: 10
  Suggestions:	1) Eliminate separate clerical reception. 2) Should be a federal women's day not reception 3) Recognition at WFF should not be based on sex or ethnic background but on the quality of the job they are hired to perform. 4) men should be invited 5) The FWP should not be known for planning luncheons & receptions. They should concentrate on educational programs. 6) Interesting, but don't recognize same women all the time (Wallops has a tendancy to do this)

  
  

• Training seminars on topics of interest to women:

  Interested?	YES: 32		NO: 8
  	Select potential topics of interest:
  Stress Management:	YES: 31		NO: 4
  Time Management:	YES: 34		NO: 1
  Career Development:	YES: 33		NO: 1
  Interview Techniques:	YES: 23		NO: 5
  Presentation Techniques:	YES: 26		NO: 3
  Career Counseling:	YES: 27		NO: 3
  Resume Writing:	YES: 26		NO: 3
  Assertive Behavior:	YES: 30		NO: 3
  Conflict Resolution:	YES: 32		NO: 2
  Interpersonal Communication:	YES: 31		NO: 1
  Professional Style:	YES: 30		NO: 1
  Business Etiquette:	YES: 29		NO: 4
  Suggestions:	1) Seminars on health issues for women. 2) All good; last two just ok; career counselor comes to Wallops monthly 3) whatever can help close the gender gap! 4) Now that women are in the workforce, both men & women need to learn to balance family and work responcibilites. 5) Should consider having Daisy Saunders teach some classes. Very informative speaker and teacher. 6) All are good

  
  

• Information about/attending FWP events sponsored by the Navy at WFF:

  Interested?	YES: 31		NO: 9
  Suggestions:	1) May not attend but would enjoy knowing what is available 2) Men need training as much as women do about FWP issues

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