HOBYWA Evaluations
July 9, 2007
HOBYWA 2007Evaluation Comments
Keynotes – Leon QuanKN#1 / KN#1comments
0.00 / not there
3.00 / He was good but I didn’t really connect that well with him.
4.00 / He was funny and entertaining to listen to.
4.00 / Very good, could related to him.
4.00 / He was funny, a little obnoxious
4.00 / The stories Leon Quan told had such strength and were stories that we could connect to so that his message really hit home and had a great meeting.
4.00 / His enthusiasm was really appreciated. His humor also made things really fun.
4.00 / He was a very good speaker and held everyone's attention well. The only fault was his "competitive" [illeg] messages.
4.00 / I loved all the speakers starting with Leon Quan. He was so good. I loved the mission work. It was an eye-opening expereince. All around it was good.
4.00 / He really personalizes it with the story of his brother. Because of this it is much more powerful.
4.00 / He inspired me to "choose love."
4.00 / Yes, he taught us about the dangers of the media.
5.00 / I liked: Leon Quan: he was awesome. I didn't like: sitting for two hours during the panels. Maybe have a break.
5.00 / He inspired me to choose love.
5.00 / He was such a powerful speaker and he really touched my heart and inspired me.
5.00 / He was really down to earth.
5.00 / Leon was amazing! I am going to try and get him to come speak at my school!
5.00 / He was very moving and enthusiastic.
5.00 / Funny
5.00 / He inspired me in an entertaining way, with so much energy!
5.00 / I liked how he said the most important things to us without preaching.
5.00 / Fun, entertaining
5.00 / Funny, impacting anecdotes
5.00 / I loved everything
5.00 / I really liked how passionate Leon was about his stories. I liked his metaphors.
5.00 / Leon was amazingly funny and had a great message to give.
5.00 / He was funny, but serious, and got our attention.
5.00 / I enjoyed the speakers and panels. Everythng was great --need more social hour.
5.00 / I liked his speech. It had an amazing message behind it, and it touched me deeply. He also has a great sense of humor.
5.00 / Leon was a very funny person who had great experiences to share.
5.00 / Inspiring, touching without being sappy. Great stories!
5.00 / I liked his energy. He was an excellent speaker and really kept us involved.
5.00 / Funny
5.00 / Leon Quan is an amazing speaker who speaks with such emotion and passion. I learned a lot from him and he was fun. I really liked him!
5.00 / He's an awesome speaker!
5.00 / He inspired me in so many ways and I know he inspired others!
5.00 / I really enjoyed making friends and learning new things from the panel.
5.00 / I liked his passion.
5.00 / Amazing
5.00 / Leon was very funny and kept everyone involved and entertained.
5.00 / Powerfully strong message, amazing presentation.
5.00 / I have learned so much.
5.00 / Very funny
5.00 / He was interesting and funny. His story really moved me and made me want to help the world.
5.00 / It was awesome. I enjoyed the hope I got from the seminar.
5.00 / Very impactful and extremely relatable. Amazing message and passion.
5.00 / I loved his spirit and I think it was important he came on the first day.
5.00 / Yes because it was excitiful.
5.00 / I like the way he spoke with all his passion.
5.00 / I liked his humor and realism.
5.00 / Very exiting -- kepy my attention and gave great points. Absolute yes!
5.00 / One of the best keynote speakers. Knew how to deliver the message and did so.
5.00 / He hit you in the face with all types of emotions. I hope to somehow bring him to my school.
5.00 / I really liked his enthusiasm.
5.00 / Very funny and on the mark. A good open to lower our inhibitions.
5.00 / I liked his humor.
5.00 / I love how we was so funny.
5.00 / Made it entertaining
5.00 / It was funny.
5.00 / Leon Quan was so inspirational! This was a great speaker to start out with!
5.00 / He made me laugh till I cried.
5.00 / Most motivated speaker we had. Brought his words to life and told us how to make the change.
5.00 / He was fun, funny, and easy to listen to
5.00 / I liked how he used so many personal stories. He was so funny.
5.00 / I liked how expressive and truthful he was while he was speaking.
5.00 / How everybody came together so well in a short time.
5.00 / He was very entertaining and had lots of information that will help me in the future.
5.00 / I liked it all.
5.00 / Because this whole experience made me feel like a strengthened, inspired, and all around better person.
5.00 / His personal stories allowed me to connect with him. He had a great stage/presentation voice and manner.
5.00 / It was really cool. I learned a lot.
5.00 / He made what he talked about real.
5.00 / Great humor! Good connection. Amazing message.
5.00 / He is really funny, and he talked about real life. He was OUTSTANDING!
5.00 / He really connects with what people believe.
5.00 / Everything! Comedy
5.00 / The comedy; the fact that he made valid points without being monotonous.
5.00 / Leon was a very poewrful speaker! He really touched my heart!
5.00 / He really opened my eyes. He made me think of all the little things I can do to show that I have picked love.
5.00 / His comedy made you tune in.
5.00 / He was funny and kept attention, and he also had good points.
5.00 / He was very entertaining.
5.00 / I loved his speech, motives, and inspiration he left me with.
5.00 / He had an amazing story to tell.
5.00 / He taught us to say yes to love.
5.00 / He knew how to talk to teens and make them understand. He was also outgoing.
5.00 / He has so much energy and such a good story.
5.00 / He was very intriguing and had a great personality.
5.00 / He was funny, yet honest. Everything he said made sense. Completely and totally inspiring.
5.00 / Leon was a great kick-off to this experience. He was really uplifting and got us all excited.
5.00 / The way he narrates his story makes it so easy to remember and keep as a lesson.
5.00 / I loved his whole speech. He inspired everyone!
5.00 / It really opens your eyes and tells you what the most important things in life are.
5.00 / I liked the discussions, I like the activities for getting to know other people.
5.00 / I like his spit ball jokes.
5.00 / I liked the way he was so funny yet able to keep his message clear and kept us entertained.
5.00 / I loved the panels, the people, everything!!
5.00 / He really kept me engaged and excited, but also related it to important issues.
5.00 / He was so amazing! His message was so encouraging.
5.00 / He was a good "ice breaker" of a speaker, really positive and related everything to us.
5.00 / I loved his passion and his story.
5.00 / Shared a personal story -- meaningful. He was funny but also brought across his serious message.
5.00 / I can't find anything that I really disliked. I liked meeting all of these great friends and finding a passion about myself that I never knew about. I know believe that I can change the world.
5.00 / I liked what he talked about and how he got over certain obstacles.
5.00 / Interesting and inspirational, a definite 5.
5.00 / Yes, I think he was amazing and brought hope.
5.00 / He was absolutely hilarious and inspiring at the same time.
5.00 / I really liked how he was able to laugh at himself. He taught me that it's ok.
5.00 / Leon Quan made me think twice about my life and is a very good key speaker.
5.00 / Leon Quan was SO FUNNY! He was also a great motivational speaker.
5.00 / High energy. Easy to understand.
5.00 / Good opening to the weekend, light, funny.
5.00 / Leon Quan was amazing and one of my favorite activities we did. He was clever, enjoyable, and emotional. I am soooo glad he came. Make him come AGAIN! Thank you!
5.00 / We liked his energy and the excitement he created.
5.00 / He had a strong message and was still entertaining
5.00 / I loved Quan sharing his personal experiences.
Keynotes – Erin Jones
KN#2 / KN#2comments
2.00 / I don't know why, but it left me apathetic and uninspired. She seemed to complain about a gifted and privileged life.
3.00 / Erin had many good things to say.
4.00 / It was OK. I got a little sleepy.
4.00 / I've heard that it was very good for the women in HOBY and I enjoyed it.
4.00 / Personal stories.
4.00 / Good public speaker. She hada good story to share.
4.00 / Great speaker, personal experiences.
4.00 / It was a great story I lived hearing. It seemed a bit drug out, though.
4.00 / Good interesting story. [illeg]
4.00 / Good real world story of real life.
4.00 / She was a good speaker and I enjoyed hearing her story. It moved me.
4.00 / Erin was awesome. I think back and I don't remember what exactly it was about. She was very inspiring though.
5.00 / Erin Jones was so moving and touching. Her story was unbelievably fascinating.
5.00 / A different look at at life.
5.00 / Amazing story.
5.00 / Her experiences were very inspiring.
5.00 / She is awesome!
5.00 / She was great. She is such an amazing, smart, beautiful lady. She is very talented.
5.00 / She had a great life story to say and she even stayed to hang with us along with her family.
5.00 / Erin was very inspiring and I hope that she comes back next year!
5.00 / I go to a school of almost all white kids. I love to see and hear about other cultures.
5.00 / OUTSTANDING!
5.00 / She was Amazing! She wants to inspire us and I hope I can grow up as strong as she came to be.
5.00 / She is an amazing speaker and understands where people are coming from.
5.00 / Once again, another great speaker.
5.00 / Her story could relate extremely well to girls.
5.00 / Erin is an amazing person and speaker. Love her story.
5.00 / My absolute fav!
5.00 / I liked how she told us her story (which inspired me) and we all learned from that.
5.00 / Definitely. She is WONDERFUL!!
5.00 / I enjoyed her talk because it helped me to realize that I need to stick to my goals.
5.00 / EXCELLENT - Erin was an amazing speaker. Please do this next year!
5.00 / Great and moving story. Wonderful speaker.
5.00 / It's good making a change.
5.00 / Showed me that life happens but you can overcome it all and be successful
5.00 / She was amazing. Could extremely relate to her. No dislikes!!! Fun & enthusiastic.
5.00 / Loved it all.
5.00 / Cool person. Cool speech. Very real message.
5.00 / She really inspired me and it was a lot of fun.
5.00 / Her story was amazing and got me thinking about others and myself differently.
5.00 / Very inspirational and life changing.
5.00 / I loved her story and felt truly inspired!
5.00 / Related to us. Shared of herself in order to help us.
5.00 / Heard what it's like to overcome obstacles and hold on! GREAT
5.00 / Her story was amazing to hear.
5.00 / Erin's story was so moving and showed how we need to keep going and help other while also taking care of ourselves.
5.00 / She had a great idea for a speech and gave us some really powerful stories. Impressive.
5.00 / She inspired me personally. She connected with everyone.
5.00 / Positive message, interesting story.
5.00 / I liked how she told her story and it was cool to hear.
5.00 / Motivational
5.00 / She had such an interesting story.
5.00 / Amazing, Amazing, Amazing!
5.00 / I liked her story and message.
5.00 / It was easy to listen to.
5.00 / Her story is very inspiring.
5.00 / The story was interesting.
5.00 / She played ball with Dr. J, who couldn't like her? Seriously, her life experiences were so amazing. Erin really made me appreciate life. [Rated 6]
5.00 / She was just OUTSTANDING
5.00 / African Americans rock
5.00 / I could relate to many of her experiences.
5.00 / Her presentation was very interesting and powerful. I feel it represented the day very well.
5.00 / She has a really amazing story.
5.00 / She really is passionate.
5.00 / Great voice, experiences to share. HOPE, ENCOURAGEMENTS.
5.00 / I loved her story and how she has overcome her obstacles.
5.00 / Erin Jones is a good person in my life. She works at my school. She really talked about her life and how someone just like her can go through the problems.
5.00 / REALLY INTERESTING AND FUN!
5.00 / Very powerful speaker
5.00 / She was my favorite!
5.00 / Kept you interested.
5.00 / Loved her story.
5.00 / Amazing. Really connected.
5.00 / She had an amazing story!
5.00 / Erin was so cool and nice.
5.00 / Great story. Inspirational.
5.00 / Her story was great.
5.00 / Great!
5.00 / Her story made me relate and inspired me.
5.00 / She was amazing! I liked her the most!
5.00 / Awesome
5.00 / Very inspirational.
5.00 / I loved it. It was so fun and inspiring.
5.00 / Loved her story
5.00 / It taught you to keep your goals in sight.
5.00 / Hearing her story was inspiring!
5.00 / She was amazing and inspirational.
5.00 / She is one of the most amazing and inspirational women I have ever met. [Rated 10]
5.00 / She was very personable, and it was an amazing story.
5.00 / Her passion and life story were amazing.
5.00 / She was very inspiring about diversity and how it can shape people.
5.00 / I liked the second keynote speaker because she could really inspire me and it was relatable.
5.00 / We liked her story and her openness.
5.00 / Great, inspiring story that has helped me not care as much about what others think.
5.00 / She showed a lot about changes and struggles.
5.00 / She was amazing.
5.00 / Very Excellent! I have a biracial family. This was an amazing touching session for me.
5.00 / Being in a small town, you never hear stories like Erin's. I learned so much.
5.00 / Erin was very inspiring and motivational!
5.00 / Never give up
5.00 / Fantastic! Her story was so inspiring.
5.00 / VERY inspirational.
5.00 / She's incredible
5.00 / More personal experiences that really strike me.
Keynotes – Jamie Utt
KN#3 / KN#3comments
2.00 / It was hard to pay attention. Great activity and wall analogy, but talked too long. I had a hard time staying awake.
2.00 / I didn't really like this one because it went on and on.
3.00 / The activity was good.
3.00 / It was kind of plain. It could have been better.
3.00 / This keynote was also hard for me to reconcile the differences in beliefs and statements.
3.00 / I disliked the sitting on the floor and being inactive.
3.00 / Wall was strong, speaker needed to stay on message and be more concise.
3.00 / It was weird to hear those words so openly, but it was also good.
3.00 / Talked about a lot of things we already know but the wall was real informative. Just not the speaker.
4.00 / Powerful, except he repeated himself too many times and seemed to span out his speech.
4.00 / I was amazed at the number of stereotypes in our community.
4.00 / It made a good point, but Jamie's speech was a bit monotonous.
4.00 / That was amazing.
4.00 / I learned a lot from him and makes me want to do that at my school.
4.00 / It was a great presentation, but just a little too long.
4.00 / Some language from the speaker was too much but had a great message.
4.00 / More different views.
4.00 / I didn't feel it was amazing as everyone said it was, but I think they need to go deeper.
4.00 / The facts and wall were horrifying but eye-opening.
4.00 / Good speaker.
4.00 / Eye-opening and raw -- I loved it.
4.00 / The stereotypes he spoke of showed me how mean people are to each other.
4.00 / It was good. I loved it. The only thing was by the end it was hard to focus because we hurt from sitting on the ground.
4.00 / Moving and eye-opener.
4.00 / Loved it except we need chairs to sit in.
4.00 / Displayed racism among others that I wasn't aware was there.
4.00 / Was good. But how do you stop these problems. How do you stop calling peoiple names.
4.00 / Moving message. However, very long.
4.00 / I would want to go deeper and open each other and more
5.00 / Eye-opening
5.00 / Awesome. Jamie's wall presentation made me think about anything and everything I've ever said or am about to say about someone or to them.
5.00 / Great lesson.
5.00 / Amazing
5.00 / "The Wall" was great. I have done something.
5.00 / This was great in showing how we can be racists.
5.00 / WOW My favorite speaker.
5.00 / AMAZING! Changed my Life!!! Never be the same.
5.00 / He made you think about what you are really saying.
5.00 / I was truly moved by his words
5.00 / Teachers about discrimination.
5.00 / Awesome
5.00 / Eye opening on stereotypes
5.00 / Amazing
5.00 / I liked how Jamie told us how most people do imitations, which is bad.
5.00 / I liked working as a group.
5.00 / It showed how much hurt is inside us and we can try to change it.
5.00 / It was very emotional and made me think.
5.00 / It opened my eyes to how others feel.
5.00 / The wall is so powerful and I will remember that experience forever. I can't imagine HOBY without it because the message is so strong and important.
5.00 / Amazing, I can now take back my beliefs about myself and others and share them. I know I have people to back me up. Amazing experience.
5.00 / He was young, so I think it inspired me more. He had strong voice, and it was really eye-opening.
5.00 / Stereotypes are a problem, and this is a better approach than political correctness. [Rated 10]
5.00 / Jamie is amazing! This was an amazing OUTSTANDING keynote! I learned a lot about myself.
5.00 / Yes it opened my eyes and heart to realize before change can happen everywhere you have to start with yourself and how you think.
5.00 / It was moving.
5.00 / Strong.
5.00 / Best I've ever heard. I loved it 100%. I felt bad about the words but it made us see how we are and know how to change that.
5.00 / Very powerful and moving and Jamie really knew his stuff.
5.00 / This was a very moving and eye-opening experience.
5.00 / Jamie was amazing! I loved him! He was so inspirational for me and everyone else.
5.00 / Somewhat long, but an awesome presentation.
5.00 / Showed how to stop hate!
5.00 / We got to see the negative and what we can do.
5.00 / It was really impacting and moving. I will keep that piece of the "wall" forever.
5.00 / I loved the wall (Go Jamie). It was so hard, but needed. Opened your eyes.
5.00 / The was was really cool and effective.
5.00 / It was very upsetting the ideas that are in our heads.
5.00 / It opens us up and forces us to deal with the real people we are.
5.00 / Effective, memorable, and included many different [illeg]
5.00 / I understand now
5.00 / I liked it.
5.00 / It was great when I heard it the first time, but we did this at my school. I think walls need to be broken down.
5.00 / Very powerful.
5.00 / It made me think.
5.00 / Inspirational