Membership in Business Organizations
» Membership in Business Organizations, Volume 3, Issue 6, 2003
If respondent or business is a member of a business, trade or professional organization AND attended a conference, seminar, meeting, trade show, etc., sponsored by a business organization trade or professional association in the last year that required them to spend at least two nights away from home.
4a. Was the single most important benefit of attendance:?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Networking opportunities | 29 | ||
| 2 | Continuing education | 49 | ||
| 3 | Getting away from the business for a few days | 1 | ||
| 4 | Participating in or attending a trade show | 19 | ||
| 5 | DK/Refuse | 2 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 243 | |||
Notes: Forty-nine (49) percent of small employers who are members of a business organization and who attended an organization-sponsored conference, etc., that required them to spend at least two nights away from home report that the primary benefit they received from the activity was continuing education (Q#4a).
