This is the results of the survey completed last month. The Washington DC Connections Group has doubled since this survey has been completed

1. For Andrew Meringoff
Prepared by Michael Bystry Research

2.  Had 1,127 survey respondents, of which 1/3 were local to DC
and 2/3 were in other states or international
 Employment leads and wanting to connect with other are most
popular reasons people had for joining
 For locals (VA/DC/MD residents or workers) there is interest in
having more in-person events, either structured (such as
planned speakers) and unstructured events (such as happy
hours and morning coffee)
 Washington, DC is the location most mentioned as a meeting
location for future events, with Bethesda, Rockville, Tysons
Corner, Reston, and Arlington being popular locations for
Maryland and Virginia

3. Most of the slides will provide an analysis using all respondents. For the
planning of face-to-face events, only response for local persons will be
used.

4.  Over 40% of respondents found the group
on their own via Linkedin.com
 Over 70% just participate online only. This
is no doubt influenced by the large nonlocal
membership.
 44% have shared the group with a friend.

5.  About 55% of respondents are seeking employment leads,
although only 15% are seeking employees

6.  Just under 60% of respondents would be likely to attend a happy hour social;
around 50% for morning coffee.
 About 1/3 would likely attend a planned speaker event. Around 2/3 said they
would pay as $10 for a speaker event
 Since more people answered the “willing to pay” question than “would
be most likely to attend a speaker event,” it would indicate another
third of respondents have some conditional interest in speaker events.
Percentages based on local respondents only

7.  Over 45% said they have interest in events related to job
placement
 20% have interest in marketing related issues for their business
Percentages based on local respondents only

8.  Over 45% said they have interest in events related to career
coaching, which is about the same % as for Job Placement for the
Business topics.
 30% have interest in personal wealth management and another 25%
in retirement planning.
Percentages based on local respondents only

9.  Almost half the respondents said they have interest in events
related to using social networking tools.
 About 45% have interest in Business Intelligence tools.
Percentages based on local respondents only

10.  Events that allowed people to mingle freely, such as a happy
hour or breakfast were most popular with respondents over
any organized, structures social.
 Wine tastings were the most popular planned structured
events
Percentages based on local respondents only

11. Virginia Work Locations Maryland Work Locations VA Residence Locations MD Residence Locations
Alexandria 8 Baltimore 2 Alexandria 16 Baltimore 3
Arlington 10 Bethesda 15 Annandale 3 Bethesda 14
Ashburn 3 College Park 3 Arlington 24 Columbia 4
Chantilly 6 Columbia 3 Ashburn 13 Gaithersburg 7
Dulles 3 Gaithersburg 6 Chantilly 6 Germantown 3
Fairfax 7 Germantown 2 Fairfax 15 Potomac 4
Falls Church 4 Rockville 7 Falls Church 5 Rockville 9
Herndon 7 Silver Spring 4 Fredericksburg 3 Silver Spring 7
Leesburg 4 Other/Unknown 45 Herndon 9 Other/Unknown 67
Manassas 4 Leesburg 11
McLean 13 Manassas 3
Reston 22 McLean 7
Richmond 6 Oak Hill 3
Tysons Corner 10 Reston 13
Vienna 7 Richmond 9
Other/Unknown 93 Vienna 6
Virginia Beach 3
Woodbridge 3
Other/Unknown 123

12.  DC is the top spot mentioned for a future event location
 Bethesda and Rockville are the top Maryland locations
 Tysons Corner, Reston, and Arlington are the top Virginia locations.
Percentages based on local respondents only

13. Percentages based on local respondents only