Anna Dee Olson: Growing Up Amish - 2011
Anna Dee Olson, author of Growing Up Amishand Leaving the Amish gave a presentation on what her life was like in the Amish community as well as information on the Amish culture.
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations;Describe proposed end user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status.
- Participants will benefit by gaining knowledge and understanding of the Amish culture. This in turn will often lead to a greater appreciation for diversity and the values of another culture.
- We will know through the evaluation forms which participants will be asked to complete this post-survey regarding what they expected to learn and if their expectations were met.
- The larger community will benefit as participants share what they learned with family, friends & co-workers, thus spreading knowledge & understanding of the Amish culture to others in the local community.
A summary of survey results is:Please rate the quality of this program: (Using 1-5 scale, with 5 being excellent and 1 being poor)
- Not rated - (0), 1- (0), 2 - (0), 3 - (0), 4 - (5), 5 - (89), Average (4.95)
What did you like best about the program?
- Her personality
- Easy format for learning
- Information on the Amish (9)
- Good speaker & answered the questions well (6)
- Personal experience
- Learning of their everyday life
- Truth
- All very good – informative
- Good presenter – good presentation!
- Slides with the presentation (3)
- Very informative! (5)
- They defined it very well
- Everything (9)
- Just learning her back ground
- Excellent presentation – well enunciated – pleasant and patient (2)
- Her honesty (2)
- It was all good (2)
- It was presented well
- Slides along with speaking (2)
- Very interesting
- Answers to questions (2)
- Learning about the Amish culture
- Presentation (5)
- Very descriptive (2)
- History of Amish – customs
- Did not push sales
- The speaker was great
- All the information about Amish life
- Very interesting
- A very good speaker and made it interesting
- Good speaker, spoke from her heart
- The whole history
- She was totally fascinating!
- Info about their life style & the changes after leaving
- How she got the nerve to leave
- History of another culture
- Lots of information well presented
- The pictures
What did you expect to experience or learn from this presentation? Were your expectations met?
- Yes (53)
- I expected to learn a bit about the Amish community from a person that lived in it
- A lot
- The differences on the Amish and non-Amish
- How the Amish live, their traditions & their customs (4)
- Hypocrisy – lots of it
- What the “Amish” are all about – truth & myth
- More about the Amish people
- It covered the material very well (2)
- Her experiences as Amish & how changes affected her & relations with family members
- Interesting
- Answered many questions
- Information about the Amish and life (4)
- So many things
- About their traditions!
- Better understanding
- Information is good
- We have neighbors – great presentation
- Very interested
- Amish way of life (8)
- Expectations met
- The life as she knew it
- I expected the way it was
- Facts
- Culture
- They had different beliefs (3)
- Hear more about Amish life (5)
- How the met & lived
- Gained insight of Amish culture (2)
- Culture differences & similarities (2)
- Who the Amish people are (3)
- Her determination to make the change
- I knew they had strict beliefs
- To have a better understanding
What other programs would you like to see offered at the library?
- Awareness of different cultures, religions, etc.
- History – culture (2)
- Parenting for teens
- More authors (2); music
- Hutch Johnson – weatherman – channel 4
- Winter get-a-ways
- All programs (2)
- Good music; good films, good talks
- Any that we have available – speakers or musical programs
- Variety
- Muslim culture
- Learn about people from different places
- Ancestry
- Informational – people
- More speakers life this for Adults
- Travelogue’s
- History – heritage, about people in MN & ND
- Similar meetings
- Anyone with animals
- More of the same
- Anything
- Music
- Crafts - genealogy
Prior to this program, have you ever attended a program at the library or sponsored by the library? Yes (46) No (52) How did you hear about the program?Program flier – 9Information/poster at the library - 40Information/poster in the community – 21Library newsletter - 3Library web site – 4Newspaper/magazine – 76Radio - 17Television - 27From library staff - 33From another person – 21 Check your age range: Birth to 5 (0), 6-17 (0), 18-54 (8), 55 and over (86) What is your zip code? 56713 (1) - 56716 (12) - 56523 (1) - 56736 (1) - 56535 (1) - 56540 (1) 56540 (19) - 99354 (1) - 56545 (1) - 56517 (2) - 56535 (5) - 56556 (13) - 56535 (4) - 56542 (2) 56592 (3) - 56736 (1)- 56581 (18)- 56523 (3) - 58045 (2) - 56548 (1) - 56510 (1) - 58219 (1) Do you have a current library card? Yes - 69 No – 21 NA – 3 # of evaluations received: 94