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Committee self-evaluation

The committee self-evaluation process is a collective, introspective, and comprehensive reflection by your committee members. By asking specific questions, your committee members, in collaboration with the committee chair, can find way for enhance the effectiveness of the committee.

Your committee should conduct a self-evaluation on an annual basis. This evaluation can be done in a number of different ways. The sample evaluation tool included here is an example and intended to provide a starting point to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of your committee. Your committee should use the evaluation process to identify strengths and weaknesses, to flag areas for improvement, and to plan for further action as appropriate.

Before you complete the evaluation, determine how you are going to ensure the responses you receive will reflect an open and positive exchange of ideas and opinions. The self-evaluation process should not become an opportunity to criticize anyone in particular or to vent frustrations about members of the committee. You should also determine how to best report or share the findings (all findings) of the self evaluation before the evaluation.

Self-evaluation tool

The self-evaluation tool provides a framework and suggested questions for use in evaluating your committee. Use the tools as a starting point and adjust the questionnaire to your own needs.
You can find the self-evaluation tool here

MyCommittee.com has a built-in self-evaluation tool that can be customized and automatically runs as an offline meeting giving members opportunity to take part in the self-evaluation process anytime and from anywhere.
Learn more about self-evaluation with MyCommittee here and here.