Dec 2025 FBCC Feedback Form - MJ

1. Learning Objectives - My goal was to find out what techniques are useful for enabling total completion of the house in only 14 days. While situational factors got us to about 75% (structure, heat pump running, rough in plumbing, water service entrance with water supply to toilet, tub, and sink, concrete pour, utility water hookup and sewer trenching,
2. Learning Objective Completion -
3. What was you participation level - ie, what percent of actual group build time/class time did you participate in? Please provide an estimate. This means direct build time (most of the day, class time (1/2 to 1 hour prep session before the day starts), and theory session time (hour in the evening) - outside of any breaks, oversleeping, resting, going to church, doing other work, computer work, socializing, lack of interest in a particular aspect of the build, sickness, fatigue, doing other things such as housekeeping or facility maintenance, etc - anything outside of direct hands-on build work? For example on the frst Sunday, there were only about 20 of 40 participants in the Hangar during the actual build. (A high level of house completion is a great morale booster, and people not participating brings team morale down. Further, a high participation level during the workshop accelerates development of the enterprise model for the workshop, and helps us improve the build quality of the actual house. Hence, we are looking for ways to minimize distractions and make it as easy as possible for everyone to participate in as much of the actual hands-on build as possible - while leaving ample time for people to socialize and do other things after hours.)
4. With the above question - what suggestions do you have for increasing the participation level of people who came to program? (It was fascinating to see the gradual decrease in participation as the workshop carried on - and we are interested in improving this or shortening the program if the 2 week duration is unsustainable)
5. How much time did you spend preparing for the course - such as downloading and studying the CAD file? Looking through the design docs of former Seed Eco-Home versions? Participating in the prep webinars? What additional preparation resources which we did not provide would you have liked? (We would like to know how we can help participants to prepare better for the program, and how much preparation time people are willing to spend)
6. Please list the top 3 things that you learning during the workshop. Please expand on this after your top 3 things - for as many little things and learnings as you remember. This could be both the hands-on build things, and design/theory aspects. ( We are interested in learning more about what people are retaining as a result of the workshop)
7. What would your ideal food plan be for the workshop if you were to design the food program? Buffet? Cater? Hangar kitchen similar to what we had? Self-serve? Is location in workshop OK for you? ( We would like to make the food aspect of the event as wholesome as possible)
8. What was the favorite thing about the FBCC? (Our program features a diverse audience of backgrounds and interests, a wide scope of content, and novel approaches - and we would like to know which aspects of the overall experience are the most compelling to our audience)
9. Would you recommend a Future Builders Crash Course to others? If not, what additional features would this program need to provide for you to recommend it to others? Do you have suggestions for how we could execute the missing items effectively? ( This will help us to implement the changes that are desirable for future participants)
10. What question should we ask in this feedback that we have not asked? ( We would like to understand if we missing any big picture items that would help us improve the program)
11. Do you have any other comments or thoughts that would be constructive towards us improving the program in the future - outside of the gaps above that we have already identified?