used, instead of the top total scoring 40 (or otherwise) comments, to account for the potential of scores to be artificially inflated in rooms with either few comments and/or higher participant counts (more points divided among fewer comments produces the potential for higher overall scores that could mute relatively high scores coming out of other rooms/round). MUNK: MASSAGE EDUCATION STAKEHOLDER VIEWS 34 International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork—Volume 12, Number 1, March 2019 comments were allotted the least proportion of allocated points for their respective groups. Top Scoring Comments Forty-five top scoring comments were identified from the exercise. The top five scoring comments from each room per Round (15 total comments per focus topic) are organized by question type and room sheets each containing 2–30 unique comments (median = 11 comments) on each sheet, and 3,744 total value points awarded by 2,240 total sticker dots that participants affixed beside comments they felt were important (blue dots worth 1 point) and critical (orange dots worth 3 points). Table 4 reports participant counts for each room and round, along with possible and actual assigned points. Based on participant numbers, there were 3,930 possible allocation points for the forum exercise for which 5% (186) were unassigned. Eighteen percent (n = 124) of comments had no importance dots affixed to them and were scored 0. Thirty-five percent (n = 238) of comments had a score of 5 or greater, and 8% (n = 57) of comments had a score above 12. Table 5 displays the forum exercise’s various breakdowns of comment and point allotments by primary categories Round, Question Type, and Room, as well as the within group count and point allocations. The School room had the highest proportion of comments per round for each of the forum exercise’s three Rounds, but each room had the highest point proportion in at least one round in accordance with high participant counts (more points to distribute) and/or lower unassigned point proportions. Start and Stop comments were evenly distributed among rooms, while comment proportion distributions were similar for the Difference and More comments, with the School room having the highest comment proportion followed by Employer and CE rooms. Overall point allocations across Rounds, Question Type, and Room were even. More and CE comments were allotted the greatest proportion of allocated points for their respective groups, while Difference and School MUNK: MASSAGE EDUCATION STAKEHOLDER VIEWS Table 4. Participant and Point Counts and Percentages Participant Count Possible Pointsa 3930 Total Actual Points Awarded – 3,744 (% of Possible) Unassigned Points - 35 International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork—Volume 12, Number 1, March 2019 Start questions, respectively. The lowest proportion of top scoring comments (18%) were responses to Start questions, and the majority of top scoring comments (63%) were responses to Stop and More questions. Top scoring comments from the School and CE rooms clearly responded to the “what about the current way massage education is conducted” prompt, while most comments coming out of the Employer room focused in Table 6. The highest proportion of top scoring comments (36%) were responses to