Community input survey template
A free template for your group: ten questions on timing, budget and help, a board of events to react to, and three pairs to choose between. Share it as one link.
Step 3 of 3 · Comparison
If we could only run one, which would it be?
Three pairs for each member, made from the events they liked on the Moodboard.
Next season
If we could only run one, which would it be?
Pick the one you’d be more likely to come to.
Using the images you liked earlier as the comparison field.
Every question in the template.
This is Next season exactly as each member gets it, in order. Change any of it before you send it.
Welcome
Always first
- Title
- Next season
- Your note
- We’re planning next season and want to run things you’ll come to. A few questions and pictures.
- What they’ll do
- Answer 10 short questions
- React to about 8 images
- Choose between 3 pairs of images
- Time
- Encore works it out from the steps. They can stop and pick up where they left off.
Step 1 · Form: You and the group
10 questions · Slides, one question per screen
- 1
How long have you been part of the group?
Multiple choice- Less than a year
- 1 to 3 years
- More than 3 years
Lets you read every other answer by how new or how settled each member is.
- 2
How many of our events did you come to this year?
Multiple choice- None
- 1 or 2
- 3 to 5
- More than 5
Separates the regulars from the people you’d like to see more of.
- 3
When can you usually come?
Checkboxes- Weekday evenings
- Saturday morning
- Saturday afternoon
- Sunday
Tells you when to hold events before you book a single date.
- 4
Small and often, or big and now and then?
Word Pair- Small and often
- Big and now and then
One choice that shapes the whole calendar.
- 5
What do you want from an event?
Spectrum- Learn something
- Just spend time together
A slider between two ends, so you know whether to book speakers or plan a picnic.
- 6
Spend 10 points on how we use this year’s budget.
Dot Voting- Tools and supplies
- Food at events
- A guest speaker
- Things for kids
- Renting a space
Ten points to spread. You see where members want the money to go before you spend it.
- 7
Use club funds to rent a space for winter meetings?
Stake Binary- Yes, include it
- No, skip it
What it means sits on the card (“A winter meeting space · paid from club funds”), so members answer with it in view.
- 8
Could you help with any of these?
Pick Many- Setting up
- Cooking or bringing food
- Leading a session
- Spreading the word
- Not this season
You leave with a list of who can help with what, instead of a sign-up sheet that goes quiet.
- 9
What would make you bring a friend?
Open Text- Placeholder: In your own words
Their own words on what would make the group bigger.
- 10
Want updates when dates are set?
Email- Optional
A list of members who want to hear when the dates are out.
Step 2 · Moodboard: What would you come to?
8 images · react to at least 5
Each member sees: “Tap images to react. Tell us what you’d come to and what you’d skip.” They click a picture, rate it from 1 to 10, pick what draws them in or puts them off, how it makes them feel, and can add a few words.
Step 3 · Comparison: If we could only run one, which would it be?
3 pairs per person
- Title
- If we could only run one, which would it be?
- Description
- Pick the one you’d be more likely to come to.
- Pairs
- 3 for each person, one pair at a time.
- Source
- Automatic: the pairs come from the pictures each person liked on the Moodboard.
Ending
Always last
They’re thanked by name and see what stood out in what they chose: the images they rated highest and the words they picked. You see every answer in Results.
Start your trial and Next season is ready to edit and send.
Questions about this template.
Yes. It comes with every Encore account, including the 14-day free trial.
Yes. Every question, picture and pair is yours to edit, reorder or delete before you send it.
It’s ten short questions, about eight pictures and three pairs.
Yes. Change the events and the cost question to fit, such as a grant you’re spending or a space you might rent.
No. They open your link, type their name and start. Email is optional.
Share it before you plan the season.
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