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title: "Event feedback poll template for Slack"
url: "https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/event-feedback/"
description: "Polls for before and after an event in Slack: what people want from it, and how it went. Copy-paste /poll templates for offsites, parties and meetups."
---

# Event feedback poll for Slack

When to use it: Around a team offsite, company party, conference trip or community meetup: a few days before to shape it, and the day after to learn what to repeat.

How often: Before and after each event

Most event feedback is a form sent a week later that a handful of people fill in. Two short
polls in the channel where the event was organised do better: one before, asking what people
want, and one the morning after, asking how it went.

The pre-event poll also gets people talking about the event before it happens, which is half
of what makes them show up.

## Example polls

Paste any of these into the message box in Slack.

```text
/poll "What would make the offsite worth your time?" "Strategy sessions" "Team building" "Unstructured time together" "Learning workshops" allow-options
```

Before the event. People pick as many as they like and can add their own. *Free.*

```text
/poll "How was the offsite?" "Anonymous. One minute." anonymous close after 2 days --- "How was it overall?" "Poor" "Fair" "Good" "Very good" "Excellent" scale --- "What was the best part?" "Strategy day" "Hike" "Team dinner" "Workshops" "Free time" --- "What should we change next time?" short text optional
```

After the event. Overall rating, best part, and one open question. *Premium: surveys (several questions), closing automatically.*

```text
/poll "How was the holiday party?" "Skip next year" "Meh" "Fine" "Good" "Best one yet" scale anonymous
```

The one-question version on Free, for a party or social event. *Free.*

## Before the event

Ask about choices you haven't made yet and are willing to change: which sessions, which
activity, what food. Give real options and add `allow-options` so people can suggest
ones you missed.

Don't ask whether people want the event at all once it's booked. Ask what would make it
worth their time.

## After the event

Post the feedback poll the morning after, while it's fresh, and `close after 2 days`
(Premium). Ask three things:

- How was it overall? (1 to 5)
- What was the best part? (pick from the actual agenda)
- What should we change next time? (free text, optional)

Make it `anonymous`. Someone organised this event and people won't criticise it under
their own name.

## What to do with the results

Keep the best-part results: they tell you what to protect when the budget gets cut next
year. Read the free text for the one thing that went wrong for several people, like the
venue, the timing or the travel, and fix that first. Share a short summary with everyone
who came.

## The mistake people make

Asking about everything. A twelve-question event survey gets answered by the organiser's
friends. Three questions get answered by most of the room.

## FAQ

### Can people suggest their own options?

Yes. Add `allow-options` and voters can add options to the poll. It's on every plan.

### Can I post the feedback poll automatically the morning after?

Yes, on Premium. End the poll with `schedule` and a time, like `schedule tomorrow 9am`.
It posts once at that time.

### What needs Premium?

Multi-question surveys, `close after` and `schedule`. Single-question polls with
`allow-options` or `anonymous` work on Free. Try Premium for 14 days with
`/simplepoll trial`.

## Used by

- [Slack polls for marketing teams](https://simplepoll.rocks/use-cases/marketing-teams/)
- [Polls for Slack communities](https://simplepoll.rocks/use-cases/slack-communities/)

## Related

- [Training session feedback poll for Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/training-session-feedback/): Right after a training, workshop, onboarding session or lunch-and-learn, while attendees still remember what was useful and what dragged.
- [Meeting feedback poll for Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/meeting-feedback/): When a recurring meeting has been running for a while and you aren't sure it still earns its slot in everyone's calendar.
- [Offsite location poll for Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/offsite-location/): When you are planning a team offsite and want the team to weigh in on where and when before you book anything.
- [Holiday party planning poll for Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/holiday-party-planning/): When you are organising an end-of-year party and want the date, format and details settled by the people who will be there.
- [How to let people add options to a Slack poll](https://simplepoll.rocks/guides/how-to-let-people-add-options-to-a-slack-poll/): Sometimes you don't know all the options yet: the best venue, a name for the new team, the topic everyone actually wants. Turn on adding options and voters get an Add option button. Anything they add becomes an option everyone can vote on. It's free on every plan.

## Sources

- [Can others add options to my poll?](https://help.simplepoll.rocks/article/53-can-others-add-options-to-my-poll)

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