---
title: "Meeting feedback poll template for Slack"
url: "https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/meeting-feedback/"
description: "Find out whether a recurring meeting is worth the time. Copy-paste /poll templates for a one-tap meeting rating and a short anonymous meeting survey in Slack."
---

# Meeting feedback poll for Slack

When to use it: When a recurring meeting has been running for a while and you aren't sure it still earns its slot in everyone's calendar.

How often: Monthly, or after a meeting changes

Recurring meetings rarely get reviewed. They start for a good reason, the reason goes away,
and the meeting stays. A meeting feedback poll asks the people in the room whether it's
still worth it, and what would make it better.

Post it right after the meeting ends, in the meeting's channel, while people still remember
what it felt like.

## Example polls

Paste any of these into the message box in Slack.

```text
/poll "Was this meeting a good use of your time?" "Yes" :white_check_mark: "Partly" :neutral_face: "No" :x: anonymous limit 1
```

The one-tap version. Post it in the channel straight after the meeting. *Premium: vote limits.*

```text
/poll "How should we change the weekly sync?" "Keep as is" "Make it shorter" "Make it every two weeks" "Replace with a written update" "Fewer people" anonymous close after 1 day
```

Pick the changes you would make. People can choose more than one. *Premium: closing automatically.*

```text
/poll "Weekly sync feedback" "Anonymous. One minute." anonymous close after 1 day --- "How useful was this meeting?" "Waste of time" "Not very" "Somewhat" "Useful" "Essential" scale --- "What should we change?" "Keep as is" "Shorter" "Less often" "Async instead" "Fewer people" --- "Anything else?" short text optional
```

The full version as a short survey that closes after a day. *Premium: surveys (several questions), closing automatically.*

## How to word it

Ask about value, not enjoyment. "Was this meeting a good use of your time?" gets a more
useful answer than "Did you like the meeting?"

Then ask about the format, with concrete options: shorter, less often, async instead,
fewer people, or keep as is. People are better at picking a change than at describing
one. Allow them to pick more than one.

Make it `anonymous`. Nobody wants to be the one who said the team lead's meeting is a
waste of time.

## When to send it

Straight after the meeting, with `close after 1 day` (Premium). For a weekly meeting,
once a month is enough. Also run it after you change the format, to see if the change
helped.

## What to do with the results

If most people say it wasn't worth their time, change it the following week and say what
you changed. If "async instead" wins, try a written update for two weeks and run the poll
again. Cancelling a meeting the team voted against costs nothing and earns a lot of
trust.

## The mistake people make

Asking and then defending the meeting. If you ask for feedback, accept the answer, or
explain clearly why the meeting has to stay as it is.

## FAQ

### Can I post it automatically after every meeting?

You can set it up as a recurring poll (Premium) from the Simple Poll modal, timed to post
when the meeting usually ends. See
[how to create a recurring poll](https://simplepoll.rocks/guides/how-to-create-a-recurring-poll-in-slack/).

### Is the feedback anonymous?

With `anonymous`, nobody sees who voted for what, including you.

### What needs Premium?

`limit 1`, `close after`, multi-question surveys and recurring polls. A plain anonymous
poll is Free. Try Premium for 14 days with `/simplepoll trial`.

## Used by

- [Slack polls for managers and team leads](https://simplepoll.rocks/use-cases/managers-and-team-leads/)

## Related

- [Meeting agenda topics poll for Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/meeting-agenda-topics/): A day or two before a team meeting, planning session or one-to-one series, so the agenda reflects what people need to discuss rather than what the organiser remembered.
- [No-meeting day poll for Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/no-meeting-day/): When calendars are full of meetings and people say they can't get focused work done, and you want the team to choose and own a meeting-free day.
- [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.
- [How to create an anonymous poll in Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/guides/how-to-create-an-anonymous-poll-in-slack/): An anonymous poll in Simple Poll hides who voted for what from everyone, including the person who created it. The poll still counts every vote and shows the totals. It's free on every plan.
- [Slack polls for managers and team leads](https://simplepoll.rocks/use-cases/managers-and-team-leads/): A team lead's job is mostly two things: deciding, and finding out what you do not know. Both get easier with a handful of well-timed polls. The point is not to vote on everything. It is to stop spending a meeting on questions a poll answers in an hour, and to hear the things your team would not say to your face.

## Sources

- [How to create a recurring poll in Slack](https://help.simplepoll.rocks/article/124-how-to-create-a-recurring-poll-in-slack)

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