--- title: "Training session feedback survey for Slack" url: "https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/training-session-feedback/" description: "Collect feedback on a training, workshop or lunch-and-learn in Slack. Copy-paste /poll templates for a one-question rating and a short anonymous survey." --- # Training session feedback poll for Slack When to use it: Right after a training, workshop, onboarding session or lunch-and-learn, while attendees still remember what was useful and what dragged. How often: After every session Training feedback is usually collected with a long form nobody fills in. A short poll posted in Slack as the session ends gets more answers, because it takes less than a minute and people are already there. Ask two things: was it worth the time, and will people use it. Everything else is detail. ## Example polls Paste any of these into the message box in Slack. ```text /poll "How useful was this session for your work?" "Not useful" "Slightly" "Somewhat" "Very" "Extremely" scale anonymous ``` The one-question version, on Free. Post it as the session ends. *Free.* ```text /poll "Session feedback" "Anonymous. One minute." anonymous close after 1 day --- "How useful was this session for your work?" scale --- "How was the pace?" "Too slow" "About right" "Too fast" limit 1 --- "What will you use first?" short text --- "What should we cut or add next time?" short text optional ``` The full training survey. Ratings plus two open questions. *Premium: surveys (several questions), closing automatically.* ```text /poll "Which session should we run next?" "Advanced Excel" "Writing good tickets" "Giving feedback" "Intro to SQL" allow-options ``` Ask what to train next. People can add topics you did not think of. *Free.* ## How to word it Rate the outcome, not the trainer. "How useful was this session for your work?" is something you can act on. "How would you rate the presenter?" makes people polite. The four questions worth asking: - How useful was it? (1 to 5) - Was the pace right? Too slow, about right, too fast. - What will you use first? (free text) - What should we cut or add next time? (free text, optional) Make it `anonymous`. Feedback on a colleague's session is more honest without names. ## When to send it Post it in the session's channel or thread in the last five minutes, and give people time to answer before they leave. `close after 1 day` (Premium) catches the people who watched a recording later the same day. ## What to do with the results Look at the pace question first. If it splits between "too slow" and "too fast", you have two audiences: split the session in two. If usefulness is low, read the free-text answers before changing anything. Share one change with the next group so they know the feedback is read. ## For a series If you run the same training for each new cohort, use the same questions every time so you can compare sessions. On Premium, the poll's creator can export results as a CSV. ## FAQ ### Can I keep the feedback anonymous? Yes. With `anonymous`, nobody sees who answered what, including you as the creator. ### Can I compare feedback across sessions? Use the same questions every time, and export each poll's results as a CSV (Premium, creator only). ### What needs Premium? Multi-question surveys, `limit 1` and `close after`. A single rating or open question works on Free. Try Premium free for 14 days with `/simplepoll trial`. ## Used by - [Slack polls for customer support teams](https://simplepoll.rocks/use-cases/customer-support-teams/) - [Slack polls for sales teams](https://simplepoll.rocks/use-cases/sales-teams/) ## Related - [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. - [Event feedback poll for Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/event-feedback/): 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. - [New hire onboarding feedback survey for Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/templates/new-hire-onboarding-feedback/): At the end of a new hire's first week and again around day 30, while they still remember what was confusing and before they've stopped noticing it. - [How to create a rating scale poll in Slack](https://simplepoll.rocks/guides/how-to-create-a-rating-scale-poll-in-slack/): A scale poll asks people to rate something from 1 to 5: how clear the plan is, how the sprint went, how confident they are in a date. The poll shows how the votes spread across the five points, and its results view adds the average and median, which a yes or no poll can't give you. Scale polls work on every plan. - [Slack polls for HR and People teams](https://simplepoll.rocks/use-cases/hr-and-people-teams/): People teams ask the whole company for input more than anyone else, which makes them the first to burn out a channel with surveys. The fix is a small, predictable calendar: a few polls with a clear job each, sent at the same rhythm, with results that go somewhere. ## Sources - [How do I export the results of a poll?](https://help.simplepoll.rocks/article/83-how-do-i-export-the-results-of-a-poll) --- Simple Poll is the #1 polls and surveys app for Slack. Add it to Slack: https://simplepoll.rocks/. Pricing: https://simplepoll.rocks/pricing/.