Quick Polls are one-question surveys that make it easy for you to ask questions to your Community and get fast feedback. In a Quick Poll, you can ask one question to your Members and offer up to five answer options. Once you create a Quick Poll, you can post it to the News Feed so that members can respond.
After members have responded to your Quick Poll post, you can view the details and results and have the option to broadcast them to your Community.
Create a Quick Poll
To create a Quick Poll, perform the following steps:
- Go to the Create Quick Poll page at Content > Surveys > Create Quick Poll.
- In the Question field, enter your question (Max Characters: 150).
- In the Add Options field, enter the answer options for your question. You can have up to five options for your answers (Max Characters: 30). Click Add Another to enter an additional answer option.
- Optionally, enter an End Date for your poll. Or you can select Never if you prefer that your Quick Poll not have an end date.
- In the Points Earned box, select the number of points you would like each member to earn by responding to the poll.
- In the Poll Results region, select Show if you want the results to be viewed by members after they have completed the poll, or Hide if you do not want members to see the results.
- Click Post to open the Post Settings page.
- Before you publish your Quick Poll, select the appropriate settings in the News Feed Settings region.
- In the Comments region, select Enabled to allow member Comments or Disabled to prevent Comments.
- In the Likes region, select Enabled to allow Likes from members or Disabled to prevent Likes.
- In the Creator’s Name & Photo region, select Show to allow the name and profile picture of members responding to the poll to be viewable. Select Hide to keep members’ name and profile pictures private.
- Optionally, in the Divisions region, you can select a Division from the dropdown menu for your poll to restrict which Managers can view or edit your post in the Manager App. Selecting a Division for your poll has no effect on who can view the post in the News Feed or which Categories a post is in.
- In the Categories region, select a Category from the dropdown menu to target your audience. See Content Categories for more information on how to use Categories.
- Optionally, in the Tags region, you can select a Tag from the dropdown menu to apply to your post. For more information on tags, see Post Tags.
- In the Publish Settings region, you have the option of selecting the Publish Later checkbox and entering the date on which you would like your Quick Poll published. If you do not select this checkbox, your Quick Poll will be published right away.
noteOnce you click Publish, your Quick Poll post cannot be edited, even if it’s set to be published at a future date. If you want to edit your post in the future, click Save instead of Publish.
- Click Publish. Your Quick Poll has now been sent out!
View Your Quick Poll Results
After you Publish your Quick Poll, the Quick Poll Details page will appear showing the details and results of your poll. The results are updated as Members respond to your poll. Details include the Status, Date, and whether your Poll was segmented by Divisions, Categories, or Tags. You can also click Recent Activity to view the latest responses and comments, or click Analytics to view your Quick Poll post stats.
Quick Poll Details Page
Click View Results to see the responses to your Quick Poll, which can also be downloaded via a CSV file by clicking Download. Click Participants for a complete list of all poll participants.
Quick Poll Results Page
