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“I can’t imagine not having FlashVote available to me!”
“I have no idea how people make decisions without FlashVote. Honestly.”
“FlashVote is like smartphones when they first came out. You might think, why would I need a smartphone to make phone calls? Then after you use one, you think, oh my gosh, how did I live without this?”
“The ease of this program… is great. We found the technology to be super simple – in part because they were great partners with us – and gave us some really good data to use.”
“What I appreciate is that FlashVote treats every interaction I have with them as important. It may be just a survey on backyard chickens, but it is important to us. FlashVote understands that.”
FlashVote gets large samples of representative residents to answer professionally designed questions – quickly, frequently and automatically.
Governments use our timely and scientific data to serve residents better, to save serious money, and to build broad community trust.
Think about all the public input you get from your meetings, social media, emails, online surveys and other engagement.
How often do you think that sentiment is a good representation of your whole community?
We went back and looked at our first 300 surveys to compare them with the public input sentiment our customers had from those engagement channels.
Public input sentiment was the opposite of what the whole community wanted about 70% of the time.
Overwhelming support or opposition was often just a few noisy people. An online survey showed “85% in favor” in a community with only 33% support. And we saw online engagement get hijacked quickly, even faster than you think.
The 7 minute video below includes these examples and more – including when a customer secretly tested FlashVote data against traditional scientific survey data they had.
It is the best way to see (and share) why you need scientific survey data. Not “free” input that costs you millions of dollars.
Participation by email, text or phone call
Easy access to full results dashboard
Budget cutbacks led to less park maintenance which led to complaints. But were the complainers representative of the whole community? Read the case study and see the survey that immediately fixed staff morale.
Prevented a bad service change and saved serious money.
Dodged a $30 million mistake by using our survey data.
Helped save $10 million in a budget while building trust.
Demands to defund the police were dominating meetings and social media. But they also heard that crime prevention was a priority for all residents, including minority neighborhoods. They learned that their community actually wanted more police presence – by a 6 to 1 ratio – but less police social work.
Good survey data makes everyone’s job easier. But professional surveys are a ton of work for governments. From drafting questions to collecting input to calculating and reporting results, they take months of staff time and calendar time (plus tens of thousands of dollars for consultants).
FlashVote combines expert consulting and patent-pending software technology into an automated scientific survey service for governments. No more guessing what residents want or think. No more speculation and disagreements among officials. FlashVote is effortless for staff and fun for residents. We’ve even made data analysis so simple that anyone can do it. Goodbye cross-tabulations, hello dropdown menus.
You’re not getting the engagement numbers you want. Public trust is suffering as a result. About 70% of local governments say they don’t have sufficient staff, knowledge and financial resources to do public engagement at all. This is a tragedy for everyone.
FlashVote has cracked the code for getting people engaged. And we’ve made it into a simple and affordable service for governments. Participation is so easy and fun for residents that they will routinely give you input, by the hundreds or thousands. How often will residents answer FlashVote surveys? Here’s what they told us after using the service:
You can do a few surveys to a few dozen each year with your residents. You’ll get great input from people you’ve never heard from. As you engage your quiet and busy majorities, you’ll build trust with your whole community.
Think of the money and staff time that is wasted because of misinformation in your community. If you’re like most governments, its one of the main complaints you have. You’d love better informed residents.
FlashVote customers use our “Did You Know _____?” questions to inform people and measure how informed they are, all in one simple step. From service tips to upcoming events, residents get the information they need in a way that also helps them learn and remember it.
Governments with performance data do a better job for their community. They also uncover little problems or mistakes early, before they blow up into expensive messes. Too bad its always been really hard to get the data that you need.
Now its ridiculously easy. Whether you want annual satisfaction metrics or open-ended suggestions, the FlashVote software application and automated survey platform can be set up so you never have to lift a finger. The helpful data you want will be collected and reported automatically. You’ll always have the information you need to make your community happier.
You’ve seen what FlashVote has done for others. Now let’s talk about all the great things it can do for you.