This questionnaire template enables conference organisers to collect anonymous feedback from attendees. It covers the overall assessment, event organisation and facilities, satisfaction with the programme and content, comparison with the previous year’s conference and, in particular, topic coverage and suggestions for future conferences.
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What is this template for?
The template is suitable for organisers of specialist conferences and meetings – such as businesses, associations and educational institutions – who want to collect anonymous attendee feedback after the event. It covers practical arrangements, the programme and, above all, the topics presented. As it includes a question comparing the event with the previous year’s conference, it is particularly well suited to recurring annual events.
The questionnaire provides a quick overall assessment as well as specific insights into which topics should receive more attention or be added in future.
What does the questionnaire cover?
The template examines the conference from several perspectives: the overall assessment, practical arrangements, satisfaction with the programme and content, comparison with the previous year’s conference, topic coverage and suggestions, and attendees’ professional profiles. The individual areas are summarised clearly below.
Example questions from the template
- How would you rate our conference overall?
- Please rate the following aspects of our conference: organisation, venue, date, duration and catering (excellent / good / fair / poor)
- How satisfied were you with the presentation, acoustics, handouts and workshop topics? (very satisfied / satisfied / not very satisfied / dissatisfied)
- What did you like least?
- How would you rate the choice of topics compared with last year’s conference? (better / comparable / worse / unable to assess)
- How thoroughly were the individual topics covered, in your view? (too much detail / just right / not enough detail)
- Which other topics would you be interested in, or like to see covered in greater depth?
- Comment
- What industry does your company operate in?
- What area do you work in? (for example marketing, communications, sales, product management, corporate strategy, product development, quality assurance, accounting, financial control or human resources)
From template to an effective conference survey
Why conference feedback matters
Template note: Adapt the wording, conference name, topics covered and response options to your event. The template is set up to be anonymous by default; let participants know in advance that their responses cannot be linked to them personally. Before use, also review the legal notice, privacy notice and selected anonymity settings.
