Here are some of the best questions for a community call attendee survey about agenda preferences, plus practical tips to help you craft yours. You can generate your own conversational survey in seconds with Specific, and start gathering actionable feedback today.
Best open-ended questions for a community call attendee survey about agenda preferences
Open-ended questions help us capture the "why" behind attendee opinions—surfacing nuanced insights traditional survey forms can miss. Sure, they might take more effort to answer, but they’re gold for understanding needs in attendees’ own words. This depth of insight can be especially powerful; in fact, one study found 81% of respondents raised issues that didn’t show up in a traditional rating grid, highlighting the value of open-ended responses in uncovering new ideas and priorities for calls. [2]
Here are ten open-ended questions to get you started:
What topics would you most like to see included in future community call agendas?
Can you describe a community call session that was especially valuable to you? What made it stand out?
Are there any challenges you hope future calls will help you address?
How could we improve the format or structure of these calls to suit your needs?
Which agenda items do you usually find the least relevant, and why?
What suggestions do you have to make the Q&A portion more interactive or useful?
If you could introduce a new segment or recurring feature, what would it be?
In which ways could the call timing or frequency better fit your schedule?
Are there voices or guest speakers you wish we would bring in? Who and why?
Is there anything else about the agenda or call experience that you want us to know?
Even though open-ended questions may have a slightly higher nonresponse rate (up to 18% according to Pew Research), the quality of insights often outweighs the tradeoff, especially when we’re after real context and innovation. [1] [2]
Best single-select multiple-choice questions for community call attendee survey about agenda preferences
Single-select multiple-choice questions come in handy when we need to quantify feedback or lower the cognitive load for attendees—a win for both response rates (just 1-2% nonresponse on average)[1] and analysis. They also spark conversations by providing a jumping-off point for further follow-up.
Question: Which of the following agenda topics interests you most for future community calls?
Product updates
User stories and case studies
Live Q&A
Workshops or tutorials
Other
Question: What is your preferred duration for a community call?
30 minutes
45 minutes
60 minutes
More than 60 minutes
Question: How often would you like the community calls to be held?
Weekly
Bi-weekly
Monthly
Quarterly
When to follow up with "why?" Often, after a respondent picks a choice, it's fruitful to ask "why?"—for example, if someone selects "User stories and case studies" as their preferred agenda topic, following up with "Why do user stories appeal to you most?" helps us dig deeper and unlock actionable recommendations. Followups like this drive more context and richer insights, which ultimately shape better agendas.
When and why to add the "Other" choice? Adding "Other" lets attendees share unique preferences we didn’t think to include. Following up on “Other” with “Could you tell us more about what you’d like to see?” often uncovers valuable, unexpected ideas you can fold into future calls.
Should you use NPS-type questions for agenda preferences?
In community calls, the Net Promoter Score (NPS) question can be a quick temperature check on attendee satisfaction and future participation. It gauges, in a single question, the strength of the attendee–community relationship: "On a scale from 0–10, how likely are you to recommend attending our community calls to others?" Follow-up questions uncover why someone rates high or low. This kind of feedback is especially actionable for agenda planning, helping to prioritize what matters most to your most loyal (or least satisfied) attendees. You can generate an NPS survey template here instantly.
The power of follow-up questions
Follow-up questions, especially after open-ended or ambiguous replies, are where the true magic happens. They clarify what the attendee really means and can surface surprising details or pain points you would otherwise miss. According to research, this approach leads to more comprehensive and useful data collection. [4] Specific’s AI-driven follow-up questions work in real time, just like a skilled moderator—drilling deeper when warranted and gathering the full context without manual intervention. It’s almost like having a live expert in every survey.
Community call attendee: "I thought the last call topic wasn’t useful."
AI follow-up: "Could you share what would have made the topic more relevant to you?"
How many followups to ask? Generally, two or three follow-ups are enough to clarify and probe for detail, but you don’t want to overdo it. Specific lets you set a cap and even enables people to skip to the next question once the essential info is gathered.
This makes it a conversational survey—the entire experience feels like a friendly, organic chat versus a static form.
AI survey analysis, insights, trends. With tools like AI-powered response analysis, you can cut through open-text complexity and make sense of themes in minutes.
These AI-powered, contextual followups are transformative—many don’t realize how much richer (and faster) feedback can be. If you haven’t already, try generating a conversational survey and see follow-up questions in action.
How to prompt GPTs to design strong questions for agenda preference surveys
You can use AI, like ChatGPT or Specific’s survey builder, to generate questions that match your exact needs. Start with a simple prompt:
Suggest 10 open-ended questions for Community Call Attendee survey about Agenda Preferences.
AI always does better with more context. For example, specify your audience, your goal for calls, or known pain points:
"I organize monthly community calls for software developers. Our goal is to make sessions valuable, actionable, and tightly aligned with user needs. What 10 open-ended questions should I ask attendees about agenda preferences so I can improve content and drive engagement?"
Next, have the AI sort your questions into themes for easier planning:
Look at the questions and categorize them. Output categories with the questions under them.
Then, drill down: pick the top two or three categories that matter most, and prompt:
Generate 10 questions for the categories "interactivity" and "desired topics."
You can go as deep as you need—AI is a force multiplier for both idea generation and organization of your survey.
What is a conversational survey?
A conversational survey is exactly what it sounds like—a survey that feels like a helpful chat rather than a cold web form. These surveys ask questions one at a time, respond to answers in real time, and adapt with follow-ups based on context. The result: higher engagement, better completion rates, and richer, more actionable data.
Here’s a quick comparison:
Manual Survey Creation | AI-Generated Conversational Survey |
|---|---|
Static forms, scripted wording | Dynamically adapts tone and followups |
Requires manual question design | AI suggests, refines, and organizes questions for you |
Sparse or unstructured feedback | Richer context and nuanced insights via conversation |
Manual analysis required | AI summarizes themes and enables instant filtering |
Why use AI for community call attendee surveys? AI survey generators, like Specific, let you skip the complexity of manual setup. They also maintain a consistent, unbiased experience for every respondent, personalize follow-up questions instantly, and deliver analysis in minutes. It’s simply a better, faster way to get the most out of each feedback round—see an AI survey example here.
On top of that, creating a survey with Specific is radically simple—just chat with the AI, and it builds your agenda preferences survey in real time. The experience is smooth for both you and your respondents.
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See how conversational surveys unlock deeper insights—build your own agenda preferences survey and quickly improve call content, engagement, and attendee satisfaction. Unlock actionable feedback that you can actually use with Specific’s AI-driven workflow.