Event feedback survey template: 10 questions and a follow-up plan SimilarForm · Published 2026-10-29 · Updated 2026-10-29 https://www.similarform.com/resources/event-feedback-survey-template Use ten optional post-event questions, a ready-to-edit invitation and a worked results example to choose what to improve before your next event. A reusable attendee-feedback template. The event and results below are fictional. Downloads are local planning files; they do not publish a survey or collect responses. Ask about the event people actually attended Name the event and date in the introduction. Invite actual attendees using a consistent rule, and say which parts of the experience you are reviewing. A waitlist, registration list and attendance list are different groups. Keep feedback from people who could not attend separate from the attendee satisfaction results. Choose a response window that suits the event, such as the next three days, and record it. That is an editorial starting point to test, not a proven best send time. Make every question optional. Explain who reads the answers and how contact details will be used; do not promise anonymity if the collection setup identifies respondents. The 10-question post-event survey For satisfaction questions 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7, use: 1 Very dissatisfied; 2 Dissatisfied; 3 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied; 4 Satisfied; 5 Very satisfied. Add a separate ‘Not applicable / did not use’ choice. Question 6 needs a difficulty scale, while questions 2 and 8–10 use their own formats. Do not reuse satisfaction labels for every kind of question. Question | Prompt | Response format 1 · Overall | Overall, how satisfied were you with [event name] on [date]? | Satisfaction, 1–5 2 · Attendance | Which sessions did you attend? | Select all attended sessions; include Other and None 3 · Content | How satisfied were you with the content of [attended session]? | Satisfaction, 1–5; show only for attended sessions 4 · Presentation | How satisfied were you with how [attended session] was presented? | Satisfaction, 1–5; show only for attended sessions 5 · Information | How satisfied were you with the information sent before the event? | Satisfaction, 1–5; did not receive/use is unscored 6 · Access | How easy or difficult was it to [find the venue / join the online event]? | Very difficult, Difficult, Neither, Easy, Very easy; N/A 7 · Discussion | How satisfied were you with the opportunities to ask questions? | Satisfaction, 1–5; N/A if not used 8 · Keep | What is one thing we should keep for the next event? | Optional short text 9 · Improve | What is one thing we should change for the next event? | Optional short text 10 · Reply | Would you like an organizer to follow up about your feedback? | Yes / No; show an optional contact field only after Yes Adapt the session questions without forcing a rating Repeat questions 3 and 4 only for the sessions selected in question 2. If your form tool cannot branch, label each session block clearly and include ‘Did not attend’. Exclude those answers from that session's rating denominator. The template has ten core questions; repeating session blocks and showing the optional contact field increases the number of fields a person may see. For a single workshop, replace the session questions with the workshop title and remove the attendance selector if everyone attended the same session. For a hybrid event, adapt the access question to the attendance mode. Do not compare speakers using raw averages when their audiences, response counts or question wording differ. Copy the invitation and confirmation Invitation: ‘Subject: What should we keep or change after [event name]? Thank you for attending on [date]. We would value your honest feedback: [survey link and response deadline]. Answering is optional, and you can skip any question. [Organizer/team] will review the responses and share [realistic follow-up]. For an urgent issue, contact [monitored route].’ Confirmation: ‘Thank you for your feedback. We will review it before planning [next event or review date]. If you selected Yes to a reply and provided contact details, [responsible team] will follow up by [realistic timeframe].’ Do not send that promise unless someone owns the work. The downloadable text includes both messages; SimilarForm does not send them. Worked example: 30 responses do not mean 30 ratings A fictional workshop delivered invitations to 80 attendees and received 30 surveys. That is 30 ÷ 80 = 37.5% returned surveys. For the overall satisfaction question, the counts below total 30. Overall satisfaction | Responses 1 · Very dissatisfied | 1 2 · Dissatisfied | 2 3 · Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied | 4 4 · Satisfied | 12 5 · Very satisfied | 7 Not applicable | 2 Blank | 2 Turn the results into the next event plan There are 26 valid overall ratings, of which 19 are Satisfied or Very satisfied. The top-two satisfaction share is 19 ÷ 26 × 100 = 73.1%, rounded to one decimal place. Its denominator is 26, not 30 surveys or 80 invitations. The other four surveys remain visible as missing or non-applicable ratings. With zero valid ratings, leave the percentage unavailable. Suppose seven comments mention difficulty finding the entrance, including comments from some satisfied attendees. The organizer can test a clearer arrival email and signage plan, with one named owner and a deadline before the next event. The comments identify a problem to investigate; they do not prove why a satisfaction score changed. Keep a short review log: signal, evidence, proposed change, owner, due date and what to check next time. Record the invitation method and response window alongside the results. Ask for a reply only through the separate permission field, and follow up only if both permission and contact details are present. Event feedback: results and follow-up worksheet Use one copy per event. Keep permission and contact details in your controlled response system, not in this shared event review. Event name, date and audience: ____________________________________________________________ Invitation eligibility rule / delivered invitations / surveys returned: ____________________________________________________________ Collection tool, access policy and response window: ____________________________________________________________ Question or session being reviewed: ____________________________________________________________ Counts: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / N/A / blank: ____________________________________________________________ Valid ratings / satisfied ratings / percentage (calculate separately): ____________________________________________________________ What to keep; supporting evidence: ____________________________________________________________ What to change; supporting evidence and uncertainty: ____________________________________________________________ Action owner and due date: ____________________________________________________________ What to check before or after the next event: ____________________________________________________________ Sources reviewed 2026-10-29 Pew Research Center: writing survey questions: https://www.pewresearch.org/writing-survey-questions/ AAPOR: questionnaire design, pretesting and reporting: https://aapor.org/standards-and-ethics/best-practices/ Continue your task Plan registration, waitlists and attendance confirmations: https://www.similarform.com/templates/registration-form Create consistent satisfaction labels: https://www.similarform.com/tools/likert-scale-generator Adapt the service customer satisfaction survey: https://www.similarform.com/templates/customer-satisfaction-survey