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Example of a survey question Islington Council anti-bullying survey

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Example of a survey question Islington Council anti-bullying survey

The comments below are a sample of actual comments submitted by users in the after-vote comment box.

Absolutely flawless implementation of a complex process in all respects. Easy to use and totally understandable, it was simplicity defined. Whoever set this up really knew what they were doing. It captured what the SIG is all about "Information Technology and Telecommunications"!! My hat is off to you guys.
A good way to vote.
Thanks for setting up online voting. It is much easier and gets the task finished straight away.
Trust more voting can be done this way in the future.
Great way of communicating and ease of participation.
A brilliant idea for voting, there should be more of it.
Well done excellent work.
This is a good method of getting farmer participation.
Well done in utilising online voting!
Excellent way to vote, simple and effective and quick, less paperwork to deal with.
Great voting system.
Too easy!

Recipe for a healthy engaged member group

The ideal online member communication technology for associations, charities, clubs and unions – surveys, discussion forums, elections, referenda, awards and Opinion Markets. Web-based fully hosted software. Affordable, high security, immediate access. Easy to launch and use.

Save time, money and effort with secure online elections and surveys
Call for an immediate democratic vote on any issue at any time, effortlessly – a powerful lobbying tool
Engage members with continuous interactive Opinion Markets – ranking issues and opinions automatically.

Fully managed or self-managed service

Take the fully managed or self-managed service. Self-managed means you operate the web-based software with free access to prompt technical support.

Features useful for elections, referenda, surveys and Opinion Markets

Launch new polls in minutes or even seconds using the poll setup wizard
Use ready-made template polls or tailor your own polls
Partition voters and polls into separate groups
Run high security polls with no risk of repeat voting
Use the integrated bulk email manager to send personalized emails to selected groups
Place auto sign-in links to your polls in your emails or your website
Send reminder emails to those people who have not yet voted in selected polls or surveys
See all votes counted live
Use secure anonymous voting or transparent voting
Display poll links in an online poll menu
Produce poll result reports with visual representations in seconds
Filter votes by region, category, division or any member grouping you want
Run many online polls simultaneously
Take advantage of multi-user and appoint poll administrators
Download the raw vote data for use in other applications.

See the full list of technology features.

Special features for online elections

Typically our election clients experience a 50 to 100 per cent increase in voter turnout. The main reason is ease of use – it's a joy to vote online with BigPulse. See what voters say. Your online election or survey can be launched within 24 hours but once it's open there is no need to rush.

Use first-past-the-post, optional preferential, instant-runoff or proportional voting
Control undervotes and overvotes automatically
Link ballots to candidate bio pages with online editing
Show candidate pictures in the online ballot
Accept candidate write-ins with ease and poll for nominations
Use Robson rotation – this means no candidates are disadvantaged by their position in the ballot
Display vote receipts
Input paper ballots with ease

Interactive polls

Interactive means new opinions, issues and ideas are harvested directly from your members automatically and continuously. You can accept, edit or reject any suggestion with a single click. When you use this feature no one can feel the voting options are too restrictive. You can offer this feature to selected people or to all forum members. For example, in this Fundamentals of a Civil Society poll, all opinions were harvested directly from people visiting in the poll.

Continuous polls

Continuous polls enable people to vote again in the poll any time to express their latest views. Repeat voting never corrupts the vote count because only the last vote from each person is counted in the vote tally. Members can receive an automatic email vote reminder at regular intervals. It gives your permanent polls a regular pulse.

Vote count and voter name transparency options

Vote count transparency means all poll members can see the vote counts and voting options ranked live. Voter name transparency means the names of people voting and how each person votes is visible to all forum members. These polls operate like a show of hands and can also be used for online pledges and petitions.

Opinion Markets – ranking member issues daily, automatically

Polls that use the interactive, continuous and transparency features together operate like live Opinion Markets. A permanent big issues Opinion Market produces a concise daily ranking of member issues. This is a powerful participation tool for associations, clubs and unions. You are never in doubt about the leading and emerging issues. In this example HR managers are voting on the big issues in the human resource industry.

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Link to polls from your restricted access website

If you have a members only section in your website your polls can be linked from this section automatically tracking each member. This produces a high security vote which is seamless to your members.

Subscription fee

The BigPulse service is available under a three, six and 12-month subscription. The fee depends on the number of voting accounts and, in the case of the fully managed service, the number of polls and elections. The fee formula includes volume discounts. See our instant fee calculator.

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