Test what your audience wants from the next edition: topics, formats, dates and price tolerance. A free next-event demand survey.
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Test what your audience wants from the next edition: topics, formats, dates and price tolerance. A free next-event demand survey.
Before a venue is booked or a budget committed, this survey asks what topics people want, which format suits them, when they can come, and what they would pay — so the next edition is designed from stated demand rather than from the last one's leftovers.
The Next Edition Demand and Interest Survey is a planning instrument used between events. It collects topic requests, format preference, date constraints and price tolerance from the audience you already reached.
Used before booking, it converts a guess about next year into a ranked demand list.
Seven facts about the Next Edition Demand Survey, in the order you will need them.
| Template | Next Edition Demand Survey |
|---|---|
| Category | Events & Weddings |
| Format | Survey for next-edition demand and topics |
| Time to complete | About 10 minutes per response |
| What you get | One structured record per respondent — attended last edition? (yes / no) through speaker or supplier you would like to see (open) — collected in a sortable, exportable list |
| Best for | Program directors · Community managers · Founders and freelancers |
| Cost | Free to copy, customize and reuse on FormLM |
What respondents actually fill in for next-edition demand and topics. Every line can be renamed, removed or added to once you copy the template.
Sample layout of the Next Edition Demand Survey as respondents see it, on desktop and mobile.
Everything the Next Edition Demand Survey ships with before you customize it.
Multi-select plus free text so ideas are not forced into your list.
In-person versus hybrid answered before the venue is booked.
Avoid the scheduling mistake that empties a room.
An honest range before you set a ticket price.
Four steps from a copy to a usable record of next-edition demand and topics.
Copy the survey and its field structure into your FormLM workspace — free.
Seed the topic options from last edition's feedback, then let respondents add what you missed.
Send it two to three months before you commit a venue, and share it beyond past attendees.
Rank topics by request volume, then check whether the date and price answers support running them.
Three moments where a structured survey beats an email thread or a paper sheet for next-edition demand and topics.
Designing next year while interest is warm.
Testing hybrid appetite before investing in it.
Price tolerance measured, not assumed.
Built for the people who carry next-edition demand and topics after the form closes.
A ranked demand list before booking.
Member voice shaping the calendar.
Validating a second edition before costs.
What makes the Next Edition Demand Survey a working instrument rather than a blank page.
The exact wording respondents see in the Next Edition Demand Survey, in order — starting with attended last edition? (yes / no). Every question can be renamed, dropped or extended.
