Event surveys collect registration answers and post-event feedback from attendees, plus optional team feedback after the event ends. Open the event Surveys tab to see which types are available for your community, then use Responses and downloads for insights.
Event surveys are the forms tied to an event for collecting answers before and after the event. Organizers manage them from the event Surveys tab in the Chapter Dashboard. This page explains the survey types, who can configure them, and where responses live. For step-by-step edit, send, and response workflows, see Managing Event Surveys.
- Surveys tab — Chapter Dashboard → Events → open the event → Surveys.
- Registration survey — questions during RSVP or ticket purchase (also called the pre-order survey in older docs).
- Post event survey — attendee feedback after the event ends, usually via automated email.
- Post event team survey — feedback from eligible chapter team members after the event ends.
Note: Your community may not show every survey type. Survey types are enabled for the community by Bevy — contact Bevy Support or your Customer Success Manager (CSM) if a type is missing from the Surveys tab.
Survey types
The Surveys tab lists the enabled types for that event. Card titles in the Chapter Dashboard use short labels; older Help Center articles may still say “pre-order” for the registration survey.
| Survey (Surveys tab) | Who responds | When it appears | How people reach it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration (pre-order) | Attendees | During RSVP or ticket purchase | Shown in the registration flow (not usually a standalone emailed link) |
| Post event | Attendees | After the event end date has passed | Automated post-event survey email with a personal survey link; recipient must be signed in with the same account used to register |
| Post event team | Active chapter team on the host (or cohost) chapter | After the event end date has passed | Shareable link from Copy survey form link on the Surveys tab, or a team survey mention in automated email when configured |
Important: Post event and post event team surveys open only after the event’s end date has passed. Opening a survey link while the event is still in progress does not collect responses. The post event team survey is not a during-event debrief form.
Only the post event team card exposes Copy survey form link. Use that link to share the team survey with eligible organizers after the event ends. Attendee post-event links are personal (tied to the registration) and are sent through the automated email, not copied from the same button.
Who can configure surveys
Configuration is split between community defaults and per-event edits.
| Role | Typical survey work |
|---|---|
| Community admins | Manage global default questions when global field management is on, and review responses across chapters from the Admin Dashboard Forms tools. To turn on a missing survey type for the community, contact Bevy Support or your CSM. |
| Chapter organizers / event team | Open an event → Surveys, edit questions the community allows at the event level, view Responses, and download CSV when their chapter role includes survey and analytics permissions. |
| Team members without survey permissions | May still complete the post event team survey when eligible, but cannot edit surveys or open Responses for that event. |
- Admins can set default questions on global forms when global field management is enabled. See Manage global forms.
- Organizers edit the event’s copy of each survey on the Surveys tab (and related event form tools). Locked global fields stay locked unless someone has admin-level permission to change them. See Configure event forms.
- Viewing names and emails on responses can require a separate PII permission. Without it, you still see answers, but identifying fields stay masked.
Where survey insights live
| Where | What you get |
|---|---|
| Event → Surveys → Responses | Per-survey submissions for that event, with optional date filtering. |
| Download responses | CSV export of the same response data you can see on screen (zipped download). |
| Admin Dashboard Forms / responses | Admin view of form responses, including community-wide submissions when you use global Forms tools. |
Use survey answers to shape programming before the event (registration questions), measure attendee satisfaction after the event (post event), and capture organizer lessons learned (post event team). Keep how-to steps — editing questions, republishing, filtering, and CSV download — in Managing Event Surveys.
Tip: You do not need survey questions for data Bevy already stores with registration (name, email, chapter, event identifiers, and similar). Prefer short surveys so more people finish them.