Social Media Templates for The National Community Survey - Open Participation

How many ways are there to say “please take our survey”? Turns out — a lot! 

We’ve created these templates to help you promote your city’s version of The National Community Survey (The NCS) open participation survey online.  These suggested posts are optimized for platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Nextdoor. We recommend posting a different message each week your survey is open. 

Simply fill in the blanks to personalize the text for your community or organization, then copy and paste into your social media platform. To help increase your reach, encourage staff, councilmembers, community partners and local news outlets to “like” and “share” your social media posts about the survey. 

Pro Tip: Social media posts that have colorful images get more clicks than posts that don’t. Feel free to choose an illustration provided by Polco here, or use your own. Pictures of your community (like skylines or popular downtown areas) are great! You can even tag partners in pictures to remind them to retweet or share. Use images with little to no text.

The more you get the word out about your survey, the more responses you can expect!

Social Media Templates (scroll down for images):

Hi neighbors! ___________(Jurisdiction Name) invites you to take The National Community Survey. Your feedback will help us make important plans for the City (or /Town/Village/County/etc). Please share your thoughts by __________ (last day survey is open). Thank you for helping our community move forward. Take the Survey: https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

What would you like _________(Jur Name) to focus on? We value your opinions, and want to know your thoughts for upcoming planning and budget decisions. So you’re invited to give your feedback on The National Community Survey. Thank you for sharing your voice. Take the Survey: https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

What do you think of _______(Jur Name) as a place to live? Let us know your feedback about the City (or Town/Village/County/etc) on The National Community Survey. Take the Survey Here: https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

How would you rate safety in _________(Jur Name)? Let us know this and more on The National Community Survey today! We’ll be using your feedback to help make quick decisions for the City (or Town/Village/County/etc). This survey closes soon! Take the Survey: https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

How would you rate the economic health of _______(Jur Name)? Please take a few moments to share your feedback about the City (or Town/Village/County/etc) on The National Community Survey. We’ll be using your input to help make upcoming budget decisions. Take the Survey: https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

Have a say in what ________(Jur Name) does next! Your feedback on The National Community Survey will help inform how the City (or Town/Village/County/etc) moves forward. Take the Survey here: https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

You know best what life is like in _________(Jur Name). So we want to hear from you! Please take the ________(Jur Name) Community Survey, and help inform City (or Town/Village/County/etc) plans. Take the Survey: https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

Join the community in helping make our City (or Town/Village/County/etc) a great place to live! _________(Jur Name) is sending out The National Community Survey to help us better serve residents like you. Take the Survey: https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

The (YEAR) National Community Survey is live! Share your thoughts on the future of our community before (close date) at https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link)

Housing, safety, development, government services - everyone has a reason to participate in The (YEAR) National Community Survey! Visit https://polco.us/_______ (Short URL Link) before (close date) to have your say today! 

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