Alkimii Polls

A Step-by-Step Article on Using the Polls Feature in Surveys to Enhance Communication and Collaboration

In today's fast-paced hospitality industry, effective communication and engagement are crucial for success. To support this, we have the Polls feature, an extension of our popular Surveys tool. This powerful addition allows you to create and share polls directly within group chats and the newsfeed, making it easier than ever to gather quick insights and foster collaboration among your team. In this article, we will walk you through the steps to use the Polls feature, helping you to enhance interaction, streamline decision-making, and ensure that every voice is heard. Let's dive in and explore how you can make the most of this innovative tool.

Create a Poll on the Desktop for Chat 

• Open the group chat within Alkimii 
• At the base, beneath the chat box, select the surveys icon. This will appear second from the end of the icon list. 
• A pop-up will appear prompting you to build out your poll

• You can add a question, followed by poll options for your team member to choose from. 
• You can rearrange these options as you would like them to appear. 
• The settings area will allow you to customise your poll further by ticking the checkbox to set the voting to anonymous or leaving it to untick for public polls which will register the voter's details. 
• If the poll will require multiple votes,  enable this by ticking the checkbox 

Create a Poll on the Desktop on the News  

• Open the newsfeed area of Alkimii 
• Select "Create a Post" 
• Within the builder pop-up, scroll down to the bottom of the modal and select "Add a poll" 
• You can add a question, followed by poll options for your colleagues to choose from. 

• You can rearrange these options as you would like them to appear. 
• The settings area will allow you to customise your poll further by ticking the checkbox to set the voting to anonymous or leaving it to untick for public polls which will register the voter's details. 
• If the poll will require multiple votes,  enable this by ticking the checkbox 
• Continue to flesh out your post adding a title, recipients, schedule the issue date, a body of text and so on. 
• Once you're satisfied with the post, click "Save" to post to the News. 

Reviewing Responses 

• This feature is an extension of the Surveys feature in Alkimii, so any responses received will sit within the surveys area of Alkimii. 
• This is located along the left navigation bar in the menu 

• Your default view will be Survey Responses. Select Poll Responses from the heading along the top. 
• Here you can see all polls created both publicly and anonymously.
• The filter options will help you to quickly locate the poll responses you might be looking for. 
• You will be able to see who created the poll when it was created, whether it was created as News or Message and the number of votes received.