TechSoup has partnered with FluidSurveys to bring their cloud-based survey and polling tool to nonprofits and libraries. Wondering how to direct new grant funding, or whether or not your library should invest in e-books? Bring your community in to your discussions through surveys and polls. With FluidSurveys Pro, your nonprofit or library has a quick and direct way to gather feedback on new and developing programs, and stay accountable to constituents.

Staff and volunteers with even limited web experience can create customizable surveys. Unlike other survey tools, FluidSurvey Pro makes it easy for you to embed surveys in websites and blogs. And since it's cloud-based, it can be accessed from any Internet-connected computer with any operating system, including mobile devices.

With a one-year subscription to FluidSurveys Pro your organization can create an unlimited number of surveys with an unlimited number of questions in each and to collect an unlimited number of responses per survey.

Other notable features of FluidSurveys Pro include:

• Create surveys with a keystroke: The drag-and-drop interface lets you create and modify surveys and see a real-time preview of how it will actually appear. Your survey questions can be rearranged, copied and pasted, and moved from page to page or from one survey to another.
• Build and edit polls: You and your team can create single-question polls and embed them on any website or blog. And, poll participants can see real-time poll results as animated graphics (or, not, if you prefer ' it's customizable!)
• Give your survey the look you want: Your survey's color, font, and spacing can be customized as a whole or on a page-by-page basis. You can also upload logos, images, videos, or other rich media into a survey.
• Choose from a variety of question types: Include everything from multiple choice and yes/no, to rankings, questions that allow a text response, and more.
• Branching and skipping: You can direct survey participants to a specific question or page in your survey based on their responses to a previous question.
• Straightforward results: You can view your survey results online in real time in table or graph form. Analysis tools allow you to filter results and create cross-tabulations to see how results compare. Both table and graph results can be exported as Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, Rich Text Format files, and Adobe PDF documents.
• Multilanguage surveys: Survey creators can give participants the choice to fill out a survey in English, French, or Spanish.

FluidSurveys Pro is a GreenTech Product. Since FluidSurveys hosts your survey on its site, it can help free your organization from the need to maintain its own servers, leading to reduced energy consumption. Plus, as an online survey tool you can reach more people without the need to distribute paper surveys.

Learn more about the FluidSurveys donation program, and what it can offer your organization.

Additional Resources:

Learn how to conduct an effective online survey in this updated article by Yann Toledano.