{"id":1019,"date":"2018-09-17T14:58:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T12:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zestmeup.com\/?post_type=blog&p=1019"},"modified":"2025-12-12T18:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:11:35","slug":"product-update-september-2018","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/zestmeup.com\/en\/blog\/product-update-september-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The Possibilities of Polling!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Zest product updates this month: a complete refresh of Zest\u2019s Poll module including an improved interface, additional configuration options, new features, and enhanced processes to ensure your poll, from creation through to completion, yields valuable results.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

Sinking down into your office chair on a morning in late August isn\u2019t quite the same as sinking your toes into the sand on a European beach, but it does bring with it a myriad of possibilities. Sure, there\u2019s little chance of getting a tan or taking a dip, but your employees are going to feel the effects of a well-earnt break with Zest\u2019s new product features.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t

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\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>Releasing in September: complete refresh of Zest\u2019s Poll<\/a> module; an improved interface, additional configuration options, new features, and enhanced processes to ensure your poll, from creation through to completion, yields valuable results. Bonus: a few additional Zest updates you might have missed from in August.\r\n

Experience the redesigned Poll module<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nFrom the creation of a poll, to distributing it to your team, to analyzing the results\u2026 at Zest we believe every touchpoint with the Poll<\/a> module should be intuitive, engaging, and efficient, for both admins and users alike.\r\n

Redesigning the creation process<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nA polls primary purpose is to gather insights, discover trends, and take action based on the results. With this in mind, the following updates were designed to ensure poll creation is simple and quick, with no compromise on quality.\r\n\r\nNew interface<\/strong>:\u00a0breeze through the poll creation process with an intuitive step-by-step guide:\u00a0define, build, translate, configure. Define your poll\u2019s objective,\u00a0buildup your list of questions,\u00a0translate for all users, and\u00a0configure the frequency and recipients.\r\n\r\nQuestion Library<\/strong>:\u00a0polls with a specific topic in mind are easy: where do you want to hold our next off-site? Which new logo do you prefer for our new branding? But when it comes to creating polls to gauge overall employee experience, it\u2019s not uncommon to feel uninspired.\u00a0Introducing Zest\u2019s Question Library – a library of over 100 questions spanning categories of professional development, work environment, personal fulfilment, company vision, and more.\r\n\r\nWith Zest\u2019s new drag-and-drop feature, combined with the extensive question library, you can save valuable time when creating your polls, whilst yielding stronger results.\u00a0Of course, you can also add your own question and save it to your library for future use.\r\n\r\nCustomization<\/strong>:\u00a0create polls specifically tailored to your business with Zest\u2019s advanced customization options.\u00a0Change the question format (multiple choice, free text, rating, scale\u2026), set the frequency (weekly, monthly, quarterly\u2026), define the privacy status (anonymous, public or open), and choose the recipients. You can now also define exactly who can view the poll results; recipients, managers, or everyone in the organization.\r\n\r\nCustomized or default, whichever route you choose, Zest\u2019s new poll functionality will enable you to build successful polls in considerably less time, meaning you can shift your focus to what really matters: the results.\r\n

Results that count<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nA well-crafted poll with poor analysis is as useful as a\u00a0chocolate firefighter.\u00a0In other words, you need a strong representation of the results to make your poll successful.\r\n\r\nPoll analysis is now even more powerful with Zest\u2019s:\r\n\r\nNew dashboard<\/strong>: improved layout displaying the configuration of each poll. See at a glance when it was launched, who it was sent to, the number of questions, the level of participation, and breakdown of public vs anonymous answers.\r\n\r\nOptimum display of results<\/strong>: with\u00a0nine\u00a0question formats available, it makes sense that each is clearly presented with a custom graph. Boasting bar-graphs for multi-choice answers, donut graphs for single choice, and line graphs for sliders, analyzing polls with Zest has never been stronger.\r\n\r\nDive further into the data by filtering via attributes*; what do the younger generation in your company think? How do the results vary between genders? The power of analysis is now firmly in your hands.\r\n\r\n*Attributes can be easily set-up and will really enhance your poll analysis. Contact Zest’s Customer Success team<\/a> to discover how to implement attributes.\u00a0<\/em>\r\n\r\nPersonalized advice<\/strong>:\u00a0poll owners will now receive personalized advice, via email, following the completion of their poll. Get expert tips on what makes a poll successful, how to improve participation rate in the future, and what type of questions your users really want.\r\n\r\nZest is committed to engaging users and boosting team collaboration. We strive to take that goal one step further by beginning to offer personalized advice to managers, aimed at explaining the \u2018why\u2019 and the \u2018how\u2019 behind achieving this goal. Keep an eye out for further developments on this topic.\r\n

What you might have missed in August:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nSince evolution never sleeps (or takes vacations), our dedicated team of experts released the below updates during August:\r\n