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Incident Communication Effectiveness Survey

Measures customer perceptions of clarity, timeliness, and trust in crisis and outage communications. Designed for B2B operations teams seeking to benchmark and improve incident response communication.

Sample questions

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23 questions · ~4 min
Q01
Long Text

Thank you for taking part in this survey about our incident communications. Your honest feedback will help us improve how we communicate during service disruptions. This survey takes approximately 5–7 minutes. Your participation is entirely voluntary, and you may stop at any time. There are no right or wrong answers — we are interested in your genuine opinions. All responses are confidential and will be reported only in aggregate.

Q02
Multiple Choice

Have you personally experienced a service disruption or incident from us within the past 6 months?

Q03
Multiple Choice

Where did you first learn about the incident from us?

Q04
Long Text

How quickly did we notify you after the issue began affecting you?

Q05
Long Text

Please rank the following types of information by how valuable they are to you during an incident. Drag the most important to the top.

Q06
Long Text

Based on your experience, what is one thing we could improve in our future incident communications?

Q07
Long Text

What is your primary role?

Q08
Long Text

Thank you for your feedback — your responses will directly help us improve how we communicate during future incidents.

Q09
Long Text

Approximately when did the most recent incident occur?

Q10
Multiple Choice

Which channels did you receive updates from during the incident? Select all that apply.

Q11
Long Text

How would you describe the frequency of updates you received during the incident?

Q12
Multiple Choice

How often would you prefer to receive updates while an incident is ongoing?

Q13
AI Interview

We'd like to understand your incident communication experience in more depth. An AI moderator will ask a couple of brief follow-up questions based on your earlier responses.

Q14
Long Text

What region are you based in?

Q15
Long Text

Please think about the most recent incident as you answer the following questions.

Q16
Long Text

How clear and easy to understand were the incident communications?

Q17
Multiple Choice

Which communication formats are most helpful to you during an incident? Select all that apply.

Q18
Long Text

Approximately how many employees work at your organization?

Q19
Long Text

How accurate was the information provided in the incident communications?

Q20
Long Text

How long have you been using our product or service?

Q21
Long Text

How actionable were the instructions or guidance provided during the incident?

Q22
Long Text

How complete was the information provided — did it cover everything you needed to know?

Q23
Long Text

After the incident, how confident are you in our ability to manage future incidents effectively?

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

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