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# 8 Employee Survey Best Practices to Measure and Improve Engagement

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### Traditional employee surveys don't work

Everyone dreads filling out a long, time-consuming survey. Then why do so many businesses rely on conventional surveys to gather anonymous feedback? It's not a surprise when low participation rates and shallow data follows. On the other hand, well-designed, digital surveys are easy—and dare we say fun, to complete. Start supporting positive organizational change by learning about how to [modernize your employee surveys](https://www.applauz.me/en/pulse-surveys-guide).

### What you'll learn

- How to pick the right survey method for your business
- Key strategies to ensure higher participation rates
- How to modernize employee surveys to produce rich, accurate data
- How to design better survey questions to get to the core of engagement issues

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