Promotional Ideas:

With just a couple of weeks to go, there is still plenty of time to get the word out about Speak Up. If you just registered your district or are looking for new ways to promote the survey how about trying one of these ideas:

  • Host a Speak Up Day or week: Pick a day in December and/or January to have your K-12 community complete the Speak Up Surveys! San Marcos Unified School District in California collected 1,500 surveys during their 1st Annual Speak Up Day during the Speak Up 2012 survey period. Klein ISD in Texas completed over 25,000 surveys in the final weeks of Speak Up 2013- it can be done! These two districts promoted their events via email, website, phone calls & social media!
  • Focus on one survey type: Each survey receives their own data set with national comparisons (k-2, 3-5, 6-8,9-12, parent, teacher etc.) a focus on teachers, parents and/or administrators is an easy push and a great way to receive a meaningful dataset. Some recommendations would be to send an email or phone recording to parents or email blast to your teachers. Click here for a variety of sample emails.
  • Highlight the Speak Up survey on your website using one of our Speak Up logos (with a link to the survey). Click here for the code to embed on your website. Make sure to include your survey password!
  • Use social media networks such as Facebook or Twitter to get the word out about Speak Up to your stakeholders. Try retweeting one of our @speakuped tweets or post from our sample tweets.
  • Share any of these email messages with your parents, staff and/or community:

Sample Email Text:

Email #1:

The last week of Speak Up is here!

Encourage your district to take the Speak Up survey before it closes on January 13th, 2017! Be a part of this year’s Speak Up Research Project and start learning about the ideas and views of your students, parents, faculty, and community members regarding education, technology, 21st century skills and more.

Start learning about the aspirations of your district at Speak Up is open for input through Friday, January 13th, 2017, with survey data released in February 2017.

Email #2:

District leaders: Learn about the aspirations of your district through Speak Up

Sign up to be a part of this year’s Speak Up National Research Project, a quick and free survey designed with you and your district’s needs in mind! With the survey period closing on Friday, January 13th, this is your last chance to learn what your students, parents, faculty, and community think about education, technology, and 21st century skills.

Start learning about the aspirations of your district at Speak Up 2016 is open for input through Friday, December 18th, 2015, with survey data released in February 2017.

Email #3:

Do you need help with planning policies, purchases and programs around digital learning? Do you want a chance to win a classroom or school grant and conference registrations? Participate in Speak Up, a national research project facilitated by Project Tomorrow, before it closes on Friday, January 13th! By participating in Speak Up, your students, parents, faculty and community have a chance to share their thoughts about education, technology, and college and career ready skills. Furthermore, you will receive free online access to this data with state and national comparisons to help with your own digital learning plans beginning February 2017. Now is the time to Speak Up about education – be sure to participate before Friday, January 13th.

Start learning about the aspirations of your district at Speak Up 2016 is open for input through Friday, January 13th, 2017, with survey data released in February 2017.

Email #4:

Take the Speak Up survey before January 13th and learn about the aspirations of your district!

Join the conversation about the use of technology for learning through Speak Up, a national research project facilitated by Project Tomorrow ( By encouraging participation in Speak Up you will have the unique opportunity to have your views—as well as the views of your educators, students, their parents and the local community—included in the increasingly important U.S. national and state discussions on digital learning policies, programs, and funding. More importantly, you will receive free online access to your participant results with state and national comparisons to use for your own technology assessment needs, budgeting, planning, or evaluation, beginning February 2017!Participate in Speak Up today before the survey period closes on Friday, January 13th.

Start learning about the aspirations of your district at Speak Up 2016 is open for input through Friday, January 13th, with survey data released in February 2017.