polk/wavein use
Wave: hear your people in their own words.
Wave runs short voice interviews people answer on their phones, in about seven minutes. Wave asks follow-ups, then puts every voice on one map: the themes, the quotes behind them, and where people disagree. Participants choose how they're named, from themes only to full names. Run it again in six months and see what moved.
You keepThe transcripts, the map, and the decisions you make from it.
- Grant reporting crowds out field time71%
- Volunteers want clearer next steps58%
- Trust the sensor data more than the county's44%
“I spend every Friday rewriting the same funder update.”
Field coordinator, pseudonym chosen by the participantSplit: where to expand next. Staff lean north, partners lean south.