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How Santa Barbara Zoo uses Jotform to hold votings for animal names

Discover how Santa Barbara Zoo used Jotform to involve the public in naming their new baby giraffe. This streamlined process not only saved time but also significantly enhanced visitor engagement, showcasing the zoo's commitment to community involvement.

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Votes tallied with Jotform’s online forms

Submissions received

2,000

Years Santa Barbara Zoo has used Jotform

12

Amount of time it took to create a visual report using Jotform Report Builder

Less than one minute

Santa Barbara Zoo

Santa Barbara Zoo

Industry:

Animal Care

Company Size:

Medium

Use Cases:

Collection, Analysis, Collaboration

About

The Santa Barbara Zoo first opened its doors in 1963. The Zoo is a private, nonprofit organization that relies on contributions from individuals, organizations, corporations, and foundations, so it has a close relationship with its community members. A Jotform user since 2012, the Zoo automates a host of internal and customer-facing workflows.

Challenge

The Santa Barbara Zoo had a fun challenge: to name its new baby giraffe. Additionally, the Zoo needed to present a visual representation of the results to its board of directors.

Solution

With Jotform already automating a variety of tasks, the Santa Barbara Zoo created an online voting form so fans of the zoo could have their say.

Results

The Santa Barbara Zoo received more than 2,000 submissions on its form, and the name Malia won. Wendy Campbell, creative/brand manager, created a visual report for the board of directors in one click with Jotform Report Builder.

Everything’s really intuitive

I’m always really grateful when I’m reminded that [real-time changes] are going on because we have a lot of forms embedded in our website. It’s so nice to know that I don’t have to go back to our website and update anything that’s been changed.

Wendy Campbell

Creative/Brand Manager, Santa Barbara Zoo