What to expect
Most engagements follow a similar arc. Here is what it looks like from first conversation to final activation.
First conversation — 1 hour
No obligation
We start by understanding your context: what you're trying to decide, what data you have or are about to collect, and what a useful outcome looks like for you. This conversation carries no obligation. Most people come with a dataset they've been sitting on; some come at the survey design stage and want to think through what to ask.
Book hereData review — 1-2 days
You share a sample of your data and we assess whether it's a good fit for Voxil's analysis. We'll tell you honestly what the analysis is likely to surface and what its limits are given your dataset.
Analysis — 1 Day to 1-2 weeks
We run the full pipeline: data preparation, topic modeling, hierarchy building, and visualization. You receive the interactive visualization and the underlying JSON hierarchy, along with a short interpretive summary framing what the findings mean in your specific context. The time it takes is simply because of our small team and other competing responsibilities. Urgent requests can be completed within a day.
Review and interpretation — 1-2 sessions
We walk through the findings together. This is where the analysis becomes shared understanding — we answer questions, surface tensions in the data, and help you identify what matters most for your audience and decisions.
Activation — ongoing
We can support the next step: designing a workshop that uses the findings as its foundation, preparing materials for a presentation, or structuring a planning session around what the community has said. This is where the analysis earns its value.
What it costs
For now, we are working with academic research partners at the University of Michigan and municipal partners at no charge while we fine-tune and build team capacity. Other partners should get in touch. We'd be keen to discuss what we can make happen together.
Ready to talk?
Most conversations start with a dataset someone has been sitting on and doesn't know how to use — or a community process they're about to run and want to think through more carefully. We're happy to talk at either stage.