Increase Attention Level During Your Lecture Or Meeting By Using An Audience Polling System

Audience polling systems are the best way to increase the level of interaction between a presenter and an audience. Response technology makes use of wireless devices called keypads, data collectors called receivers and presentation software operated by a speaker to create an interactive slideshow. By using audience polling technology, the presenter can increase the retention level of an audience by asking interactive questions and immediately showing the results in real time. Polling systems are utilised by meeting producers, associations, and audio visual teams to engage audiences during live events and instructor-led training.

Participants respond to questions through handheld devices called clickers

Response systems collect audience feedback through wireless clickers, or internet-connected devices such as smartphones, tablets, and computers. A base station, or receiver, communicates with the keypads and transfers the participant data into a computer. Once received by the system, each vote is quickly aggregated and displayed on the screen in a graphical form. Presenters can review the data live during a presentation, or simply save it and analyze it after an event. Many speakers use audience polling to conduct pre- and post-evaluations, live event surveys, or quickly help groups come to a consensus.

Instructor-led training environments

Trainers use audience polling to track and document trainee performance and course curriculum. Keypads are assigned to employees and distributed prior to a live training so that answers can be tracked down to each employee. During the course, trainees use the clickers to respond to questions and quizzes integrated into the presentation. Participants’ responses are stored within the system and organized into a variety of reports. The data collected during the training session is often stored for analysis or documentation of participant attendance, performance, and course completion. It can also be exported to a central Learning Management System (LMS) for enterprise-wise tracking or compliance purposes.