Increase Knowledge Retention And Participant Engagement

Audience response systems are a group communication tool used by presenters, trainers and educators.  Associations, corporate training departments, and educational institutions use audience response systems to enhance engagement in classrooms, increase retention of lesson content, and make safety and ethics training memorable and accountable.

 Evaluate goals of your company to buy the best ARS device

• Whether you want to rent or buy, investment in an ARS system is the best way to inject interactivity into the traditional didactic lecture
• Audience response systems generally provide customers with options for response devices and software programs so each system can be customized to match the needs of your organization
• Before buying an ARS system, determine your typical group size, presentation format, and polling need so that you can properly assess which system will work best for you
• Once you have determined the specific scope of your purchase, make sure the ARS provider offers lifetime product support, extended equipment warranties, and the option to include remote participants with mobile polling capabilities.

Find out how often you are going to use audience response technology

When looking for audience response system to buy versus event rental options, it is best to determine your frequency of use. Is it a one time use, monthly event, or a daily training class? The rule of thumb is if you plan on using the system more than 3 times a year, it makes the most sense to buy a system rather than to rent the system on a per-event basis.  Most users who buy a system use it at least 3-4 times a year.  Many trainers and educators use audience response systems daily to educate, engage, and entertain their participants.

How do people use Audience Response Systems?

Audience Response Systems can be used by associations to conduct elections. They are utilized by educators to test, quiz, and take attendance.  Presenters use the technology to poll their audience and ensure everyone is on the same page.  Trainers use the technology to reinforce key concepts and document compliance.

Measure Opinions and Responses in Real Time

Speakers, trainers and educators seek to accurately assess their audiences level of understanding or interest during a live training session. While eye contact, applause, or group posture offer some insight, meaningful data and metrics used to be hard to come by. With the advent of audience response technology, real time feedback can quickly be gathered and aggregated via question and answer sessions. Audience response technology utilizes attendee response cards to transmit feedback from the audience to the presenter. The data is collected quickly and visually displayed to the group offering immediate insight and understanding.

Quickly Collect Audience Feedback

Replacing pen and paper surveys with response card audience response technology saves time, paper, and yields much higher response rates. Event organizers can replace session and speaker evaluations with electronic audience response evaluations. Audience Response Systems (ARS) collect data in seconds while paper survey’s take days if not weeks to analyze and evaluate. Response Cards allows participants to respond to questions in about 1-3 seconds per question. They can be used in small groups of 30, or large groups of 10,000. Response devices are fast and reliable, cutting time needed to vote, and evaluate results, thus saving organizations thousands of dollars in multi-day venue rental expense.

Deliver Effective Presentations

With real-time feedback delivered by response cards, presenters can more accurately and efficiently relay their message to an audience. Topics that interest the audience can be lengthened and areas that garner less attention can be shortened. A great way to evaluate where your audience is at the beginning of an event is to conduct a pre-event evaluation. At the start of your program, use the response technology to ask three for four questions about the subject matter you are about to cover. The audiences feedback will help guide you throughout the presentation.

Prepare for the Next Event

Audience response technology does more than just collect real time feedback during a session. The technology provides detailed reporting and analysis on every interaction that took place during your event. The aggregated data is professionally organized in a variety of formats and report styles allowing speakers to learn what works best from one event to the next.