Compare and Contrast

Another simple but powerful way of integrating voting technology into your event is to use it to monitor changes of opinion during particular sessions. By asking a series of questions at the beginning and repeating them at the end, you can easily measure any shift of views and knowledge. Showing the results to the audience can also reinforce the messages you want to convey and allows the perfect opportunity to clear up any misunderstandings before the delegates depart.

This technique is often favoured by presenters new to handset technology who prefer not to include questions in the middle of their presentations. By simply summarising their presentation into key points and asking a question on each of these BEFORE they start, and repeating the same questions AFTER they finish, comprehension of the messages can easily be gauged.

In this way the presenter will be able to see how much the audience knows about the key messages before they start. Then, during their presentation, they can give more focus to the areas of the topic that the audience appear weak in, and less to the areas where they seem better informed.

Comparisons for new users

Presenters new to using audience response in their events inevitably are concerned about how they will manage to interpret and explain the results to the audience. Since no-one can know how an audience will vote, there is always an element of "fear" that they won't know how to react and that the live results will throw them off their stride in their presentation.

These are rational and understandable concerns to have! However, the advantages of using an interactive system in a presentation far outweigh these points, and once they have taken the plunge, presenters invariably find that using voting handsets in their meetings actually makes presenting a lot easier and enjoyable than it was before.

One option for presenters new to audience voting is to use the comparisons feature as their first step into presenting using keypads.

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Sample Client Testimonial

"I think the interactive handsets made everyone present feel as though they were taking an active part in our consultation and were having their opinions heard…… The technician was more than helpful and contributed wherever possible”