iVote-App PowerPoint polling - Create engaging, interactive presentations

Getting feedback and responses from large audiences in real time has always been a painstakingly difficult task.   As you stand there in front of many people, how can you understand their thoughts and gather valuable input from them?   You could always ask for people to volunteer information or give a show of hands, but this is not the most effective or accurate way of getting feedback.   To work around this problem, we present to you the iVote-App application. What is iVote-App? iVote is an innovative and efficient audience polling app or audience response system.   It consists of a PowerPoint addin to create polling slides and a free polling app for audience members to view and respond to live polling questions.   It is a way of gathering polling information in real time.   No longer will professors, educators, speakers, conference deliverers and students have to become psychological experts reading facial expressions and body language.   Or have to do the dr

The iVote-App audience response system has been designed to work with PowerPoint. Why?   Well, because most presenters around the world still use PowerPoint as their first-choice presentation tool.   Think of the last presentation you attended?   What was the presenter using as a visual aid during the presentation? If I had to place a bet, I’d say it was good old PowerPoint.   Of course, I may be wrong, but you get the (power)point I’m trying to make! Live Polling With Seamless PowerPoint Integration Many presenters have years of content that they have created, updated and reused in PowerPoint.   They are familiar with the editor interface and its features. Hundreds, even thousands of slides painstakingly created using knowledge inherited over time ready to pass on to attendees. The addition of live polling audience members has changed the landscape of traditional PowerPoint presentations.   One-way communication from presenter to audience members was the norm but now

Word Clouds are a powerful, visualisation tool that can be used with open text questions in iVote-App.  The word cloud will display an image of all the words sent in by audience members and arrange them into a cloud shape.  The larger the word size in the cloud, the more frequently it was used.  Here is an example of a word cloud using an excerpt from the Winston Churchill (June 4 1940) “We shall fight them on the beaches” speech: How to use Word Clouds in Live Polling Events The iVote-App word cloud opens lots of possibilities during live audience polling presentations.  For the most effective word clouds to be generated, think about using questions that require one-word answers. These are great when used as icebreakers or evaluation style questions.  Here are some examples: Corporate Events/Meetings ·          In a word, sum up how you feel after this presentation? (Useful insight) ·          How is everyone fee

Anonymous Polling When it comes to live polling audience members during presentations, traditionally the most popular method is anonymous polling.  This means that audience members cannot be identified against their responses.  Anonymous polling is very popular as it gives individuals the confidence to respond freely and honestly. Often during a PowerPoint presentation, individuals can be reluctant to speak up.  This is more prevalent in larger groups.  Knowing that responses to polling slides are anonymous gives every participant a chance to voice their opinion.  They feel less inhibited knowing that they can answer polling slides freely in a non-identifiable way. Anonymous polling is most suited to talks where it is not important to attribute polling responses to individual respondents.  The  iVote-App audience response system  allows for anonymous polling sessions to be created quickly and easily. Named lists Using named lists requires the audience me

Are you considering conducting live audience polling during your lecture, business event or conference?  In the first instance, it is important to understand that you need a reliable audience response system to ensure successful audience interaction.  In addition, it is essential for you to know how best use the system to make your talk go smoothly.  Today, in this fast-developing digital world, the  iVote-App audience response system  offers you a highly intuitive live polling solution that works seamlessly with PowerPoint.  The iVote Live polling solution can be used via smartphone app or hardware clickers.  Both options work with the same software.  There are several benefits that you can derive out of these two solutions. Benefits of Live Polling with iVote iVote-App Live Audience Polling can be used in several ways.  It can be used to conduct training programs, skills development seminars, conferences and meetings related to any business or educational operation.  Use