Live Audience Polling - Anonymous or Named?

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 Usi...