For events & conferences
Live polling for events, conferences and workshops
Put a question on the screen, let the room answer from their seats, and show the result as it forms — word clouds, live charts and quiz rounds, with no participant limit and nothing to install.
Put the code on a slide or a poster; answers start arriving within seconds.
From the stage
A QR code on a slide is all the onboarding an audience gets, and all it needs. No app, no account, no queue at a registration desk — the code is scanned, the question opens, and answers start arriving within seconds of you asking.
What goes on the screen depends on the moment. A word cloud is the natural opener: ask for one word, and the room's collective answer assembles itself in front of everyone. A live results view suits a poll where the shape of the answer is the point — watching a bar chart tip one way as three hundred people vote is a better argument than any slide claiming the same thing.
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Join by QR code
Scan from a slide; no app and no account.
Built for a projector
A presenting view, not a shrunken dashboard.
No participant cap
Four hundred people cost the same as four.
Workshops, panels and quiz rounds
Longer formats need more than one poll. Workshops can collect input at several points and compare what the room thought at the start with what it thinks at the end. Panels can put an audience question in front of the speakers instead of waiting for the one person brave enough to hold a microphone.
For a social slot or a conference closing, the live quiz format runs a presenter-paced round: phones as buzzers, a timer with a speed bonus, a leaderboard between questions and a podium at the end. It is the same question editor as everything else, so a quiz written on the train still works when you arrive.
Opening word cloud
One word about the topic. The room's answer assembles on the projector before you have finished explaining the agenda.
After the applause
Everything asked live remains a normal survey afterwards. The feedback form goes out by link or QR code, the answers land in the same results, and exports to CSV or Excel are ready for the report that has to exist by Friday.
For recurring events that continuity is the useful part. Because sessions are surveys rather than disposable presentations, you can compare this year's answers with last year's without hunting for a screenshot of a projector.
Feedback forms
Send the post-event survey from the same tool.
Exports for the report
CSV and Excel, plus a PDF per response.
Comparable over years
Sessions are surveys, so results keep.
Comparable next year, not just this afternoon
Because a session is a survey rather than a disposable presentation, you can put this year's answers next to last year's — without hunting for a photo of a projector.
Frequently asked questions
- How do attendees join a live poll?
- By scanning a QR code or opening a link. For a live quiz they enter the PIN shown on the presenter screen. Nothing is installed and no account is created.
- Is there a limit on how many people can answer?
- No. There is no participant cap and no per-event pricing. For very large conferences you can self-host and size the server yourself.
- Can I show results on the main screen while people answer?
- Yes. Both the word cloud and the results dashboard have presenting views that update live as submissions arrive.
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