Features

Six slide types, one control panel and Q&A. Here are the limits that actually apply.

The slide types

Six types, mixed freely in the same presentation. Here is what each one does, the limits that apply, and when it fits.

Live poll

A live poll is a multiple-choice question the audience answers on their phones while the bars grow on the screen.

You write the question and any number of options, minimum two. Each option gets its own colour that stays with it for the whole session - the same colour on the button in the phone as on the bar on the big screen, so nobody has to work out which answer is which.

At least two options, with no upper limit
One optional correct answer that you reveal when it suits you
Results can be held back until everyone has answered
The question can be closed so no further answers are taken

Good for taking the temperature of the room, letting the audience choose what to cover next, or checking that a message actually landed.

Word cloud

A word cloud collects one word from each participant and lets the most common words grow largest.

Participants send in a single word each from their phones. Words that recur are counted together and grow on the screen, so the group's shared answer emerges on its own without anyone having to tally it afterwards.

One word per answer, 50 characters maximum
Upper and lower case count as the same word
A word's size follows how many people wrote it

Good as an opening question, for catching the mood in a room, or for seeing which concepts a group associates with a topic before you start discussing it.

Open text

Open text lets participants answer in their own sentences instead of choosing from set options.

Answers come to you first. You choose which ones go up on the big screen - one at a time or all at once - so you can lift what moves the conversation forward and skip the duplicates.

You set the maximum length, between 20 and 300 characters
Answers stay hidden until you show them
Show one answer at a time, or all of them together

Fits when the answers cannot be predicted: objections, suggestions, or the question of what is really holding the group back.

Scale

A scale lets the audience give a rating, and shows both the distribution and the average.

You choose how long the scale is and can put your own labels at each end. The screen shows how many people landed on each step, not just the mean - so a divided group is not hidden behind a three.

A scale from 1 up to between 2 and 10
Optional labels at each end, up to 100 characters
Distribution and average shown at the same time

Good for measuring how well something works, how confident a group feels, or for asking the same question before and after and comparing.

Text slide

A text slide shows text only and requires no answer from the audience.

Use it for headings, an agenda or instructions between questions. Participants' phones show that they are still connected and waiting for the next question.

Requires no answer
Participants can see they are still in the session

Good for framing a section, or for giving the room a pause between two questions without blanking the screen entirely.

Q&A

A Q&A slide shows the audience's own questions on the screen, sorted by how many people voted for them.

Q&A is switched on for the whole presentation, and participants can ask a question at any time, whichever slide is showing. When you move to the Q&A slide, the questions come up on the big screen.

Its own heading, for example Questions for the panel
Sort by popular or most recent
One selected question can be shown large

Fits at the end of a talk, but also running throughout a longer session where questions surface as you go.

The host control panel

You run the control panel from your own computer. The audience never sees it - only the big screen and their own phone.

Choose the slide

The slide list shows the whole presentation. Click a slide to show it, on the big screen and on participants' phones at the same time. You can jump backwards as well as forwards, so you can follow the conversation wherever it goes.

The lobby

Before you start, the big screen shows the PIN and a QR code. The participant counter ticks up as people join, so you can see when the room is with you rather than guessing. There is also a button for sharing the PIN.

Blank screen

Blanks the big screen without ending the session. Good between two sections, or when you want the room looking at you instead of at the screen.

Results when you want them

Show answers live as they arrive, or keep them hidden until everyone has answered so nobody is swayed by the first votes. You can close the question so no further answers are taken, and reveal the correct answer on polls that have one.

Questions from the audience

The question panel shows the number of questions and flashes amber when a new one arrives. You can mark as answered, pin to the top, hide or delete, and choose which question is shown large on the big screen. Questions appear straight away in the participants' question list, which they can reach at any time whichever slide is showing.

Approve questions before they appear

Plus

Without review, every question is published immediately. Switch review on and a question is only visible to others once it has been approved - useful at larger events, or when the subject is sensitive. You keep control of the presentation either way: only you change slide, and only you can delete a question.

Let someone else moderate

Plus

Invite up to 20 moderators to work through the questions for you while you present. They work through a personal link and need no account of their own. The link lasts 30 days and can be revoked at any time, which disconnects that moderator immediately.

Counters and reconnection

Counters for participants and answers show whether the room is keeping up. Close the tab by mistake and you are asked whether to reconnect to the running session, which then continues as though nothing happened.

How Q&A works for the participant

Asking a question

The Q&A button is always there on the phone, whichever slide is showing. A question can be up to 300 characters and asked with a name or anonymously - the host decides whether anonymous questions are allowed.

Voting on other people's

Participants vote for the questions they want answered too, and can take their vote back. The list sorts by popular or most recent, and the question the host puts on the big screen moves to the top and is marked.

Following your own question

Your own question is marked in the list. With review switched on, you can see that it is waiting to be approved rather than wondering whether it arrived at all.