How To Add Interactive Polls To PowerPoint Online Presentations

How To Add Interactive Polls To PowerPoint Online Presentations

Adding interactive elements to your presentations is a smart move for multiple reasons. 

Interactive elements such a polls and surveys will intrigue and impress your audience. Since engaged audience members are energized and curious instead of sleepy, embedding real-time, interactive items into your presentation is a sophisticated solution to Death By PowerPoint.

Keeping your audience awake should be sufficient motivation for including interactive elements, however there is also another reason to include surveys and polls in your presentation: the feedback you capture from the interactive elements can help you make informed decisions in the future, such as which new features you should add to your product, or what topics you should cover in upcoming presentations.

Poll Everywhere and Mentimeter are two options for adding interactive elements to presentations created with PowerPoint Online. Here’s what you need to know about Poll Everywhere and Mentimeter:

Poll Everywhere

About Poll Everywhere: Poll Everywhere is a simple application for presentations that works best for presenters who prefer to gather feedback from a live audience via mobile devices like phones. Audience members participate by visiting a mobile-friendly web page, sending text messages, or using Twitter. Instructions for audience members are displayed on-screen. The poll embedded within the presentation or web page will update in real time. Advanced uses include texting comments to a presentation, texting questions to a presenter, responding via the web, and SMS interactivity in print, radio, and TV. (Read more here.)

poll everywhere powerpoint

See Poll Everywhere in action:

poll everywhere

interactive presentation poll

poll everywhere

To learn more about Poll Everywhere, watch this video:

Visit the official Poll Everywhere website for more details about pricing and features.


Mentimeter

About Mentimeter: Mentimeter is an easy way to create a fun, interactive meeting or event. Your audience members simply vote on your questions via mobile phones or tablets. The results are displayed in real-time directly in your slides. Features include: unlimited number of voters, unlimited number of events, word cloud format, 100 point prioritization method, 2 by 2 matrix, rate on a scale format, free text speech bubbles, choose the winner format, segmentation, trend reports, countdown timer, and more. (Read more here.)

mentimeter

See Mentimeter in action:

mentimeter

mentimeter

interactive presentation

To learn more about Mentimeter, watch this video:

Visit the official Mentimeter website for more details about pricing and features.


Conclusion

How do you add interactive polls and surveys to your presentations? Share your tricks with us on Twitter by tweeting us at @Ethos3.

Additional Resources: 

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