Howtointroducepollingasa
presenter…
let’smakeiteasyforyouraudiencetoparticipate!
Preparingtopresentyourpoll
Followthesesteps,don’tforgettotakeapeakatourBestPracticesChecklist
¨ CreateyourpollsonyourMyPolls page.Groupallthepollsyouwillbepresentingintoasingle
groupandorderthemaccordingtohowyouwillpresentthem.
¨ Alwaystestyourpollsinyourpresentationbeforeyoureventusingthecomputerthatwillbe
projectingyourpresentation,especiallyifthatcomputerisnottheoneyou’recurrentlyusing.If
yourpresentingfromwithinPPTmakesureyou’reloggedintothecorrectPollEvaccount.
¨ Scriptoutbeforeyougolive,whoeverisintroducingpollingtotheaudience(MC,Keynote,or
speaker)shouldbecomfortablewithPollEverywhereandknowhowitworks– tryanicebreaker
polltogettheaudienceready!
Presentingapolltoyouraudience
Examplelanguage– bestpractices
1. Explainwhat’s
goingon
NowI’mgoingtoaskforyouropinion.You’lluseyourphones,tablet,orlaptoptorespond
justlikeonAmericanIdol.Pleasepulloutyourdevicewewantyoutoparticipant– just
remembertokeepthemonsilent.
You’llparticipatebysendingatextmessageorvisitingtheURLfromanywebbrowser,you
don’tneedtodownloadanything
2.Demoanicebreaker
poll
Let’sdoaquickpollnowtogetthehangofit.Everyonetakeoutyourdeviceandtellme–
Haveyoueverbeentothisconferencebefore?
(Ifvotingbytextmessage),startanewmessageandputthephonenumberorfivedigit
codeinthe“to”line.Typeintheusernamefollowedbyyouranswerinthebodyofthe
message
(Ifvotingviatheweb),visitpollev.com/(username).Waitforthepollandrespondwitha
click.
Presentationaids
Slidesandgraphicstouseinyourownpresentation
Afterthisslide,youwillfindgraphicstohelpyouraudienceparticipateviatextmessagingandweb
voting.
Youshouldcustomizethesegraphicstomatchyourpresentation,thesecustomizationsinclude:
1.Five-digitvotingnumber(orfullphonenumberinsomenon-USlocations)
2.NameofyourownpersonalPollEv.compage
3.Votingcodeorkeywordsparticulartoyourpoll.Forexample,votinginstructionsmaybecustomized
IfyourareusingPresenterSession(i.e.,theabilitytovotewithA,B,orCratherthanakeyword).MoreinformationisavailableinourUser
Guide:http://www.polleverywhere.com/guide#presenter_session_the_details
IfyourplanallowsReservedKeywords(i.e.,theabilitytovotewithkeywordsyouchooseratherthanrandomnumbers).Moreinformationis
availableinourUserGuide:http://www.polleverywhere.com/features/keywords
YoucanchosebetweenusingPresenterSession(default)orKeywords,moreinformationhere:
https://www.polleverywhere.com/guide#choosing_presenter_session_vs_keywords
ParticipatingwithPollEverywhere
Pollev.com/(cisco5)
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Webvoting
Text voting
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presenterpete
Pollev.com/presenterpete