Tuesday 24 February 2015

A platform of Q&A and Polls for Events——Sli.do

Sli.do is a web-based platform, which is for attendees to ask live questions and vote in live polls via their phones, tablets or computers. There are three main views: Audience View, Presentation View and Admin View. The audience view function which allows attendees to enter a unique #code of the event to join in. In the startup room, anyone can easily ask questions anonymously or with their names. Then, any incoming question can be moderated before appearing live. This is so-called admin view. Participants can vote up the questions they like the most to ask. Approved questions and live poll results can be displayed live via presentation view.
The web-based platform is indeed easy to use. As there are so many high-tech apps being used in conferences, to download an app is inconvenient especially when you need to attend different meetings using different apps. Moreover, sli.do does offer additional features to pay for like Agenda, Slidesharing or Networking, which can be seen as an affordable alternative to some of the more expensive mobile apps.

Additionally, asking questions via the interface is an efficient way to involve introverted audience. Since that participants can vote for the most interesting questions to be asked to speakers through presentation view, repeated questions are avoided and people with no questions are engaged as well.

Another enticing feature is that attendees can download presentation through the link offered on the brief overview of agenda.

However, Sli.do needs venues with wifi working. And it only provides basic function for free. More amazing features like moderation needs to be paid. If you are holding an internal corporate events needing more privacy, or you are holding medium or larger events, which require custom branding, unlimited polls or using sli.do simultaneously in multiple rooms, you need to pay for it. Basic function is ideal only for small informal events.


In conclusion, Sli.do is a strong competitor for those event apps, it simplifies the communication process between speakers and attendees effectively,and making the whole event in the control, bringing more convenient to the different kinds of events.


                         


                   
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Qiuyu Long & Dongqian Zhao

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