An interactive presentation the room takes part in.

Why taking part works

People remember what they do. A question the room votes on turns listeners into participants: they gave an opinion and want to know how the rest voted. And the result tells you something: if the room already knows, you skip that part.

Questions from the room that others can vote on also bring in the quiet people. You see which question most people care about, instead of the question from whoever raised their hand first.

Three ways to take part

• Poll: a question with a few answers. The result grows live on screen. Good as an opener ("How do you make presentations today?") and for a decision.
• Questions: everyone asks a question on their phone and votes on those of others. The questions with the most votes are on top.
• Reactions: a thumbs up, a heart or applause that floats across the slide. Light, and you feel straight away how it lands.

Why a separate tool often stumbles

With a separate polling tool you switch windows mid-story: from your slides to the tool and back. The poll looks different from the rest, and the questions are somewhere else. That breaks the rhythm, and it feels like two presentations.

It works better when the poll is simply a slide in your presentation, in your own brand, and the room joins in without you switching anything.

How it works in Presentor

Press Z while presenting: a QR code appears with a six-character code. The room scans it, or goes to presentor.io/live and types the code. Nobody has to log in or install anything.

When your screen is on a poll slide, the room votes on it and the result grows on the slide. Press Q to see the questions, sorted by votes. Reactions float across the slide by themselves. Press K to add your camera in a round frame in a corner, for a webinar or a recording.

Live with the room, the camera bubble and the poll slide are part of Team. Up to 3000 people can join. After the session Presentor deletes the questions and votes; reactions are never stored.