How Audience Response Systems Can Improve your Meeting

We’ve all been there: after a morning full of meetings, you start to lose focus. You become paranoid about falling asleep and try to drink more water, tap your feet, anything to stay awake. Many of us have also been on the other side of this equation: as we present content during meetings, we see our audience fading out. Nothing is worse that seeing your audience’s eyes glaze over as you move through a presentation that you’ve carefully prepared.

If your meeting sessions have lost steam, audience response systems (ARS) may be the answer. These mobile digital devices allow your meeting participants to engage with the meeting in real time, increasing engagement and absorption of content from the palms of their hands. Your attendees will look forward to meetings! If you have a college-aged child, you may have already heard about ARS technology. It’s often used these days in large lecture halls at universities. For those of us in business, the technology also has several benefits:

• Poll your attendees. ARS has features through which you can poll atendees in real time on any topic of your choice.
• Learn interactively. Scientists have studied what many of us know from experience: absorption of information does not happen very well through lecture alone. Interactive learning has been proven to be the best way to learn and teach. ARS allows you to do this effectively.
• Capture feedback instantly. Polls are not the only way that ARS allows you to capture feedback. You will no longer need to predict what your audience will be interested in or what will need to be explained further. Instead, you will be able to modify your presentation to suit your audience’s needs in real time.

elm Planning currently uses ARS technology with many of our clients. We’re committed to helping you make your meetings efficient, effective, and fun. Interested in refreshing your meetings with new, exciting technology? Contact us today.