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We reimagined Poll Everywhere for smartphones and tablets

What if while giving a presentation your audience's iPhone, laptops, Androids, iPads, or iWhatever would stay in sync with what you have on screen? What if your audience didn't have to text six digit keywords on their slick new iPhone 8 smart phones? Holy Kaw! That would be like something out science fiction!

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Actually, its something that we're beta testing starting today. Here's how it works:

First, you need to setup your very own PollEv.com page at PollEv.com/reserve. If you hurry up you can probably grab a first name!

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This web address is what you'll share with your audience before the big show. It always stays in sync with whatever you're showing on screen through some real-time web wizardry that our engineers built for you. Its also yours for as long as your a Poll Everywhere user so people can bookmark it if they have the honor of being at your presentatons frequently. You can think of this web address in the same way you think about your Twitter address; make it your home.

When you're viewing a multiple choice on the web or in PowerPoint:
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Your audience will see the poll on their smart phone:

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They can respond with the tap of a finger. As soon as you view a different poll, like a free text poll:
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BOOM! Boom, boom boom. Like magic, your audiences' web device instantly changes to show the poll that you're displaying up on the big screen:

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Its really neat watching a couple hundred iPhones and computers sync up with what's being shown on screen in an instant. Oh, and it looks great on regular laptops or iPads too!
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You're still reading this?

Here's a recap on how you get all of this working:

  1. Login to PollEv.com/reserve and reserve your PollEv.com page.
  2. Before your next show, announce to the audience that they should go to your PollEv.com page so they can follow along. We also show this address in your poll's instructions.
  3. Your audience types in your PollEv.com page into their iPhone, Androids, netbooks, iPads, or whatever and they'll stay in sync with whatever poll you have showing up on the screen.

This stuff is cutting edge

As always, we want your feedback so we can make this even more awesome. We're in love with the idea of making Poll Everywhere even simpler, and eliminating the need for keywords for web voting is a great step in that direction. If you'd like to share an idea, have a question, run into a bug, or can't get this working on your Motorola StarTAC bag phone, head over to our Get Satisfaction page and we'll talk!