Associations << Prev | Top | Next >> Gain and Retain Membership Streamline Membership Elections Provide real-time, anonymous opinion-polling Track individual member's responses Facilitate group decision-making Offer a highly visible sponsorship solution to their sponsors Promote interactive discussion Complement their web- and paper-polling efforts Gauge the relevance of their programs' content Improve the interactive quality of their programs Enhance Sponsorship Value We offer sponsorship opportunities that allow your sponsor's logo to appear in the hands of everyone in the audience. The logo is put right onto each keypad and is seen during every question. It's like having a thousand personal billboards! Also, the logo can be put onto the display screen alongside the results for maximum exposure. This is not just an opportunity for your sponsors, but also for you. Using our system with your sponsors can actually generate revenue for you. Imagine making money while increasing the value to your sponsors and members! Streamline Membership Elections Eliminate the time consuming element while electing new association officers and board members by collecting votes instantly from the audience. Show the office and leading candidates on the screen and let the audience select the person they would like to nominate. Our audience response system will collect the votes and (optionally) display the winning candidate. And, you can even use the system to narrow down a long list of potential candidates. In a few rounds of voting, you can quickly reduce the number of candidates to a final vote, and end up with the name of the elected person in no time at all! Improve Survey Results Frustrated from the low return on your pre-event paper surveys? Worried about basing decisions on such a small response? Now you can finally collect information representing a large portion of the audience. Using our Audience Response System you can see exactly how many people are answering your questions, allowing you to control the percent of return up to and including 100% of the audience! Take full advantage of your captive audience and get the information you need while they're still in their seats! Provide Accurate Voting Our Audience Response Service allows you to collect real-time responses from any audience. The accuracy of the system is tested and monitored throughout each and every meeting, providing a full-proof way of tracking votes right down to the individual who sent them. This means that you can record the entire voting process including the answers to every question and every topic addressed by the system. Track individual votes or demographic groups to provide a unique view of the responses, giving insight into the various trends and biases present in every large audience. Avoid the problems of hand-counting cumbersome paper surveys, prone to human error and lost ballots. With our audience response service everything is done for you, in paper printouts, computer data files, screen shots, web pages - whatever you need. Increase Membership Value One of the most valuable benefits of using our system is increased participation. Audience members are quick to recognize the value of the system collecting their opinions. Finally, they have a way to respond to issues and topics raised during the meeting, and know that their voice will be heard. This two-way communication sends a message of value to the attendees that keep them coming back again and again, and staying in their seats throughout the entire meeting. Measure Your ROI Just like any other organization, yours is concerned with the return-on-investment. How much are your meetings helping the organization? How much are they helping the members? How valuable are they to each member in terms of content, exchange or education? There is no better method of ensuring that the audience is hearing what they came to hear than to ask them! During the meeting, you can use the audience response system to drive the agenda. Ask them which topic they'd like to cover next! Ask them if they fully comprehend the issues being presented. What needs more explanation? What can be skipped? This approach guarantees that your audience leaves satisfied. They have attended a meeting that covered the topics that concerned them! They heard presentations and discussion about their issues. And for any organization's leadership, what more could you want? Provide Interaction for Guest Speakers Used in your general session and/or your break-out sessions, Our Audience Response System allows the meeting presenters to interact with and engage the audience during their meetings. They can ask questions and respond to "real life" information collected on the spot, ensuring that the presentation addresses the individual and unique needs of the assembled audience, an element which changes from meeting to meeting. And, there is no better way for the audience to communicate with the presenter's findings and presentation than through two way, instant feedback. Compliment the traditional method of question and answer forum by giving your speakers the technology edge for their meetings.

Value & Revenue A recent ASAE survey found that 29% of an association's revenue comes from meetings, the second largest single revenue source behind dues (source: ASAE Operating Ratio Report). Reason enough to ensure to your membership that the meetings experience is a valuable one. Our Audience Response Service empowers your association's membership by giving them a "voice" at your meetings, thus providing them with a true sense of membership. The system allows you to get instant feedback from your audience while sending a message to the membership that their input is valuable.

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