Another simple but powerful way of integrating voting technology into your event is to use it to monitor changes of opinion during particular sessions. By asking a series of questions at the beginning and repeating them at the end, you can easily measure any shift of views and knowledge. Showing the results to the audience can also reinforce the messages you want to convey and allows the perfect opportunity to clear up any misunderstandings before the delegates depart.

This technique is often favoured by presenters new to handset technology who prefer not to include questions in the middle of their presentations. By simply summarising their presentation into key points and asking a question on each of these BEFORE they start, and repeating the same questions AFTER they finish, comprehension of the messages can easily be gauged.

In this way the presenter will be able to see how much the audience knows about the key messages before they start. Then, during their presentation, they can give more focus to the areas of the topic that the audience appear weak in, and less to the areas where they seem better informed.