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Live polls and word clouds in your or Microsoft Teams chat.

Put a poll, quiz or word cloud on your shared screen and everyone answers by typing in the Teams chat. StreamAlive joins your meeting from its link, so there’s nothing to install for your attendees.

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Works where you do: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, YouTube Live, LinkedIn Live, Substack Live and Restream. Also on your PowerPoint slides.

Which should we tackle first next quarter? Which should we tackle first next quarter? Type 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the chat

  1. Customer onboarding 32%
  2. Pricing changes 18%
  3. The new CRM 27%
  4. Team hiring 23%
0 responses
  1. Sarah Chen 4
  2. James Okoro 2
  3. Aisha Rahman 3
  4. Tomás García 4
  5. Priya Nair 3
  6. Daniel Kim 1
  7. Mei Lin 1
  8. Olu Adeyemi 2
  9. Hannah Weber 3
  10. Marco Bianchi 3
  11. Fatima Zahra 1
  12. Lukas Novak 4
  13. Grace Park 2
  14. Arjun Mehta 3
  15. Chloe Martin 4
  16. Yusuf Ali 1
  17. Ben Carter 1
  18. Elena Popescu 1
  19. Noah Schmidt 3
  20. Inês Duarte 4
  21. Kwame Mensah 2
  22. Ruth Levi 1

Type a number in the chat to vote.

A meeting in Microsoft Teams. People type answers in the meeting chat and StreamAlive turns them into a poll on the shared screen. You can type your own answer in the chat.

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Sitkins Group and Virtual Approval

Type in the chat.

How do you vote in this poll? Type 1, 2 or 3 in the chat

  1. Scan a QR code 7%
  2. Download an app 7%
  3. Type in the chat 86%
0 responses
  1. You Type in the chat.
  2. Sarah Chen 3
  3. James Okoro 3
  4. Aisha Rahman type in the chat
  5. Tomás García 3
  6. Priya Nair 1
  7. Daniel Kim 3
  8. Mei Lin 3!
  9. Olu Adeyemi 3
  10. Hannah Weber 2
  11. Marco Bianchi 3
  12. Fatima Zahra 3
  13. Lukas Novak Type in the chat
  14. Grace Park 3

Other tools share a link, wait for people to open it and chase the ones who haven’t, and attention drifts to another window. With StreamAlive, people type in the Teams chat.

In a Teams or Zoom meeting, “Type in the chat.” is sent in the chat and appears in the poll on the shared screen, which asks “How do you vote in this poll?” Everyone else’s answers follow.

Your attendees already have the Teams chat open, so there’s nothing to join and nothing to explain. Their answers appear on the screen you’re sharing as they type.

The fact that StreamAlive’s interactions are powered by the chat is huge for us. There’s no second screen, no apps, no QR codes. People stay focused on the session instead of figuring out the tech.

Brent Kelly President, Sitkins Group

How to run a poll in a Microsoft Teams meeting.

  1. You let StreamAlive into your meeting and share your screen.
  2. Your attendees type their answers in the Teams chat. That’s all they do.
  3. StreamAlive counts every answer and puts it on your screen as it arrives.

  1. Paste your Teams meeting link into StreamAlive and press Connect. Admit it from the lobby and it starts reading the chat.

  2. Share your screen in Teams and pick the StreamAlive window, the same way you share slides. Or present from your PowerPoint deck.

    This is the step people miss. Your audience can only answer a question they can see.

  3. Everyone sees your poll the moment you share. It’s a slide in your StreamAlive presentation, set up beforehand.

  4. They type their answer in the Teams chat. No QR code, no link, no phone.

  5. Every answer lands on your shared screen as it’s sent: bars move, words grow, pins drop.

  6. After the meeting, the report shows how many people took part, how much more they typed during your interactions, and who was most active.

Which should we work on first this year? Type 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the chat

  1. Giving feedback 38%
  2. Running meetings 25%
  3. Planning time 19%
  4. Hiring well 19%
0 responses
  1. Sarah Chen 4
  2. James Okoro 1
  3. Aisha Rahman 4
  4. Tomás García 1
  5. Priya Nair 3
  6. Daniel Kim 2
  7. Mei Lin 2
  8. Olu Adeyemi 2
  9. Hannah Weber 3
  10. Marco Bianchi 1
  11. Fatima Zahra 4
  12. Lukas Novak 3
  13. Grace Park 1
  14. Arjun Mehta 1
  15. Chloe Martin 2
  16. Yusuf Ali 1
Illustration of the six steps. The presenter pastes the meeting link into StreamAlive and presses Connect. StreamAlive waits in the meeting lobby and is admitted, then posts in the chat that it is reading the chat. The presenter presses Share and picks the StreamAlive window, a poll appears on the shared screen, and answers typed in the chat fill the poll bars as they arrive. After the session, the report shows who took part and how each question landed, and an AI assistant can answer questions about it.

A poll on its own, or on your PowerPoint slide.

Share the StreamAlive window and the poll fills your screen. Or put it on a slide with the PowerPoint add-in, share PowerPoint in Teams as usual, and the votes fill in right there on the slide.

  1. Sarah Chen 3
  2. James Okoro 1
  3. Aisha Rahman 2
  4. Tomás García 4
  5. Priya Nair 2
  6. Daniel Kim 1
  7. Mei Lin 2
  8. Olu Adeyemi 2
  9. Hannah Weber 4
  10. Marco Bianchi 1
  11. Fatima Zahra 1
  12. Lukas Novak 2

Type in the chat to add your own answer.

A Microsoft Teams meeting. First the host shares the StreamAlive window on its own; then the host shares PowerPoint, where the same interaction sits on a slide. Answers typed in the Teams chat fill the interaction either way. Choose a slide in the slide list to switch interaction, or type your own answer in the chat.

Four things to run in your next Teams meeting.

Each one is a question on your shared screen that people answer in the Teams chat, in a training, a town hall, a class or a client call.

  1. Collect longer answers

    Longer answers drop onto the screen as tiles and stack up, so everyone’s words stay readable.

    What’s one thing we should stop doing? Type your answer in the chat

    0 responses
    1. Sarah Chen Meetings with no agenda
    2. James Okoro Sending reports nobody reads
    3. Aisha Rahman Replying to every email at once
    4. Tomás García Status updates that could be a message
    5. Priya Nair Weekly meetings that run long
    6. Daniel Kim Asking for the same data twice
    7. Mei Lin Last-minute deadlines
    8. Olu Adeyemi Approving things nobody checks

    Type in the chat to add your own answer.

  2. Check what landed

    A timed question with up to four options. Faster right answers score more, and a leaderboard shows who’s keeping up.

    In the SBI feedback model, what does S stand for? Type 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the chat

    Time left: 15s

    1. Situation
    2. Skill
    3. Summary
    4. Style
    0 responses
    1. Sarah Chen 1
    2. James Okoro 2
    3. Aisha Rahman 4
    4. Tomás García 3
    5. Priya Nair 1
    6. Daniel Kim 1
    7. Mei Lin 1
    8. Olu Adeyemi 1
    9. Hannah Weber 1
    10. Marco Bianchi 1
    11. Fatima Zahra 3
    12. Lukas Novak 1
    13. Grace Park 2
    14. Arjun Mehta 4
    15. Chloe Martin 2
    16. Yusuf Ali 1

    Type in the chat to add your own answer.

  3. Take the temperature

    A quick read on how confident, rushed or ready people feel, on a scale of 1 to 5 typed in the chat.

    How confident are you in the plan? Type a number from 1 to 5

    Average 0.0

    1. 0% Not at all 1
    2. 0% 2
    3. 0% 3
    4. 0% 4
    5. 0% Very 5
    0 responses
    1. Sarah Chen 4
    2. James Okoro 4
    3. Aisha Rahman 4
    4. Tomás García 4
    5. Priya Nair 4
    6. Daniel Kim 3
    7. Mei Lin 4
    8. Olu Adeyemi 5
    9. Hannah Weber 3
    10. Marco Bianchi 3
    11. Fatima Zahra 5
    12. Lukas Novak 4
    13. Grace Park 5
    14. Arjun Mehta 1
    15. Chloe Martin 3
    16. Yusuf Ali 2
    17. Ben Carter 3
    18. Elena Popescu 2
    19. Noah Schmidt 4

    Type in the chat to add your own answer.

  4. React together

    Ask for an emoji instead of words. The more one is sent, the bigger it gets, so the room’s reaction shows at once.

    How are you feeling about the plan? Send an emoji in the chat

    0 responses
    1. Sarah Chen 👍
    2. James Okoro 🎉
    3. Aisha Rahman 👍
    4. Tomás García 🤔
    5. Priya Nair 🚀
    6. Daniel Kim 👍
    7. Mei Lin 🎉
    8. Olu Adeyemi 😅
    9. Hannah Weber 👍
    10. Marco Bianchi 🚀
    11. Fatima Zahra ❤️
    12. Lukas Novak 👍
    13. Grace Park 🤔
    14. Arjun Mehta 🎉
    15. Chloe Martin 👍
    16. Yusuf Ali 🚀

    Type in the chat to add your own answer.

Also: rating polls, multiple choice questions and live polls.

How StreamAlive gets into a Teams meeting

There’s no StreamAlive app for Teams. StreamAlive joins as a bot, the way a note-taking app does, and you admit it from the lobby.

In Teams

With your slides

Your first session won’t be a solo act.

Chat to the StreamAlive team, join a daily AMA, or follow the step-by-step guide for your platform. You can test it in a meeting with one colleague before anyone else sees it.

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Teams and trainers who moved their polls into the meeting chat.

Participation jumped once the QR code was gone.

60 – 70%

took part when they had to scan a QR code

90 – 95%

take part now they just type in the chat

Attendees taking part in Virtual Approval’s virtual and hybrid events, before and after they switched to StreamAlive.

Before StreamAlive, we were using other well-known QR-based interaction tools. About 60 – 70% of people would follow a QR code. Now that all they have to do is type in the chat, we see more like 90 – 95% of participants engaging.

Rachel Locke Founder & CEO, Virtual Approval
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  • The ease of integrating polling and surveys into the townhall presentation was incredible. I highly encourage you to give it a try, as our team responded very well to the interactivity.

    Keith Landis Chief Marketing Officer, Persistent Systems
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Questions about StreamAlive for Microsoft Teams

How do I run a poll in a Microsoft Teams meeting?

Create the poll in StreamAlive, connect StreamAlive to your Teams meeting with the meeting link, then share your screen and pick the StreamAlive window. Ask people to type their choice in the Teams chat. Every vote moves the bars as it’s sent.

Is there a StreamAlive app for Teams?

No. StreamAlive joins your Teams meeting as a bot from the meeting link, the way a note-taking app does, and you admit it from the lobby.

Doesn’t Teams already have polls?

It does, and Microsoft is rolling out a word cloud poll too, so it may not have reached your organization yet. Teams’ polls appear as a pop-up. With StreamAlive, people answer in the Teams chat, the results fill your shared screen or PowerPoint slide in your own colors, and you get themes, AI-written questions and a report.

Does it work in Teams channels?

Yes. StreamAlive can connect to a Teams meeting or a channel meeting, from its link or from your scheduled meetings.

How do I add a poll to PowerPoint in Teams?

Install the StreamAlive add-in, add a poll to a slide, connect StreamAlive to your Teams meeting and present in Slide Show. When the slide is up, answers typed in the Teams chat move the bars on your slide.

StreamAlive for PowerPoint
What can StreamAlive see in my meeting?

It reads the meeting chat only. It doesn’t record or access your video, audio or shared screen. It’s SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified, and the Trust Center has the details.

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Do attendees need to install anything?

No. They type in the Teams chat they’re already using. There’s no app to install, no account to create and no QR code to scan.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Sessions with up to five participants are free, with every interaction included and no card needed. Paid plans start at $100 for a pack of 4 sessions, and Pro is $75 a month, billed annually.

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