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Live polls and word clouds on your or PowerPoint slides.

Add StreamAlive to PowerPoint and put a poll, quiz or word cloud on any slide of the deck you already have. Present as usual in Teams, Zoom or Google Meet, and the slide fills in as people type in the meeting chat.

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Your audience answers in Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet or YouTube Live, or on their phones in the room.

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In one word, what makes a great first week? In one word, what makes a great first week? Type a word in the chat

0 responses
  1. Sarah Chen Welcoming
  2. James Okoro Clear
  3. Aisha Rahman Buddy
  4. Tomás García Welcoming
  5. Priya Nair Structured
  6. Daniel Kim Clear
  7. Mei Lin Fun
  8. Olu Adeyemi Welcoming
  9. Hannah Weber Mentor
  10. Marco Bianchi Clear
  11. Fatima Zahra Coffee
  12. Lukas Novak Welcoming
  13. Grace Park Patient
  14. Arjun Mehta Clear
  15. Chloe Martin Buddy
  16. Yusuf Ali Welcoming
  17. Ben Carter Organized
  18. Elena Popescu Clear
  19. Noah Schmidt People
  20. Inês Duarte Welcoming

Type in the chat to add your own answer.

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

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Type in the chat.

Other tools make you rebuild the slide in another app, switch screens to run it and put up a QR code, and the room turns to their phones. With StreamAlive on your PowerPoint slide, people type in the chat.

Your deck stays your deck. The question sits on a slide between the others, and answering it takes nothing more than the meeting chat everyone already has open.

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

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

Put the question on a slide with the add-in, share PowerPoint in your meeting as usual, and the answers fill in right there on the slide. Or skip the slides and share the StreamAlive window on its own.

  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.

From AppSource to your first answer.

You need PowerPoint 16.100 or later. The step-by-step guide in the help center has screenshots for each step.

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  1. Add the add-in

    In PowerPoint, go to Home, then Add-ins, and search for StreamAlive. Or get it from Microsoft AppSource.

  2. Put a question on a slide

    Pick a poll, word cloud, quiz or map and type your question, or add a slide from a presentation you built in StreamAlive.

  3. Connect your meeting

    Choose Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, YouTube or in person, paste the meeting link, and admit the StreamAlive bot when it asks to join.

  4. Present in Slide Show

    Share the slideshow window as usual. When you reach the question, press Start StreamAlive on the slide.

  5. Watch the slide fill in

    People type in the meeting chat and the slide updates with every answer.

Presenters who kept their decks and lost the QR code.

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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  • There are loads of digital tools you can use to increase engagement in your live online sessions. But there is one that is hands-down my favorite: StreamAlive.

    Gwyn Wansbrough Online Facilitator and Trainer, Breakthrough Facilitation

  • I use StreamAlive in my virtual teaching because it helps create an active learning environment within the meeting. It allows students to participate without leaving the current platform, making it convenient for those using laptops with limited screen space.

    Tatiana Rodriguez Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University
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Questions about StreamAlive for PowerPoint

Do I have to rebuild my deck?

No. The add-in puts interactions on slides in the deck you already have. Add a new slide where you want a question, or bring in slides from a presentation you built in StreamAlive.

Which view should I present in?

Slide Show. Interactions are built for it, and it’s the view where they’re sure to update. Presenter View is fine for the rest of your talk: switch to Slide Show for the question and back afterwards. Don’t use PowerPoint Live in Teams; share the slideshow window or your screen instead.

Presenting PowerPoint in Zoom and Teams
Which versions of PowerPoint does it work with?

PowerPoint 16.100 or later. Add it from Home, then Add-ins, or from Microsoft AppSource.

StreamAlive on Microsoft AppSource
Which meeting platforms does it work with?

Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet and YouTube, and sessions in the room, where people answer at chat.streamalive.com on their phones.

Can AI suggest questions for my slides?

Yes. Use AI on PPT reads the slides you have and suggests where a poll or question fits. Create with AI writes a set of interactions from a topic and your audience.

Can I preview a slide before I present?

Yes. Press Preview in the add-in to see the interaction run as it will in the session, then Stop.

What about Google Slides?

Google Slides can’t show live content inside a slide, so StreamAlive gives you a quick link to paste on one instead. Clicking it while you present opens the interaction in a browser tab, where you connect StreamAlive to your meeting and share that tab.

Do participants need anything?

No. They type in the meeting chat they already have, with no app, no account and no QR code.

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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