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Webinar polls and Q&A in the Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Meet chat.

Give people a reason to join live instead of catching the replay. Attendees vote, answer and ask questions in the Zoom or Teams webinar chat, and it all lands on your screen as they type.

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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.

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What’s your biggest marketing challenge this year? What’s your biggest marketing challenge this year? Type 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the chat

  1. Generating leads 36%
  2. Proving ROI 27%
  3. Creating content 18%
  4. Standing out 18%
0 responses
  1. Sarah Chen 3
  2. James Okoro 2
  3. Aisha Rahman 4
  4. Tomás García 3
  5. Priya Nair 2
  6. Daniel Kim 2
  7. Mei Lin 2
  8. Olu Adeyemi 1
  9. Hannah Weber 4
  10. Marco Bianchi 1
  11. Fatima Zahra 1
  12. Lukas Novak 1
  13. Grace Park 3
  14. Arjun Mehta 4
  15. Chloe Martin 4
  16. Yusuf Ali 2
  17. Ben Carter 3
  18. Elena Popescu 1
  19. Noah Schmidt 1
  20. Inês Duarte 1
  21. Kwame Mensah 2
  22. Ruth Levi 1

Type a number in the chat to vote.

A meeting in Microsoft Teams or Zoom. 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 answer in this poll? Type 1, 2 or 3 in the chat

  1. Open another tab 8%
  2. Scan a QR code 8%
  3. Type in the chat 85%
0 responses
  1. You Type in the chat.
  2. Sarah Chen 3
  3. James Okoro 3
  4. Aisha Rahman 3
  5. Tomás García type in the chat
  6. Priya Nair 3
  7. Daniel Kim 1
  8. Mei Lin 3
  9. Olu Adeyemi 3
  10. Hannah Weber Type in the chat
  11. Marco Bianchi 3
  12. Fatima Zahra 2
  13. Lukas Novak 3

The usual way: send people to a separate poll, point them to the Q&A tab and hope they find it, then lose them to the replay. With StreamAlive, they type in the 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 answer in this poll?” Everyone else’s answers follow.

Your attendees are already in the webinar chat. They answer polls, send questions and join word clouds right there, and what they type appears on the screen you’re sharing.

How to run a poll in a Zoom or Teams webinar.

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

  1. Paste your webinar link into StreamAlive and press Connect. For a Zoom webinar, use the panelist link. Admit it once and it starts reading the chat.

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

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

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

  4. They type their answer in the webinar chat. No QR code, no link, no second tab.

  5. Every answer lands on your shared screen as it’s sent, so attendees watch the webinar respond to them.

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

In one word, what’s your biggest marketing challenge? Type a word in the chat

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  1. Sarah Chen Leads
  2. James Okoro Budget
  3. Aisha Rahman Attribution
  4. Tomás García Time
  5. Priya Nair Content
  6. Daniel Kim Leads
  7. Mei Lin Budget
  8. Olu Adeyemi Standing out
  9. Hannah Weber Leads
  10. Marco Bianchi SEO
  11. Fatima Zahra Budget
  12. Lukas Novak Attribution
  13. Grace Park Leads
  14. Arjun Mehta Hiring
  15. Chloe Martin Budget
  16. Yusuf Ali Leads
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 word cloud question appears on the shared screen, and answers typed in the chat land in the word cloud 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.

Four things to run in your webinar.

Use them to open a webinar, find out what people want, check what landed, or give something away. Each one is a question attendees answer in the chat.

  1. Open on a map

    Start by asking where people are joining from. Pins drop on the map as they type a city or country, and the chat comes alive.

    Where are you joining from today? Type a city or country in the chat

    0 responses
    1. Sarah Chen London
    2. James Okoro Toronto
    3. Aisha Rahman Mumbai
    4. Tomás García Austin
    5. Priya Nair Berlin
    6. Daniel Kim Sydney
    7. Mei Lin Lagos
    8. Olu Adeyemi Chicago
    9. Hannah Weber Dublin
    10. Marco Bianchi Singapore
    11. Fatima Zahra Madrid
    12. Lukas Novak Denver
    13. Grace Park Nairobi
    14. Arjun Mehta Amsterdam

    Type in the chat to add your own answer.

  2. Ask what they want

    No options to list. Each new answer becomes a bar, and the same answer typed again makes it longer.

    What should we cover next? Type your answer in the chat

      0 responses
      1. Sarah Chen email marketing
      2. James Okoro SEO
      3. Aisha Rahman paid social
      4. Tomás García email marketing
      5. Priya Nair video
      6. Daniel Kim SEO
      7. Mei Lin email marketing
      8. Olu Adeyemi analytics
      9. Hannah Weber SEO
      10. Marco Bianchi video
      11. Fatima Zahra email marketing
      12. Lukas Novak paid social
      13. Grace Park SEO
      14. Arjun Mehta email marketing
      15. Chloe Martin analytics

      Type in the chat to add your own answer.

    1. Check it landed

      Ask how useful a section was on a scale of 1 to 5, and you know what to keep before the webinar ends.

      How useful was that section? Type a number from 1 to 5

      Average 0.0

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

      Type in the chat to add your own answer.

    2. Give something away

      Offer a prize and ask people to type your keyword. Only they get on the wheel, and you spin it live for everyone to see.

      Type #win to enter the draw Type #win in the chat

      0 responses
      1. Sarah Chen #win
      2. James Okoro #win
      3. Aisha Rahman what’s the prize?
      4. Tomás García #win
      5. Priya Nair #win
      6. Daniel Kim #win
      7. Mei Lin #win
      8. Olu Adeyemi great session!
      9. Hannah Weber #win
      10. Marco Bianchi #win
      11. Fatima Zahra #win

      Type in the chat to add your own answer.

    Also: live polls, quizzes and word clouds.

    Event teams who moved their interactions into the 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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    • Just tried StreamAlive and it’s so cool. I host a lot of events so love how it’s very visual!

      Patty Nicolas Community Engagement Lead, NAS.io
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    Questions about StreamAlive for webinars

    How do I run polls in a Zoom webinar?

    Connect StreamAlive to your webinar with the panelist link, share the StreamAlive window and ask attendees to answer in the webinar chat. Check that your webinar lets attendees chat. Answers fill your polls and word clouds as they’re sent.

    StreamAlive for Zoom webinars
    Can attendees ask questions?

    Yes. Attendees type their questions in the chat, and StreamAlive’s AI collects them into a list, even when there’s no question mark, so you don’t have to watch a separate Q&A tab.

    Does it work for a big audience?

    A Session Pack takes up to 250 participants per session, Pro up to 1,000 under its fair use policy, and Scale has larger limits. StreamAlive has been tested live with more than 45,000 participants: expecting more than your plan allows? Talk to us.

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    Do attendees need to install anything?

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

    Does it work for webinars on LinkedIn Live or YouTube?

    Yes. For live streams, connect StreamAlive to your YouTube stream, or use the StreamAlive Chrome extension for LinkedIn Live, Restream and StreamYard. Viewers answer in the stream’s chat.

    Can I give something away during a webinar?

    Yes. The Winning Wheel can pick from everyone who types in the chat, only the people who type your keyword, or a list of names, and it holds up to 5,000 names.

    Does it work for on-demand webinars?

    No. StreamAlive is for live webinars, where people answer at the same moment and see the room’s answers together.

    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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