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Webinar polls and word clouds in your or Zoom chat.

In a Zoom webinar, attendees can type in the chat. StreamAlive reads that chat and turns their answers into polls, word clouds and maps on your shared screen.

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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 feature should we build next? Which feature should we build next? Type 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the chat

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

Type a number in the chat to vote.

A meeting in 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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Event and training agencies
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. 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 type in the chat
  5. Tomás García 3
  6. Priya Nair 3
  7. Daniel Kim 2
  8. Mei Lin 3
  9. Olu Adeyemi 3
  10. Hannah Weber Type in the chat
  11. Marco Bianchi 3
  12. Fatima Zahra 1
  13. Lukas Novak 3

Other tools ask attendees to open a link or scan a code and watch their attention drift to another tab. With StreamAlive, they type in the webinar 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.

Attendees are already in the webinar chat, so there’s nothing to open and nothing to explain. What they type appears on the screen you’re sharing, and they stay with you.

How to run a poll in a Zoom 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’s panelist link into StreamAlive’s web app, or open the StreamAlive app in Zoom. With the web app, StreamAlive joins as a panelist.

  2. Share your screen and pick the StreamAlive window, the same way you share slides.

    Attendees can only answer a question they can see, and only if your webinar lets them chat.

  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 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 do you want from this webinar? Type a word in the chat

0 responses
  1. Sarah Chen Ideas
  2. James Okoro Tips
  3. Aisha Rahman Examples
  4. Tomás García Ideas
  5. Priya Nair Templates
  6. Daniel Kim Tips
  7. Mei Lin Answers
  8. Olu Adeyemi Ideas
  9. Hannah Weber Benchmarks
  10. Marco Bianchi Tips
  11. Fatima Zahra Ideas
  12. Lukas Novak Strategy
  13. Grace Park Examples
  14. Arjun Mehta Tips
  15. Chloe Martin Ideas
  16. Yusuf Ali Contacts
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 during your Zoom webinar.

Each one is a question on your shared screen that attendees answer in the webinar chat. Run one between slides, before the Q&A, or to close.

  1. Open with a poll

    Find out who’s watching before you start. Attendees type 1, 2 or 3, and the bars move as they vote.

    How familiar are you with the topic? Type 1, 2 or 3 in the chat

    1. Brand new 28%
    2. Some experience 44%
    3. Experienced 28%
    0 responses
    1. Amara Okafor 2
    2. Felix Brandt 3
    3. Chloe Dubois 1
    4. Yusuf Demir 2
    5. Inés Romero 2
    6. Kai Tanaka 3
    7. Zara Ahmed 1
    8. Leo Fischer 1
    9. Nadia Petrova 2
    10. Ruby Walsh 2
    11. Theo Laurent 2
    12. Maya Singh 1
    13. Elena Rossi 3
    14. Jonah Levi 1
    15. Ana Souza 3
    16. Sam Okeke 2
    17. Lena Park 3
    18. Ravi Patel 2

    Type in the chat to add your own answer.

  2. See what’s on their minds

    Ask for a word before the Q&A. The ones attendees repeat grow, so you know what to answer first.

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

    0 responses
    1. Amara Okafor Pricing
    2. Felix Brandt Integrations
    3. Chloe Dubois Onboarding
    4. Yusuf Demir Pricing
    5. Inés Romero Security
    6. Kai Tanaka Integrations
    7. Zara Ahmed Pricing
    8. Leo Fischer Reporting
    9. Nadia Petrova Integrations
    10. Ruby Walsh Pricing
    11. Theo Laurent Onboarding
    12. Maya Singh Integrations
    13. Elena Rossi Pricing
    14. Jonah Levi Security
    15. Ana Souza Integrations

    Type in the chat to add your own answer.

  3. Check the pace

    Halfway through, ask whether the pace is right on a scale of 1 to 5, and adjust before people drift.

    How is the pace so far? Type a number from 1 to 5

    Average 0.0

    1. 0% Too slow 1
    2. 0% 2
    3. 0% 3
    4. 0% 4
    5. 0% Too fast 5
    0 responses
    1. Amara Okafor 3
    2. Felix Brandt 4
    3. Chloe Dubois 3
    4. Yusuf Demir 5
    5. Inés Romero 4
    6. Kai Tanaka 3
    7. Zara Ahmed 5
    8. Leo Fischer 1
    9. Nadia Petrova 2
    10. Ruby Walsh 3
    11. Theo Laurent 3
    12. Maya Singh 2
    13. Elena Rossi 3
    14. Jonah Levi 3
    15. Ana Souza 2
    16. Sam Okeke 4
    17. Lena Park 4
    18. Ravi Patel 3

    Type in the chat to add your own answer.

  4. Close with a giveaway

    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. Amara Okafor #win
    2. Felix Brandt #win
    3. Chloe Dubois what’s the prize?
    4. Yusuf Demir #win
    5. Inés Romero #win
    6. Kai Tanaka #win
    7. Zara Ahmed #win
    8. Leo Fischer great session!
    9. Nadia Petrova #win
    10. Ruby Walsh #win
    11. Theo Laurent #win

    Type in the chat to add your own answer.

Also: quizzes, live polls and word clouds.

Connecting StreamAlive to a Zoom webinar

Zoom webinars have a couple of rules that meetings don’t. StreamAlive joins as a panelist, and it can’t join a webinar that requires attendee authentication.

In your webinar

Before you go live

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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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 Zoom webinars

How does StreamAlive join a Zoom webinar?

With the web app, as a panelist: paste your webinar’s panelist link into StreamAlive. You can also open the StreamAlive app inside Zoom. It reads the webinar chat and nothing else.

Why does it need a panelist link?

In a Zoom webinar, the StreamAlive bot can only read the chat if it’s admitted as a panelist, not as an attendee. Your panelist link is on the webinar’s page in Zoom.

Why can’t StreamAlive join my webinar?

One reason is attendee authentication. If your webinar requires it, the StreamAlive bot can’t join, so turn that option off when you create the webinar.

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Can attendees answer if they can’t unmute?

Yes. Attendees answer by typing in the webinar chat. Check that your webinar lets attendees chat, because that’s where they take part.

Doesn’t Zoom already have polls and Q&A?

It does. Zoom’s polls appear as a prompt for each participant, and Q&A has its own panel. With StreamAlive, attendees answer in the chat they’re already using, and StreamAlive’s AI collects their questions from it, even without a question mark.

How many attendees can take part?

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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What can StreamAlive see in my webinar?

It reads the chat only. It doesn’t record or access your video, audio or shared screen.

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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