When should you let your audience send text messages for Q&A Questions?
According to many studies, most adults spend at least twenty-three hours a week sending and receiving texts from their smartphone. Given these staggering statistics, wouldn’t it make sense to incorporate text messaging at events for questions and answering?
The many benefits of text-to-screen technology include: audience can use their own phones, every attendee will have the chance to ask his/her question during the event, questions can be posted anonymously, event organizers can download the questions, questions can be used to gather event feedback, and much more! For your next conference, meeting, or other important function, encourage your participants to send text messages for Q&A questions.
Types of Events Where Text Messaging Technology Is Appropriate
Company Meetings
Did you know that public speaking is the top fear of people in the United States? To encourage shy and reserved employees to stand up and ask questions during company meetings, consider using SMS technology. When employees participate in text-to-screen applications, not only does the communication improve between employees and corporate leaders, but the innovative technology will allow users to ask questions anonymously, openly, and honestly.
Conferences and Workshops
If you are having a conference, text-to-screen applications are a great way to send questions to keynote speakers. The podium speakers can then modify their presentations in real-time to meet the interests of the audience. Just don’t forget to have your attendees send text messages for Q&A questions before or throughout the presentation.
Town Halls
Remember when a microphone would be passed around for question and answer sessions?
For town hall meetings or any other event where the input of a group of people is important, you need to replace this old method with an innovative text messaging system to encourage widespread involvement during panel discussions. Instead of an assistant running around the room with a microphone, incorporate text-to-screen technology into the panel discussion to ensure that the amount of questions received and answered is significantly increased.
Church
The strategic use of a text messaging system during church sessions or youth group events can allow for increased gamification of activities. By using trivia questions or other fun games throughout church functions, attendees are more likely to learn and retain important information. These games are also a great way to increase participation among church members.
Orientation
Most employees and new students will feel slightly nervous during orientation. Why not alleviate their fears during question and answer time with text messaging applications? The use of SMS technology during orientations will immediately remove the fear of public speaking that hinders most new employees and students. After the event, you can even improve your next orientation by reviewing the questions from the text messages.
Employee or Team Training
An employee or team training can be greatly enhanced when text-to-screen technology is used. Even people who have been on a team for a while may feel nervous about asking questions when new information is presented. Since research has shown that communication between management and employees is always ranked low, try using SMS technology during team trainings to encourage employees to feel comfortable asking questions, which will ultimately increase workplace satisfaction.