Best Practices & Discussions

Get some inspiration from your fellow Slido users on anything from use cases to how they run their meetings!

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38 Questions

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breroberts
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Save survey results

Is it possible to save the survey results? If so, please say how?

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Alex
6 days ago
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HHBwD
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quiz for multiple teams

Hello, Is it possible to run a quiz where teams can be created but allowing each member in the team to answer individually? The answers would collate by team and show each teams response on screen?  thanks 

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1 month ago
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KTaylor
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How to organize multiple events into one event or folder?

Hi Everyone, At my work I train new hires for different types of positions. Is there a way to organize events into folders or something similar to keep them organized when needing to create multiple events for 1 “training event”. For example I have a set of events for customer support training, and a set of different events for back office processing training and my main dashboard page is looking a little hectic.

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Cori from slido
1 month ago
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Bmitchell30
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More than one QR

I want to specify how people vote on a poll in person vs virtually. Is there any way to have more than one QR code for a poll or a way to differentiate where the poll answers are coming from?

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1 month ago
Meggie from Slido
Meggie from Slido
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💁‍♀️ Focus of the month: Meeting facilitation

Hey Community,How do you deal with silence when you’re facilitating meetings? Do you talk over it, ask others to speak, or just pray for it to be over? 👀We’ve found that people often ask us to add music to polls because of this exact reason. It’s totally understandable - facilitating meetings is daunting enough on its own, let alone if you are running a hybrid meeting where silence is common. 📌 But fear not, Slido community! Using our recently released typing indicator, participant names in open text polls and open text topics, you can tackle silence head-on and become an even better facilitator.  To find out how to set up and use these features, take a look at our quick tutorial:  📚 For more tips on facilitation and to find out why we will not be adding music to polls, head over to our blog. How do you feel about facilitating meetings? Have you used any of these features yet? Let us know your thoughts below! 🤗

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Meggie from Slido
1 month ago
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HCIWebcasts
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Multiple Choice Polls Not Resizing

When displaying the results of a multiple choice poll, the choices and bar charts do not resize to fit the screen, and I have to scroll through the results which does not make for a clean presentation when you are displaying them on a screen.  Is there any workaround for this? Thanks!

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Cori from slido
2 months ago
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SKP
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Is it possible to see which participant answered what question in multiple choice polls without exporting?

I know that it is possible to see which options the participants have selected with the export option, but is it possible to get the live results without exporting?

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Meggie from Slido
2 months ago
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Creator Chris
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Functionality Outside of Organization Account?

Hi All. I am creating lesson plans that will be distributed nationally to classroom teachers. Is it possible to use this plug in to share without requiring log-in to the account add-in? Any other recommended resources that can help make Google Slides interactive in this scenario without the end-user having to sign in or onto something? Thank you for any insight.

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Meggie from Slido
3 months ago
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MPS LandD
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Star rating - not working for Android users

Help!We have a survey we run every month.  This month, the participants using android weren’t able to respond to the star rating questions.  Any ideas, please?

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Meggie from Slido
3 months ago
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hanagolden
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Presenting Q&A board for a large session

how can i only view the incoming Q&A entrys on the screen ? I need to have the Q&A be visible on a large screen next to the presenter  

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Cori from slido
4 months ago
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amr atres
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quiz

how can i let the questions in the quiz run from it self , separated for each user , as the one who finish the question transfer to another one as we are not obliged to wait that all of the audience to finish the question to transfer to the other one , i need a help  

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Cori from slido
4 months ago
Meggie from Slido
Meggie from Slido
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By popular demand: Using ideas to brainstorm

Hey Slido Community!Over the past month we’ve received a few questions that asked:Turns out, we have a great solution for this - Ideas!📌 Our Ideas feature lets you collect open text responses which participants can then reply to, upvote or downvote.Watch our video below to find out how you can use our ideas feature to brainstorm, choose the best participant submission and rank participants’ open text submissions.  Here’s our written tutorial for setting this up: Still unsure about using Ideas? Have you ever used Ideas? Let us know below👇Thank you to @PaulB, @DavidM and @Claire_P for inspiring this discussion of the month!

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Meggie from Slido
5 months ago
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Skeggie
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Discussion: Slido feature wishlist

Hey Maggie,Work has been using Slido to deliver more dynamic and involved webinar sessions for a few months now, and as a tech-head I wanted to have a bit more of a look under the hood as it where as to where things are going. There are issues that crop up repeatedly in these events - don’t get me wrong, it’s a huge step up, but a slight elevation in a few areas would push it to the outstanding category. A couple of the biggest wishlist items we would really love are features in the Q&A section such as:[Option to] Enable participant-reply to questions - a lot of the time the presenter is so focussed on their presentation that questions pile up until designated check points (usually the end lol). There may also be attendees that are able to (or are better placed to) answer questions, or have a follow up issue or related topic. When replying currently this it is treated as a separate question, and with the default “Most Popular” ordering, responses can quickly get disjointed from the

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Meggie from Slido
7 months ago
Meggie from Slido
Meggie from Slido
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🙋 Discussion of the month: driving productive discussions

Hey Community, Another month has passed which can only mean that it’s time for a new discussion of the month 🤗 Close your eyes and try to remember the last time you had a productive team discussion. It’s not easy, right? Yet productive discussions are key to great meetings.  That is why we’re focusing on driving productive discussions, this month. Here are some quick tips: 📌 Get people talking from the beginning by running an icebreaker word cloud. Ask about a hot topic in the company. You can always moderate the responses. 📌 Before jumping into the discussion, ask people to write down their opinions in an open text poll. If you don’t want participants to influence each other, hide the poll results. 📌 To move the discussion forward, run a quick ranking poll and ask participants which options they would like to focus on. To understand how we calculate scores in ranking polls, check out our quick explainer. Head over to our blog to read more about using polls to drive productive disc

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8 months ago
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iok
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Countdown: Timer workaround

I know, I know- a timer can’t be added. But has anyone figured out a work-around? there will be a first after all. 

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Meggie from Slido
8 months ago
Meggie from Slido
Meggie from Slido
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👩‍💻 Discussion of the month: Asynchronous communication

Hey Community, As we near the end of February, it’s time for our favorite activity - discussion of the month 🎉 Moving into 2022, the world is becoming more hybrid and remote-friendly, much to the joy of those of us who love working in sweatpants. But how can we communicate effectively without a physical shared space?  👉 The answer could be asynchronous communication and that is our topic of the month. Asynchronous communication happens when you exchange information at different times. Head over to our blog to read about the benefits of asynchronous communication and for 7 tips on embracing it. Some ways you can kick-start your asynchronous communication is by collecting input from your coworkers over long periods of time.  📌 This can include running asynchronous feedback rounds on your projects. Check out our tutorial for running and sharing surveys.  📌 You can also try collecting questions from your team before meetings. Did you know participants can submit questions to the Q&

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9 months ago
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TLC Creative
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Best way to setup a drop-in Trivia event?

For a virtual event, during the 15 minute break, I want to launch a trivia contest. A Slido quiz is not going to work as not everyone will join at the same time. Recommendations on how to setup a “drop-in”/self-paced trivia contest?

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9 months ago
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Alpine
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Online poll

How do I make a poll active for weeks or months so I can gather data in a class that repeats. Can polls only be LIVE? or can I turn one on and leave it on and just give all my students the link to access it week after week?

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Meggie from Slido
9 months ago
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Georgios
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Quiz without participants having to enter their names

Hello,can I launch a Quiz, without Slido asking participants to introduce their names?Thank you,Georgios

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Meggie from Slido
10 months ago
Alex
AlexSlido Community Manager
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🎉 Discussion of the month: How to run engaging end-of-year meetings?

Hi everyone,November is almost over, so it’s time to introduce a new discussion of the month! Thank you so much for your contribution last month - loved reading all your favorite All-hands meeting moments. If you’d still like to share your best tips for running All-hands meetings, feel free to add them to this discussion!  Can’t believe that 2021 is almost over and it’s the time of the year for celebrating the wins and looking back at what the year has brought us! This month’s topic is all about running engaging End-of-year meetings  We’ve published a great article with 7 great tips on how to make these meetings feel more special. May it be looking back at the business numbers or less serious Holiday parties - we’ve got you covered! If you’re looking for more engagement at your business meetings, we’d recommend trying to review your key metrics through a quiz, collecting your teams’ highlights with an open poll and celebrating your teams through a silent hero Word cloud poll. Slido is

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1 year ago
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Lorissa
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Setup for workshop

We would like to use Slido as part of a workshop.  We plan to run 2 parts:Question that small groups (break out rooms) brainstorm their ideas/ expertise on  We would like to then take this completed activity back to the larger group and have them vote on the answers.  Is this possible?  I have found I can ask a question and have people contribute responses (under Ideas) which can then rank the answers.  However I noticed that if the same answer is typed multiple times they do not accumulate but appear as separate answers.  (ie green, green, red, green).  I just wondered if I had missed something/ a step.   

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Francesca
1 year ago
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erola
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Is there a way to open the slido app when you scan the QR code?

Hello dear community,I thought about something that, in my opinion, would be really helpful. Maybe it’s possible but I didn’t find a way to do so.I would like to scan the QR code and then, the SLIDO app will open automatically (if it’s installed) and that you don’t need to enter the access code anymore (because you already scanned the QR code of your desired event = therefore another authentication isn’t needed).Is there such a setting?Thank you in advance. Best regardsLori

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Alex
1 year ago
Alex
AlexSlido Community Manager
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🙋‍♀️ Discussion of the month: How to run the best All-Hands meetings?

Hey everyone! Can’t believe it’s been almost a month since our Inclusive Meetings discussion! Thank you so much everyone that participated! If you still have some great experiences or tips to share, here’s the thread - we’d love to hear from you 🤗  This month’s topic is all about All-Hands Meetings 🙋‍♀️  I think we’ve all experienced our fair share of dull and unengaging All-Hands meetings, especially after switching to hybrid or virtual setup. At Slido, we consider All-Hands the most important meeting of the month, where teams get together, share their updates, celebrate wins, learn from their fails and get all of their tough questions answered.  👉 Here’s a list of  8 fresh ideas we put together for you to try at your upcoming All-Hands or even Town Hall meeting. I particularly like number 4: Turn your business numbers into a quiz, it’s much more engaging and fun than listen to long monologues describing charts 🤷‍♀️Plus, makes it so much easier to actually remember the content!  B

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1 year ago
Alex
AlexSlido Community Manager
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👏 Customer Story: Creating a Live Dialogue with Employees at All‑hands Meetings by Suntory

 Some time ago, we talked to Norito Yonezawa, Corporate Strategy Planner at Suntory Beverage & Food Limited, a global leader in producing soft drinks and food products based in Japan and one of our most engaged customers.  ✨ We’d like to highlight Suntory’s story of how Slido helped them transform their company culture and gave voice to their more silent employees.  Like any multinational corporation, it’s vital for Suntory to keep its teams aligned. To connect its 24,000 employees with the executive team, it runs quarterly townhall meetings.Traditionally, in Japanese business culture, people tend to avoid asking questions or participating actively in meetings. Suntory wanted to change that. Its goal was to create a safe space for its employees to open up and start a live discussion during their townhalls. “With Slido, we can see more honest questions that the executives answer from the top of their heads. Hearing what people really think makes the conversation feel more authentic.

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1 year ago
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jeremyB
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Ideal timing for a poll during a presentation

Howdy. I’m using Slido and loving it. The audience seems to like it too. Tomorrow I’m doing a 90 minute presentation, and I’m using polls/surveys to break up my talking. This serves two purposes: 1. Gives a chance for people to engage; 2. Gives me a second to take a sip of water and mentally get ready for the next section. I’m wondering, in all the experience of members  here, what have you found to be the _ideal_ time to give people a chance to answer the poll. I dont think (but am easily corrected) that really the number of people in the session–be it 4 or 56–has much to do with the timing; everyone can read and answer at roughly the same time.So what is the ideal time to allow as many people to answer the poll as we can get while also keeping the momentum of the talk going? I ask because it seems, using Google Slides, the poll on the screen is the only active one, and you can only have one at a time (unless in a survey), so if you move onto the next slide, people lose their chance t

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Alex
1 year ago
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