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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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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5 hours ago
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Murz
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Pre-defined list of phrases for the Word cloud poll type

How can I predefine the suggested list of phrases for the Word Cloud poll type?For example, I want to ask the audience to tell me the names of brands they use to gather logs.And I already provided them a short list of most popular ones like:ElasticSearch, Grafana Loki, StatsD, Datadog, New Relic.So, via the poll I want the audience to not only choose brands that they use now, but also type new brands that are not listed yet.So the “Multiple Choice” poll type doesn’t suit because they can’t add new options there.The “Word Cloud” poll suite more, but I can’t predefine the list of suggested options, so people will type something like “Elastic” + “ElasticSearch” + “Elastic Search” + “Elastic Stack” + “ELK” and we will got a lot of duplicates. So, could you please extend the “Word Cloud” poll configuration to allow adding predefined suggested options, with keeping the ability to add new custom strings?

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13 days ago
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jamie12ax7
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Structuring multiple speakers and decks for a single event

Our event consists of 2 days with 9 presenters.  It is all in a single room with each presenter bringing their own deck.  What is the best way for me to structure this?  I have a single event lisence.

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20 days ago
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KelvinWang
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Conference Limitations

Hello,Im running a conference that is happening over 6 days with panel discussions happening back to back.Will a single event license be able to cover these requirements?There will be 18 different panels, none of which are happening concurrently.Do advise?Thanks.

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Ondrej from Slido
1 month ago
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DWAE
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Creating a radar view

I would like to create a Radar view based on the review of 9 questions based on ratings into a radar view consolidating all 9 answers….https://app.sli.do/event/2cJ8kyzTiD2CsVwUM14jod/embed/polls/4ac13799-f725-4f5f-bd65-7413dec7207bAny idea how to perform this ?Thanks

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1 month ago
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Stac
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Outside A/V Team

I am looking for recommendations on the best way to present a PowerPoint deck with some Slido polls intermixed throughout the presentation by an outside A/V person.  I have created these with the Slido powerpoint plugin.  It works great when I present it on my device.  Although, for the speaking event, the presentation must be displayed on a device owned by the events company.  What is the recommended method for this situation?  

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1 month ago
Joel from Slido
Joel from Slido
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Use Case: Team RetrospectiveUse Case

A retrospective meeting is a unique opportunity for the whole team to get together, uncover any problematic issues, and have an open discussion about how to collaborate better. Slido enables you to interact with your team at scale, whether they are remote or onsite. It allows you to gauge team satisfaction, identify what’s going well (and what’s not), celebrate team achievements, and measure progress over time. Use this guide to learn how to use Slido at your retrospective meetings. You’ll quickly see how much more productive they can be for you and your team. Common challenges Being unaware of team satisfaction Ineffective communication Lack of progress How Slido can help Learn what people really think Effective communication Track progress Features and poll templates Satisfaction survey Polls that use start, stop, continue methodology Polls to celebrate your team heroes Celebration Quiz  Common challenges Being unaware of team satisfactionUnable to capture the mood outside o

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Joel from Slido
2 months ago
Joel from Slido
Joel from Slido
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Use Case: Trainings, Workshops, and WebinarsUse Case

Slido allows you to make learning an engaging and fun experience. You can encourage active participation in learning by checking for content understanding in real-time, enabling learners to ask and upvote questions, and asking for critical feedback. In this guide, you’ll learn how to use Slido to make your Trainings, Workshops and Webinars more inclusive by allowing your attendees to actively participate - whether they are remote or onsite. Common challenges Little to no interaction Unable to check for understanding Lack of inclusion How Slido can help Encourage participation Make learning effective Hear from everyone Best practices and templates Audience Q&A Icebreakers and opening polls Present facts or data in an engaging way Gauge knowledge levels and check for understanding Collect feedback   Common challenges Little to no interactionDistracted learners: Attendees are easily distracted by their environment or their other devices and they can lose focus.   No back and

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Joel from Slido
2 months ago
Joel from Slido
Joel from Slido
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Use Case: Brainstorming as a TeamUse Case

Use Slido to help your team brainstorm their strategy, identify projects for the next quarter, or crowdsource the agenda for an upcoming event or conference. You can even allow them to submit their ideas or suggestions into Slido in advance. This allows you to use your valuable meeting time for a productive discussion – instead of simply collecting input. In this guide, you will learn how to use Slido to make your brainstorming sessions more effective, regardless of whether your team is remote or in the room. Common challenges Fear of rejection Lack of productivity Difficulty facilitating How Slido can help Enable team confidence Productive brainstorming Easier to facilitate Polls and templates Open text poll Ranking poll   Common challenges Fear of rejectionSocial anxiety: Often meeting attendees worry about what others might think about their idea so they either choose to conform or remain silent.   Power dynamics: A few assertive individuals can dominate the discussion, where

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Joel from Slido
2 months ago
Joel from Slido
Joel from Slido
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Use Case: Team Decision MakingUse Case

Making a decision as a team can be difficult, especially in a hybrid setup or video conferencing environment. Instead of extended back and forth discussions with people talking over one another, put an item to a vote using Slido polls. With Slido, each person has an equal opportunity to have a say – plus, you’ll see the results instantly. No matter if there are 10 or 1,000 people participating, you'll be able to collect opinions from each and every one of them – no matter if they are remote or onsite. In this guide, you will learn how to use Slido to help you simplify your team decision-making process, give everyone an equal voice, and save time while doing so. Common challenges Groupthink and internal politics Inefficiency Lack of inclusion How Slido can help Impartiality Speed and efficiency Inclusive and remote friendly Poll options and templates Ranking poll  Multiple choice poll Rating poll   Common challenges Groupthink and internal politicsConfirmation bias: Participants

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Joel from Slido
2 months ago
Joel from Slido
Joel from Slido
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Use Case: All Hands and Town Hall MeetingsUse Case

Engaging employees during All Hands or Town Hall meetings can be a challenge. But with Slido, it’s never been easier for you to interact with your team at scale. You can ask for real-time feedback on business updates, cultivate employee buy-in, collect the best ideas, and much more. In this guide, you will learn how to use Slido to make your All Hands and Town Hall meetings more inclusive by encouraging your employees to actively participate – no matter if they are remote or onsite. Common challenges Inefficient Q&A Little to no interaction Lack of inclusion How Slido can help Make your Q&A efficient and democratic Improve alignment and build trust Foster an inclusive culture Best practices and templates Audience Q&A Icebreakers and opening polls Pulse checks Presenting numbers in a different way Collecting feedback   Common challenges Inefficient Q&AA lack of meaningful questions: There may be a lack of a safe space for employees to ask honest questions and a

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Joel from Slido
2 months ago
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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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10 months ago
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Sarah23
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Slido for e-learning

Hello,I would like to make an e-learning experience more interactive.Is it possible for learners to access a Slido link as part of an e-learning, post a word and then see the word cloud as a result embedded in the e-learning or a sharepoint site? How many learners max can access a link over a period of time? How long is a link valid? Only 1 year max?Thank you!

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10 months ago
USAH
USAH
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How to use Slido in PowerPoint while presenting in Teams?

I’ve got training presentations that I’ve created using the PPT Addin. I’m just wondering if it’s better to create a separate set of questions to use in Teams integration and hide the Slido pages in the presentation? 

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Ondrej from Slido
10 months ago
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Keren
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Event due date

Hi,I’m using Slido event for LightSpeed Council meetings which occur every two months.My Slido event for LightSpeed Council meetings has end date 30-June-2023. This date already extended but I need to keep extending it since I don't have end date for those meetings.My questions are:Can I extend the event to additional year even if its already being extended in the past? If I will extend it, is it going to impact the analytics report ? Am I going to lose some historical data? Is there  an option not to define due date for the event?Thanks,Keren 

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1 year ago
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Jan Horacek
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Question up to 160 characters

Hello,can you please advise me how to allow the audience to ask a question without the 160 character limit?

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1 year ago
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alexandrahoward
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Displaying Survey Results - all questions

If you created a survey and want to display results to all questions in the survey in a rolling content mode, is that possible? I am using this for a mingling event and would like to have all the results to the question presenting on the screen without needing to advance to the next question.

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Cori from slido
1 year ago
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BFratto
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Using Slido Poles and Survey's to track attendance and engagement.

I’m currently running 1 course that consists of the following:70+ students > 10 instructors 3 directors 16 Weeks total.  1 class / student / week.  Europe / NAM Rest of World  With this many moving parts, it is difficult to track attendance. If we could have the following it would greatly simplify the task at hand to ensure students are engaged:Tracking the overall course in 1 consolidated report:Student Week 1, 2, etc. # responses Final Survey Total Days in attendance Total Surveys / Poles completed. Overall days in attendance Total survey Each course rating. Each course feedback Each course attendance Each course feedback Average in attendance Tried to set this up in our LMS system but because of this being both in person, digital as well, it becomes problematic.

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Cori from slido
1 year ago
Alex
AlexSlido Community Manager
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💡 7 Tips for using Pexels in Slido

If you want to boost engagement and make your meetings more interactive and fun, polls are priceless. Slido has teamed with Pexels - the source of free images, to bring creativity and stunning visuals to your live polls.You can now choose from hundreds of thousands freely-usable pictures and add any image to your poll  What is Pexels?Pexels provides high quality and completely free photos licensed under the Pexels license. Thousands of royalty-free images are included in this collection by photographers and artists from all over the world. Here are 7 examples of how you can use Pexels images in Slido 1. Icebreaker: How are you feeling today?If you’re running a meeting with a larger number of attendees (10+), asking ‘How are you folks?’ at the start might result in two or three people muttering “fine, thanks” and that’s it.There’s a better and more interactive way. Run a word cloud, asking your participants: “Using an emoji, how are you feeling today?” You can attach this or this Pexels

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Alex
1 year ago
marcogorini
marcogorini
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Poll by group voting

Hi, we need to make a poll for our audience of 100 Pax but, i need to evaluate the result on four groups of people each group has 25 People, How can i do ?

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Alex
1 year ago
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pp2023
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Time poll activation and deactivation

Hi,Can you time a poll to activate on a specific date and time and then deactivate?Thanks

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Cori from slido
1 year ago
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AmandaS
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Breaking a survey into two sections

I would like to send out one survey (with one hashtag), but I would like to break it up into two sections. For example, it’s an evaluation of a program-- two sessions have already transpired. I would like the first section of the survey to cover the kick-off section, the second section of the survey would cover the first learning session. How can I do that while keeping both surveys active? When I split the polls into two surveys, Slido will only allow one to be active at a time. 

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Cori from slido
1 year ago
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StanZ
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As a participant, can I leave the poll after a couple of answers and come back the next day to complete it ?

I will participate to a 200 questions-survey that I might not be able to complete at once. If I leave the poll after having completed some of the questions, can I come back the next day (or even later, within the poll timeframe) and continue to input my answers without any loss from the initial session ?

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1 year ago
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SofiaCastrej
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Qualitative polls

Hello, Community!I want to create a discussion dynamic in the physical classroom, using Slido as a resource. The dynamic I want to create is for the participants to take qualitative decisions and rank their options from higher to lower.Can I do that in a poll or is Slido not the right tool for that?

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Cori from slido
1 year ago
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HHBwD
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Quiz for multiple teams but team members answering individually

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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Alex
1 year ago
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