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RenaudNew Participant
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Quiz technical issues

I am having trouble understanding how to close a quiz once finished and have the results displayed with scores … !!! I’d like more info on how to make sure the participants all get their scores at the end. Please urgent, tomorrow I have a quiz for my company after 6 pm ECT

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Survey Categories

Can you save and retrieve a partially answered survey? If not how do you mitigate against that

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Jay from Slido
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How to roll out Slido in your organization in 4 simple stepsBlog

Congratulations on choosing Slido to make your meetings and events more engaging! Now that you have your new Slido license in place, you can introduce your colleagues to new ways of enhancing engagement and streamlining their meetings. Here’s a step-by-step guide to ensure a smooth rollout and empower your teams to make the most of Slido. Step 1: Build Your Internal Knowledge Base Before inviting colleagues to use Slido, create a central hub for Slido resources within your company. This hub will serve as a go-to spot for employees to quickly learn how to use Slido effectively. To make it easier, we’ve prepared a summary of all the knowledge your users need to get started: Download the Slido Knowledge Base for your organization Step 2: Spread the Word with Visuals and Digital Signage Raise awareness about Slido across your organization by leveraging banners and digital signage. Here’s how: Use banners in internal newsletters, intranet articles, and communication platforms like Webex, Sl

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What are best practices for using Slido during live meetings?

I plan to use Slido in a live meeting session that will include display of various Slido elements and outcomes. Some will be included in powerpoint, while others will be impromptu. What are some of the tips and tricks for new Slido administrators to use to ensure a smooth meeting experience between live presentation content, Slido elements and displaying results to that same live audience? Do you use multiple computers or displays? How do you ensure projection of intended Slido information and not administrative content / screens? Assume that the projected Slido content will come from a laptop hooked up to projection via HDMI. I’m concerned that when the admin selects ‘present’, the screen control changes on the host laptop so administration functions are no longer available. I’m concerned about ‘administration’ and ‘presentation’ from a single laptop isn’t clean as I don’t want the audience to see administration items and content.

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Jay from Slido
Jay from SlidoCommunity Manager
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Slido banners & digital signage – how, where, and why should you use itBlog

You just purchased your Slido license to enhance meeting engagement - now it's time to let your team know! Banners and digital signage are perfect for showcasing Slido's features, inspiring better collaboration, and boosting productivity while keeping your data secure. This guide will show you how, where, and why to use these tools effectively. How to get started with Slido Banners & Digital Signage Download the PowerPoint Slides Edit the slides to include your company name & to explain your internal process for requesting a Slido license (e.g. link to a request form, instructions on where to apply for a Slido license, …) Where to use Slido Banners & Digital Signage You can use these slides in various ways to meet your organization's needs. Here are a few examples from our clients: Individual slides could be used as banners in presentations , such as during monthly departmental meetings to provide tool updates. Take screenshots and incorporate them into internal communications , includ

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Download the Slido Knowledge Base for your organizationBlog

What is the Slido Knowledge Base? The Slido Knowledge Base is an online resource designed to help you and your team use Slido efficiently and effectively. It serves as a comprehensive guide where you and your license members can quickly find answers, learn new tips, and discover best practices. Download the Slido Knowledge Base and get started today Why use the Knowledge Base? Quick access to information: With it, you can easily find the information you need to answer common questions and address any challenges – ensuring smooth and efficient use of Slido. Empower your team: By sharing the Knowledge Base with your license members, you’re equipping them to troubleshoot and explore new features on their own – leading to increased adoption and satisfaction. Maximize value: The resources included will help you unlock the full potential of Slido, enhancing your teams’ ability to promote interaction and engagement with their audiences How to use the Knowledge Base? Share the URL: Share the K

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Who in your organization should have a Slido seatBlog

Slido is a versatile engagement tool for any training, meeting, or presentation. Its endless use cases make it valuable for many different roles within an organization. This guide outlines the value Slido can bring to specific departments and teams in your organization: Communications & Executive Assistants HR and Marketing teams Team Leads L&D Specialists and Trainers Employee Experience and Onboarding Specialists Communications & Executive Assistants Colleagues working in these teams and departments are responsible for organizing and running large scale leadership meetings. Slido can support them to achieve the high stakes objectives of their meetings – such as strategic planning, team alignment, and information distribution for your entire workforce. Slido’s live polls will provide real time insights on whether your employees understood a new strategy, or paid attention throughout a meeting. Plus, our market leading Q&A will support transparent communication between leaders and empl

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Teach your team members how to use SlidoBlog

Are you a Slido license owner or admin looking to enhance user adoption in your organization? We've designed a 45-minute customizable training template to help your users explore Slido’s features, practice Q&A sessions, and engage their audiences with live polls. While Slido, itself, is intuitive, delivering content while managing multiple tools can be complex. Running this training session ensures your team has the knowledge and hands-on experience needed to create a seamless and engaging meeting experience. Why use this template? The template is customizable to fit your organization’s unique needs and offers interactive elements for hands-on learning. It ensures that people gain confidence to use Slido effectively in their meetings. Tips for success Audience: Use this with new users or anyone else needing a refresher. Promotion: Share your session details widely or list them on your internal learning platform. Delivery: Combine PowerPoint or Google Slides with integrations for video

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DayannaNew Participant
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Upgrade plan to my team

Good morning, I have a question. I wanted to know if I upgrade my profile to an Engage program and I invite people to join my slido, will they also have access to my upgrade while editing? Thank you for your answer !

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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 interaction Distracted learners: Attendees are easily distracted by their environment or their other devices and they can lose focus. No back and forth: Trainings

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VimeoITNew Participant
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Setting up Participant login via Okta SSO

I am attempting to configure participant SSO via Okta. I already have Member SSO in place however, the documentation is suggesting that in order for participants to log in and ask questions they must use the separate integration. There is no pre-built Okta integration for Participants so I’d like to know what I need to enter for the following: Single sign-on URL Audience URI (SP Entity ID) Secondary to the above question, is there an option to leverage the existing IDP connection used for Members to allow participant login?

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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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MasaaNew Participant
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masaa

Hello to everyone? I am Masaa a firs time user of slido as a registered member. i wish to use the app in facilitating discussions in conferences and seminars that I am normally involved with.

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teampaNew Participant
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Leadership scorecard for quiz

Hi, Looking to host a quiz. When making use of the leadership scorecard, we just wanted to double check that this rating selects only those who are scoring highly in the quiz? Thank you - teampa

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Reset poll results after testing

Hi everyone, Is there an easy way to reset my poll responses or results? I’d like to test my slido out to make sure I understand what I’m doing, but I want to know that I can start fresh again. I’m worried that I’ll have my testing responses there and won’t be able to remove them. Is this possible?

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ERM CommsNew Participant
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Follow up question

Hi, is it possible to link the next question with the answer given to the previous one? For example: Choose your favourite colour: red blue Depending on what the person choses a follow up question appears. For example, if someone chose 1. red, the next question is: 2. Please list 3 red vegetables. I hope that makes sense. Thanks, Magda

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Gary DoverNew Participant
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Transferiing events from one accout to another

Please can someone help by giving instructions on how you can transfer current events from one Slido account to another? My company has recently purchased a new professional account with Slido whilst we had a shared account with another department that had deferred back to a basic account and I want to avoid having to create the events again in the new account. Is this something that can be done?

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slidopersomKnown Participant
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Can I collect suggestions AND then proceed to vote?

Hi We’re looking for a tool that will hekp facilitate a workshop in the following phases (or similar): Crowd-source a list of suggestions (or ideas etc) from participants in a free text format (either “Word cloud” or “Open text”), Then progress to a voting stage based on the crowd-sourced entries. So we democratise the ideas (rather than the host/chairperson prescribing them) and then move onto a voting phase. I can kind of see the “Word cloud” doing this, but asking participants to manually type the same words that they see on the board in order to vote for it seems a little long-winded and less intuitive. Any ideas? Thanks,

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Joel from Slido
Joel from SlidoCommunity Manager
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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 rejection Social 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, whereas quiet t

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MurzNew Participant
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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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KelvinWangNew Participant
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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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DWAENew Participant
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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-bd65-7413dec7207b Any idea how to perform this ? Thanks

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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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Joel from Slido
Joel from SlidoCommunity Manager
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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 satisfaction Unable to capture the mood outside of the mee

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Joel from Slido
Joel from SlidoCommunity Manager
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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 politics Confirmation bias: Participants tend to a

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