Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere provides live, interactive polling that embeds directly into PowerPoint, Google Slides, Canva, PDFs, and other presentation formats, enabling real-time audience engagement across in-person, hybrid, and remote settings. The platform offers a range of poll types—including bar charts, word clouds, Likert scales, and clickable images—with responses updating instantly as audiences participate. Trusted by 82% of the Fortune 500 and 91% of R1 universities, the platform also includes AI-enhanced poll creation and enterprise-grade security with AES 256-bit encryption.
- Education Technology
- Software Only
- Artificial Intelligence
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Presenters and educators often struggle to maintain audience attention and gather meaningful feedback during live presentations, meetings, and classes. Traditional polling tools require separate tabs or apps, disrupting the flow of a presentation and creating friction for both presenters and participants.
Solution
Poll Everywhere provides a live audience engagement platform that embeds interactive polls directly into PowerPoint, Google Slides, Canva, PDFs, and other presentation formats—the only platform that works with any presentation format. Users can choose from a variety of poll types, including bar charts, word clouds, Likert scales, Q&A, competitions, and clickable images, to collect responses that update instantly as audiences answer via their devices. The platform supports in-person, hybrid, and remote settings, with features like upvoting for Q&A sessions, attendance check-ins, and content delivery. Poll Everywhere 2.0 introduces AI-enhanced poll creation, new visualization options, and a refreshed interface designed for speed and ease of use, while maintaining compatibility with existing workflows and content.
Target Audience
Primary users are educators at universities and colleges, corporate presenters and trainers, and event organizers who need to engage audiences during live presentations, meetings, workshops, and classes.
Features
- Native integration with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Canva, PDFs, and other presentation tools, allowing polls to run inside the deck without switching tabs
- Multiple poll types including bar charts, word clouds, donut charts, competitions, Likert scales, Q&A, radar charts, attendance, content, media, and clickable images
- AI-enhanced poll creation that turns prompts into polls instantly with smart suggestions
- Real-time response updates with audience participation via web browser on any device
- Enterprise-grade security with AES 256-bit data encryption at rest, TLS 1.2 during transfer, and secure cloud storage on AWS infrastructure located in the United States
- WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility compliance for inclusive audience participation
- LMS/LTI 1.3 Advantage integration for grade passback and roster sync in educational settings
- Customizable presentation URLs that match organizational branding