Audience participation

[Lucian Teo]

Hey guys,

My office is conducting a townhall-style meeting for approx 200 pple,
and we were hoping to use an audience participation tool like
pigeonhole (pigeonhole.sg). My concerns are that 3G, being as ahem
"reliable" as it is, might not hold up to large numbers; and also that
it might exclude people who do not have internet-enabled devices.

Do you guys know of companies who provide these devices to run polls,
or whether there are other alternatives? Gosh, just the thought of
having to dish out devices and collect them.

I suggested getting people to share devices with their neighbour to
foster a little goodwill; but some colleagues are concerned that
sharing a mobile device might be a bit personal.

Any good suggestions?


Lucian

[Patrick Haller]

On 2012-09-19 14:35, Lucian Teo wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> My office is conducting a townhall-style meeting for approx 200 pple,
> and we were hoping to use an audience participation tool like
> pigeonhole (pigeonhole.sg). My concerns are that 3G, being as ahem
> "reliable" as it is, might not hold up to large numbers; and also that
> it might exclude people who do not have internet-enabled devices.

Wifi's the easiest; just to confirm, this is some kind of flash mob
where you either don't know or can't contact the people in advance to
tell them to bring a laptop or phone with wifi?

Also, townhall sounds like you're intending to vote; is it important to
collect every single person's vote, with security against fraud?

Basically, you have to establish a minimum level of accuracy and budget
for that level. Sentiment measurement = a slider that goes from cheap
and inaccurate to very expensive and fairly accurate.

[Kevin Lim]

In the past, I've seen local tech events run on SMS voting (e.g.  http://www.globitec.com/sms-voting.html)

In recent years, more universities are getting into "clickers" to gain student participation at lectures.

NUS

http://cit.nus.edu.sg/classroom-response-system/

NTU

http://clickers.ntu.edu.sg/

If venue is flexible, you could try to book either of their lecture halls.

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[Lucian Teo]

Thanks for the suggestions!

It's going to be a public town hall thingie (I work for the gahmen),
so we can't insist that people bring wifi-enabled devices.

It's not held at our premises, so setting up wifi might be a bit
tricky - 3G is available though, just not sure if it can handle so
many people at once. My understanding of cellular data is zilch
though.

Accuracy isn't that important - it's more of an audience participation tool. :)

Thanks again!

[Paul Gallagher]

I'd say try pidgeonhole, 3G notwithstanding. It's a great idea that should suit local audiences.

And if the networks flake out, that's one takeaway action for iDA, yes?

[Eugene Teo]

Do you guys know of companies who provide these devices to run polls,
or whether there are other alternatives? Gosh, just the thought of
having to dish out devices and collect them.

 

Perhaps check with SPH's IR? I know they used this type of polling devices during their AGM.

Eugene

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[Kevin Lim]

Just don't use CNA's one...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151059111892934

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[Coleman Yee]

if accuracy and privacy are not priorities, and speed and reliability are, you can distribute a set of small coloured cards (e.g. red, yellow, green) to the audience. "show the green card if you agree, blue if you disagree, yellow if you're not sure."

okay i know it's not very hackerish in a techie way ;)

coleman.

[Martin Bähr]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 09:57:53AM +0800, Coleman Yee wrote:
> if accuracy and privacy are not priorities, and speed and reliability are,
> you can distribute a set of small coloured cards (e.g. red, yellow, green)
> to the audience. "show the green card if you agree, blue if you disagree,
> yellow if you're not sure."
>
> okay i know it's not very hackerish in a techie way ;)

then you shoot the audience with a camera and use image processing to
count the cards. for extra credit do a continuous count on a live feed
:-)
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[Kevin Lim]

I like Coleman's idea... just get some assistants to do counting.

Eugene, the link goes to CNA's video, but their subtext is this:

NOTE TO OUR VIEWERS: Thanks for your support for our TV forum "A Conversation with PM Lee". Some of the feedback we've received pointed to a bar chart on a poll taken during the recording. It was also used in a news report broadcast that night. 

Unfortunately, the bar chart was not proportionately scaled, but the data was otherwise correct. This was due to a technical glitch. We all noticed this, as you can see from the full clip of the recording which was posted on our website on 14 September: channelnewsasia.com/conversations

For the one-hour TV programme, we corrected the graphic. 

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[Eugene Teo]

> Eugene, the link goes to CNA's video, but their subtext is this:

>
> NOTE TO OUR VIEWERS: Thanks for your support for our TV forum "A
> Conversation with PM Lee". Some of the feedback we've received pointed to a
> bar chart on a poll taken during the recording. It was also used in a news
> report broadcast that night.
>
> Unfortunately, the bar chart was not proportionately scaled, but the data
> was otherwise correct. This was due to a technical glitch. We all noticed
> this, as you can see from the full clip of the recording which was posted on
> our website on 14 September: channelnewsasia.com/conversations
>
> For the one-hour TV programme, we corrected the graphic.

That's hilarious!

Eugene