ARS: Insight on how to make your presentation more interactive & gain feedback

Another Tuesday is upon which means another piece of technology I have to spiel about. Today it's the very clever iml connector device. 

Twitter is a beautiful thing and this is how i found out this device by a retweet from a person I follow. Rachel Klien  posted an article about this genius bit of technology. The article was about how to get the most feedback out of an event you put on. This would work well for a person who teaches, if you were putting on a debate or doing workshops.

Know who said what in real time! This is great when looking back at your invite you can pinpoint peoples reaction to the exact statement who you're presenting.  The user can also take a picture of themselves, so there's a face to the comments which is great for networking afterwards.


'IML's smartcards provide a simple and efficient way to identify and track individual's responses. 100% accurate and secure, smartcards are personal ID cards that automatically link audience members to their keypad activity.

Individuals simply insert their smartcard into the IML Connector and the system will automatically identify their responses.'








The iml connector has a wireless microphone. No more running around to pass around the microphones to the audience. All the do when chosen to speak ( I dont know how that works but I'm guessing theres a button the people press giving their interest to speak and then the speakers choses a name, which in turn the person uses their individual connector to speak into)

There is a texting option, where the audience can participant in the conversation or ask a questions. Everyone's responses would be projected onto a screen an the front of the stage.





Now this feature is where the majority of the crucial feedback comes from. I love this feature sooooo much!

"including multiple choice, value, rating, prioritisation, text response, XY matrix and resolution voting. Receive greater audience participation and honesty through anonymity or track individuals' responses via smartcards - perfect for auditing, training and certification."


Like I said before this piece of kit doesn't have to be for an event this could be used anywhere!







They've thought of everything! You can even have your logo or sponsors information imbedded onto the device, just to give it that special touch!

Other feature including recording the seminar and listening to the seminar in a different language. This is a nifty piece of kit and I don't doubt it pretty expensive for one! I don't whether there is an option to buy as i've been searching and nothing! Maybe they only offer on a rent basis?  I hope there is an option that yo can print out transcripts of your event and the polling results.

All in all if i was a millionaire with my own company or teaching workshop I would grabs these!

Hope you enjoyed this Tech Tuesday!

Tech Tuesday!

I've decided to blog about gadget that i come across whether i think they're useless or a must to add to my collection. So today I start it of with this little number..... Would you saying when referring to this: 'good things come in small packages?"




Little Printer

"Little Printer holds a compact, inkless, thermal printer which prints in black on white thermochromic paper. A thermal head inside the printer selectively heats the paper as it passes, turning areas black to produce an image.While the paper required is specially coated, it is readily and cheaply available from high street office suppliers. We always supply and recommend BPA-free paper" 

Use your iPhone, Android or Windows smart phone to add 'publictions' that make you laugh, train your brain, enhance your cooking skills or just give you a fact a day.  Once you've saved the publication you then print it from your mini printer. You can schedule them to print in the morning you have a something to read with your cornflakes, have a light read ready for when you get home or have a night cap before your beauty sleep.

Not only can the app do that but it can connect to you can send a message home, you can send your to do list to print to stick up on your note board.
Little printer needs to sits by your broadband router and wirelessly connects Little Printer to the web. It  could be different to carry it round with everywhere you go.

  I think this would be cute in a cafe etc having quirky things on the back of the receipt.  It's not something that you couldn't go without but if money isn't an option than why not try it out.

The good think about this is that it's inkless! We all know that inks is so expensive to buy useless you buy it in bulk. However the website doesn't mention how much the paper rolls are going to be, how for repairs, how much for a new cable or router if lost or faulty.

This is a very cute product although at £199.99 it's a pretty expensive one. For more information or to order one (launch in April 2013) head to the website.