Poll Everywhere for Windows PowerPoint

Seamlessly engage your audience directly within the presentation.

Poll Everywhere for Windows PowerPoint
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Create Your Activities

Choose from various Activity Types like Multiple-Choice Polls or Word Clouds to engage your audience with.

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Present in PowerPoint

Insert your Activity directly into your slides and present it as normal. The slides will activate automatically.

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Gather Audience Responses

Responses will populate the screen in real-time, giving your audience an activate role in the presentation.

PowerPoint is the Go-To Presentation Software

PowerPoint for Windows has earned its place as the go-to presentation tool for professionals, educators, and students alike. Its versatility allows users to craft visually compelling slides with custom layouts, animations, and multimedia elements. Whether outlining a strategic corporate vision, delivering an engaging lecture, or presenting a complex data analysis, PowerPoint provides the tools to make your content shine. With seamless integration into the Microsoft Office suite, it’s accessible, familiar, and scalable for diverse presentation needs.

However, while PowerPoint excels at organizing and displaying information, it often struggles to keep audiences actively engaged. The traditional format—speaker-driven and linear—can leave participants in a passive state, prone to multitasking or zoning out. Attempting to interact with the audience through asking questions and passing around the microphone can be awkward and disruptive to the flow of the presentation. Without a seamless interactive audience engagement tool, presentations risk becoming one-sided, creating a disconnect between the presenter and the audience.

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Turn PowerPoint Decks into Conversations

Engage participants

Ask interactive questions that spark impactful discussions. Choose from a variety of activity types, insert them seamlessly into your decks, and watch results come in live on the screen — all without leaving PowerPoint.

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Incorporate Audience Feedback in Real-Time

Hear from everyone

Share the mic with every attendee. Whether you meet virtually, in person, or in a hybrid environment. Poll Everywhere for PowerPoint lets you get to know everyone in the environment. 

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Generate Long-Term Insights

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When presenting using Poll Everywhere for PowerPoint, gather audience insights that inform your content strategy, learning goals, and business objectives. Then, run a detailed report to analyze the results. 

Create an Interactive Presentation with Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere’s PowerPoint integration bridges this gap, transforming static presentations into dynamic, two-way conversations. With live polling, Q&As, Word Clouds, and other interactive features, you can seamlessly engage your audience directly within your slides. This integration empowers presenters to gather real-time input, spark dialogue, and keep audiences actively involved throughout the session. It’s the ideal way to ensure that the audience’s voice is heard.

Incorporate engagement into your presentation in 3 easy steps.

  1. Create your Activities directly within PowerPoint.
    Choose from a variety of Activities like Multiple-Choice questions, Clickable Images, or Competitions.
  2. Insert the Activities throughout your presentation.
    Plant them between your slides to break up the monotony. Customize your activities to fit your audience and goals, then present as usual. When you reach a slide with a Poll Everywhere Activity, it will automatically activate, allowing your audience to respond in real-time using their smartphones or other devices. 
  3. Audience Responses Will Update in Real-Time
    Your audience's responses will instantly appear on the slide, creating a dynamic and engaging experience. It's the perfect way to turn a traditional presentation into an interactive conversation.

Whether you’re running a corporate training session, leading a classroom discussion, or presenting to stakeholders, Poll Everywhere elevates your content. It activates participation, fosters meaningful interaction, and allows you to pivot presentations based on live feedback—all with minimal setup. By combining PowerPoint’s robust presentation capabilities with Poll Everywhere’s interactive tools, you can transform your delivery into a memorable and impactful experience.

Set up for success

Poll Everywhere for Powerpoint requires Windows 10.

Find out the minimum hardware, software, and device requirements for optimal app performance.

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Poll Everywhere for Enterprise

Implement Poll Everywhere for PowerPoint across your organization and make every presentation an engaging dialogue.

Step 1
Approve processes and domains

Step 2
Install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8

Step 3
Install Visual Studio 2010 Office Runtime 4.0

Step 4
Install the Poll Everywhere MSI

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Get Started with Poll Everywhere for Windows PowerPoint

Add live audience engagement to your PowerPoint presentations with the Poll Everywhere app.