3 Ways to Make Your Online Meetings Engaging and Productive with Polls

Let’s dive into three simple ways to make your online meetings more interesting and get more done, using polls.

Polls are great because they let you quickly find out what everyone thinks, without putting anyone on the spot. They make it easy to see what the group’s thoughts are and save you from having to write everything down. This makes working together online smoother.

Here’s how you can use polls to make your meetings better:

1. Check if everyone understands: Make sure all are on the same page.
2. Find out where people disagree: See what issues need more discussion.
3. See what everyone agrees on: Identify common ground to move forward.

Imagine you’re leading a big meeting for a nonprofit. You need to decide on a complicated policy. First, you use a poll to ask about parts of the policy, mixing true and false statements. This shows where the confusion and misunderstanding lies without embarrassing anyone and helps you determine what you need to still explain If the policy is controversial, you can ask what might be wrong with the policy using another poll. This helps you see where people agree or disagree, so you can target the controversial aspects instead of reviewing everything

I hope these tips help you run better online meetings. If you like these ideas, please share them and look for more tips on our blog.