LEESBURG, Va.
The National Conference Center has released its spring 2012 white paper, "Technology’s Secret Potential to Empower Participants and Make Meetings Better." In interviews with meeting industry technology gurus, including Corbin Ball—a fixture on this topic at industry conferences—the white paper explores how planners and trainers globally have implemented new technology into their programs to increase audience engagement.
According to Sarah Vining, marketing manager at The National Conference Center, in new audience response systems with open-ended polling and text messaging, results have included gathering common company themes/concerns through candid responses, increased employee morale at the meeting, increased participation, and the ability for attendees to leave the session with actionable intelligence. On average, only 5% of attendees are willing to stand up and ask a question.
As revealed in the white paper, this new technology demonstrates its potential to gather valuable feedback and give shy attendees a voice in the meeting space.
The entire white paper is available at http://bit.ly/TechnologyWP
