3 FREE Tools to Create ENGAGING Presentations!
About this video
Jeff Su shares three free interactive tools to hold audience attention during presentations, structured to hook at the start, engage throughout, and test at the end. First, Mentimeter for opening polls: as presenter you build slides with polls, quizzes, and static content slides, including a multiple-choice mood poll, a word cloud poll, and a quiz with an auto-generated leaderboard. Audience members join via menti.com with a code or by scanning a QR code brought up in presentation mode with the I hotkey, and he says he varies the same three question types at the start of his presentations. Second, Slido, which he uses mainly for audience Q&A rather than its live polls: attendees scan a QR code (which can be placed on every slide) or enter the event code, ask questions anonymously, upvote others’ questions, and withdraw their own, while the presenter can reply in writing, star or highlight, and mark questions answered. He cites research that attention spans max out at 10 minutes and suggests reviewing Q&A every 7 to 8 minutes. Third, Kahoot for a closing quiz with multiple-choice, true/false, and content slides, configurable time limits and points, played in classic player-vs-player mode via QR code or game PIN. He recommends announcing a small prize for the top three players at the start, and notes a free Kahoot account requires signing up as educator or student and is limited to 20 players.
Key takeaways
- Open with Mentimeter polls, a word cloud, and a quiz with leaderboard to hook the audience; attendees join at menti.com with a code or QR code shown with the I hotkey.
- Use Slido primarily for anonymous audience Q&A so people can ask without fear of looking stupid, upvote questions, and submit them throughout without interrupting.
- Place the Slido QR code on every slide and check Q&A every 7 to 8 minutes, since attention during presentations is cited as maxing out at 10 minutes.
- Close with a Kahoot quiz to test attention, using multiple-choice and true/false questions in classic mode via QR code or game PIN.
- Announce a small prize for the top three Kahoot players at the beginning; note the free Kahoot account requires educator/student signup and caps games at 20 players.
Episode details: published January 11, 2022 · 7:05 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Jeff Su’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.
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