IVS®: Your Choice

What is IVS®? The Interactive Voting System (IVS®) is an interactive means of making presentations and improving communication in all types of groups. Each participant has a keypad. With the keys on the keypad, the participant can answer questions. The answers are directly saved, processed and displayed after the voting. In this way, the passive listener becomes an active participant, which allows him to take greater part in the speaker's presentation.

This presentation We will show you a number of applications for the IVS®. You will also discover the special possibilities of the IVS® such as: crossing, comparing and displaying the priority. This way you will get an impression of the possibilities of the IVS®. Have fun with this presentation.

Introduction Question The first question in an IVS presentation is usually an introduction question. Often it is a question about a current or funny topic. After the introduction question people are familair with the keypad.

Introduction Question Have you seen Elvis lately? 1) Yes 23,8 % 2) No 33,3 % 3) Who? 28,6 % 4) He just left the building 14,3 % vote now

Reference Question By asking a reference question the total group can be devided into groups with the same reference. In this next example the group is devided into "years of experience". Other examples are: - Age - Function - Geographic location - etc.

How many years of experience do you have in your current job? Reference Question How many years of experience do you have in your current job? 1) 0 – 1 year 24,0 % 2) 1 – 2 years 20,0 % 3) 2 – 5 years 20,0 % 4) 5 – 10 years 24,0 % 5) More than 10 years 12,0 % vote now

IVS® characteristics? Maximum attention The attention is detained longer because participants are directly involved with the presentation or lesson of the speaker Anonymous Because of the anonymity, giving a wrong answer is no longer threatening Results After closing the voting, the results are directly saved Simple preparation Everyone who has worked with Windows can make a list of questions for an IVS® presentation. Simple controls By using the mouse or the keyboard you can walk through a presentation and vote on the questions.

What was the colour of the left truck? Question What was the colour of the left truck? 1) blue 20,0 % 2) red 8,0 % 3) grey 20,0 % 4) green 36,0 % 5) white 16,0 % vote now

What was the colour of the left truck? Question And the correct answer is? What was the colour of the left truck? 1) blue 20,0 % 2) red 8,0 % 3) grey 20,0 % 4) green 36,0 % 5) white 16,0 %

Crossing with reference question A "Reference Question" was asked before. This question devides the audience in "years of experience in their job". For each next question you can see the overall result and the result for each group.

What was the colour of the left truck? Crossing with reference question Overall Result. Result per group. Result per individual group. What was the colour of the left truck? 1) blue 20,0 % 2) red 8,0 % 3) grey 20,0 % 4) green 36,0 % 5) white 16,0 %

Comparison By making a comparison you can compare two results with each other on one slide. With this comparison you can check if the audience has: - Understood the lecture - Changed their mind - Learned something

How many degrees Celsius is 274 kelvin? Comparison How many degrees Celsius is 274 kelvin? 1) 0 degrees celsius 24,0 % 2) 1 degree celsius 16,0 % 3)-8 degrees celsius 44,0 % 4) 12 degrees celsius 16,0 % vote now

Comparison Absolute zero is the point on the thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where the heat energy is at a minimum, that is, no more heat can be removed from the system.

Comparison After the explanation / discussion the question will be asked again

How many degrees Celsius is 274 kelvin? Comparison How many degrees Celsius is 274 kelvin? 1) 0 degrees celsius 16,0 % 2) 1 degree celsius 60,0 % 3)-8 degrees celsius 8,0 % 4) 12 degrees celsius 16,0 % vote now

Comparison Before After 24,0 % 16,0 % 16,0 % 60,0 % 44,0 % 8,0 %

Ranking By making a ranking the audience can make a Top-3 for themselves. The answer that received the most votes is diplayed at the top of the result diagram. The answer that received the least votes is displayed at the bottom. You can see at a single glance which answer received the most votes.

Ranking To enjoy your work more, what changes have to be made according to you? Choose your TOP-3 1) Better coffee 2) Increased salary 3) Reduction of working hours 4) Better info between departments 5) More informal meetings 6) improvement of fringe benefits 7) more information from management vote now

Ranking After making your own top-3 you will see the overall result of the group. It’s automatically displayed in ranking.

To enjoy your work more, what changes have to be made according to you? } top-3

Evaluation Evaluation forms are not necessary anymore. With IVS it's done quickly and easily. Besides the overall results the diagram shows also the average of all the votes.

Please give a rating (1 to 10) for the presentation? Evaluation Please give a rating (1 to 10) for the presentation? 1 = lowest score 10 = highest score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Average vote now

Info For more information about Interactive Voting System: Congress Engineering Opltd 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria Fr. Jolio Curie 20, office 704 tel:      (+359 2) 963 29 55 fax:     (+ 359 2) 816 44 66 mobile:(+359) 888 929 679   http://wap.congresseng.com www.congresseng.com