Education Business challenge Often during presentations, audiences lose concentration or hesitate to ask questions. How could Learn Forward help speakers engage with audiences more effectively? Transformation With IBM® LinuxONE™ as their platform of choice, Learn Forward’s Hypersay takes PowerPoint presentations to the next level through digital audience interactions such as quizzes and real-time feedback. “The security offered by LinuxONE is key. Our customers can feel confident that their data is safe at all times.” —Cristian Dinu, Co-founder and Technical Leader, Learn Forward Business benefits Enables real-time audience feedback, helping further improve presentations Boosts audience engagement, encouraging effective learning and knowledge transfer Empowers audience members to ask questions, ensuring no one gets left behind Learn Forward Transforming presentations into conversations, to connect, engage and empower speakers and audiences Solution components IBM® LinuxONE™ Ubuntu 16.04 Client Name Learn Forward Company Background Founded in 2015, Learn Forward is a London-based startup set up to bring digital educational content to teachers. The company has developed the technology to power a new generation of digital textbooks, which students in three European countries use daily. In 2017, it launched Hypersay, a new tool for teachers, lecturers, and conference speakers to enhance PowerPoint files and engage audiences using real-time interactions. Hypersay’s 10,000+ users come from a wide range of schools, colleges and higher-ed institutions in more than 100 countries, including: Eton College, University College London, University of Bolton, University of Cambridge, University of Southern Mississippi, and more. Business challenge Often during presentations, audiences lose concentration or hesitate to ask questions. How could Learn Forward help speakers engage with audiences more effectively? Transformation With IBM LinuxONE as their platform of choice, Learn Forward’s Hypersay takes PowerPoint presentations to the next level through digital audience interactions such as quizzes and real-time feedback. Results From the classroom to the boardroom, presenters and audiences are empowered and engaged with Hypersay—underpinned by the security, reliability, and scalability of IBM LinuxONE. Pull Quote “The security offered by LinuxONE is key. Our customers can feel confident that their data is safe at all times.” —Cristian Dinu, Co-founder and Technical Leader, Learn Forward Case study Link https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=LUC12354USEN& Founded in 2015, Learn Forward is a London-based startup set up to bring digital educational content to teachers. The company has developed the technology to power a new generation of digital textbooks, which students in three European countries use daily. In 2017, it launched Hypersay, a new tool for teachers, lecturers, and conference speakers to enhance PowerPoint files and engage audiences using real-time interactions. Hypersay users come from a wide range of schools, colleges, and higher-ed institutions in over 100 countries. Share this LUP12393-USEN-00