Every vote counted before the coffee cools.
Give each voter a ResponsePad. Put the motion on your slide and open the vote. The result is on screen the moment voting closes, and the report goes straight into the minutes.
Trusted by universities, airlines and global brands
Counting hands takes longer than the debate.
A show of hands is quick until it's close. Then someone counts, someone recounts and someone asks to see it again. Paper ballots fix the secrecy and add an hour.
Nobody votes freely in public
With a raised hand, everyone sees how you voted. Some members simply follow the room.
Close votes cause doubt
When the count is tight, people question it. A recount costs time and trust.
Paper takes the whole evening
Printing, handing out, collecting and counting ballots. The agenda waits while the tellers work.
What presenters report
Wherever members get a say
Annual general meetings
Vote on the annual report, the budget and every motion on the agenda.
Board elections
List the candidates as options and elect in one round.
Union meetings
Let members decide by secret ballot, counted in seconds.
Housing associations
Settle renovations, fees and house rules with a clear result.
Cooperatives
Give every member one clicker and one equal voice.
Professional bodies
Run member votes and policy decisions at your annual congress.
Clubs and societies
Decide on fees, events and new members without a single paper slip.
Setting priorities
Let members rank the initiatives they want you to work on next.
Four moments that change the meeting
Vote on the motion
Open the vote and close it when everyone has pressed. The result is on screen at once, so the chair can move to the next item.
- Weighted votes for shareholder meetings: add a Voting Weight column to the participant list, and a member with 80 shares counts as 80 in the result.
- The Shareholder Meeting Report lists every participant, their vote and their voting weight, and shows whether each vote was cast or assigned automatically.
Set the priorities
Let members weigh initiatives against each other with a priority question. You leave with a clear order instead of a long wish list.
Liven up the dinner
Turn the annual dinner into a member quiz with tables as teams. The leaderboard does the rest, no speeches needed.
Write the minutes
Every vote is saved with the number of votes cast and the result. Export the report to Excel or PDF and attach it to the minutes.
Built to do one thing well
No screen, no apps, no notifications. Just ten keys and a light that tells each person their answer is in. That is why the room stays with you.
One press
Keys A to J. Answer in a second, then look up again.
Instant confirmation
The status light blinks green when the answer is received.
No setup
No pairing, no syncing, no app, no log-in. Hand out and go.
No Wi-Fi needed
Its own radio link to the receiver, up to 100 meters away.
Batteries for years
A coin cell lasts about three years in normal use.
Room for everyone
Up to 2,000 people in one session.
Kits ship in a padded carry case. Hand them out, collect them, done.
Get a quote →You decide who votes
Hand out one ResponsePad per voter at registration, so only members in the room can vote. Run votes anonymously, or named when your rules require a record of who voted how.
Trusted in lecture halls, boardrooms and conference halls
So far we've used the charts and graphs in presentation meetings to build the story around team engagement and particular areas of interest. … the OMBEA data has made it much simpler to get buy-in from around the business.
The voting couldn't have gone any better, it was exactly what we were looking for.
OMBEA Response gives me real-time feedback on how my audience is listening to and learning from my presentation. An astoundingly simple and powerful tool!
It was great. It's such a useful conference tool because when you're talking you know for sure whether or not you're hitting the right notes and you can adjust accordingly.
The OMBEA system is a fantastic tool in our inventory. Enabling exciting interaction, instant feedback to the presenter, and rich data from the class, OMBEA immediately enhances the learning experience for participants on both sides of the lecturn. Swift to deploy, simple yet powerful; I will be using OMBEA for all of my training presentations in future!
OMBEA couldn't have been easier to set up. Everything was so simple to use. The students really enjoyed using it and it's often quoted in their feedback to us as being an enjoyable part of the day!
The delegates like the interactivity and the speed with which their marks come back to them. The admin time saved alone makes OMBEA an amazing investment as all the data is in Excel and can be merged and reviewed instantly!
The students responded very positively to the OMBEA system. Mixing the clickers and apps made it very flexible and they found it easy to use. From a lecturer's point of view, it made lectures more interesting and it is much easier to use than our existing response technology.
OMBEA is proving a great asset to the delivery of our staff development activities. We have been able to use it for staff focus groups, induction events and team away days. It is very easy to use and set up and so far people have been interested and excited to use it. It increases interactivity in a session and the instant results mean that the sessions are very open. Using OMBEA encourages discussion and engagement. The feedback has been great!
OMBEA cut straight through those language barriers and had the room on the edge of their seats!
We chose OMBEA because they were excellent across a combination of important factors. They had user-friendly software, good quality hardware, and a refreshing approach to post-sales support. Their attention to support has been brilliant.
OMBEA makes everything so much more interactive and the delegates keep telling us how much they enjoy it. The support we get from the team is great and we love having them at our conferences!
Ombea is easy to manage and grows alongside your business.
OMBEA has been a great maths resource but also a useful cross-curricular too with a maths link in mind. It's also great for feedback in line with the 1/2/3 system we have in place to encourage self assessment and to identify and address any particular misconceptions. It's fantastic for data handling and compiling data to use with the class. Overall it's a great piece of kit and I love that we can tailor it so easily!
In some of my courses I might have up to 350 students. It can be tough to get them all to join in, but participation is vital for learning. OMBEA's clickers provide a great solution for this. Using OMBEA's systems, students effectively learn from one another, and their learning has benefited enormously as a result.
OMBEA's instant class results save time and give the students the opportunity to pursue their own development and performance.
I now test the class on a continuous basis, rather than having two exams for each learning module. And there's no extra marking to do, either.
We get access to valuable information that we can use. OMBEA is also greatly appreciated by the participants who think it's a fun and rewarding element of the day.
Good questions
Can the votes be anonymous?
Yes. In anonymous mode nobody, not even the chair, can link a vote to a person. You can also run votes named when you need to know who voted how.
How do we make sure only members vote?
Each voter gets one ResponsePad, so you control exactly who votes. Hand them out when members sign in and collect them at the door.
Can we run an election between several candidates?
Yes. Add the candidates as answer options on a multiple choice slide. Everyone picks one, and the result shows the moment voting closes.
Does the venue need Wi-Fi?
No. ResponsePads talk to a USB receiver over their own radio link, up to 100 meters away. It works in a town hall, a hotel or a club house basement.
How many voters can take part?
Up to 2,000 in one session. ResponsePads are yours to keep, with no subscription. Ask us about discounts.
Ready when you are
Tell us how many people you present to. We suggest a kit and send a quote.