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Training providers

Engage any room. No Wi-Fi needed. 

Pack a case of ResponsePads and plug the receiver into your laptop. Every participant answers from the first slide, whatever the venue. You leave with reports that show what the group learned.

What should you do first with an angry caller?

A. Offer a refund

B. Listen fully

C. Transfer the call

D. Explain the policy

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ResponsePad clicker

Trusted by universities, airlines and global brands

Participants on a training course
The problem

Your course depends on someone else's Wi-Fi

The hotel conference room promised fast Wi-Fi. The password is on a card nobody can find, and the network gives up at six devices. Meanwhile, a room of strangers waits for your course to start.

01

A new network every week

Each client site has its own Wi-Fi, firewall and guest rules. A tool that needs all three is a gamble.

02

A room of strangers

Participants don't know you or each other. The first hour goes to warming up instead of learning.

03

Clients want proof

An evaluation form shows people liked the day. It doesn't show what they learned.

The difference

What presenters report

94%more engagement
82%more participation
91%more active thinking
85%more learning
Use cases

Wherever you deliver training

On-site client courses

Bring the kit, plug in and start, whatever the venue's network.

Open courses

Get a room of strangers answering from the first slide.

Compliance training

Knowledge checks with correct answers and a record per participant.

Leadership programs

Anonymous questions that get honest answers on sensitive topics.

Sales training

Team quizzes that keep product knowledge sharp and competitive.

Workshops and facilitation

Let the group rank the options and see where it agrees.

Group coaching

See where each person stands before and after the session.

Conferences and keynotes

Up to 2,000 people answering at once, with no network needed.

In your courses

Four moments that make a course stick

Break the ice fast

Open with a question everyone answers in seconds. Strangers see the room's results and start talking.

What should you do first with an angry caller?

A. Offer a refund

B. Listen fully

C. Transfer the call

D. Explain the policy

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Make it memorable

Split the group into teams and run a quiz with a live leaderboard. People remember the course they competed in.

Course leaderboard
Pos.TeamPoints
1The Escalators153
2Hold Music134
3Table Four121
4Calm Callers98

Teach the group you have

Split any answer by role or team. Adjust the afternoon to the people in front of you.

How confident are you handling complaints?
702191Very301242Fairly16Not very2530Not at allNew startersTeam leads

Prove it to the client

Ask the same questions at the start and the end, and every answer is saved per participant. Send the client a report that shows what people learned.

Agenda

Why calls escalate

Calming the caller

Team quiz

Participant report
Question Report
What should you do first with an angry caller?Responses: 24 · Correct: 61%
Which phrase calms a caller down?Responses: 24 · Correct: 75%
When should you escalate a call?Responses: 23 · Correct: 70%
The ResponsePad

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.

ResponsePad clicker, front
  • 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.

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Charge for a better course

An interactive course with measurable results is worth more than a day of slides. The clickers are yours: buy once, no subscription, no rentals.

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What customers say

Trusted in lecture halls, boardrooms and conference halls

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.
Fredrik NillenstedtPartner, Drive Management
Ombea is easy to manage and grows alongside your business.
Rebecca MillerDirector, Proactive Gas Safety Ltd.
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.
Mark ReynoldsEducation Sales Manager, Microsoft UK60 education advisers
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!
Sam WoodwardCustomer Education Leader, Lutron
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.
Simon LeiblingHead of Programme Delivery, Camelot Group160 managers, about 120 votes per question
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!
Sara MeakinProject Lead, Skills Lab, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
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!
Alison MoseleyClinical Skills, Russells Hall Hospital (NHS)IV and haematology training
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.
Dr Richard JoinerSenior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Bath140 students
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!
Dawn TomlinOrganisational Development & Learning Co-ordinator, University of the Arts London
OMBEA cut straight through those language barriers and had the room on the edge of their seats!
Maria WillmottConference technician, Global Summit of Women1,240 delegates from 82 countries
The voting couldn't have gone any better, it was exactly what we were looking for.
Paul SimpsonProfessional Development Director, Independent Schools' Bursars Association120 delegates, then 400 ResponsePads
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.
Peter RenwickPartner and Co-Owner, Willows Veterinary Centre
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!
Izzy BehdjetConference Coordinator, Global Insight Conferences
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!
Claire ConstantopoulosHead Teacher, sharing words from one of her Year 3 teachers, William Barcroft Junior School
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.
Håkan KullvenRoyal Institute of Technology (KTH)
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!
Gunnar AnderssonSenior Advisor, Folksam
OMBEA's instant class results save time and give the students the opportunity to pursue their own development and performance.
Lisbeth ZeilothTeacher, Åva gymnasium, Täby
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.
Jan-Erik KantolaTeacher, Rudbeck School, Sollentuna

Good questions

Do the clickers need the venue's Wi-Fi?

No. ResponsePads use their own radio link to the USB ResponseLink receiver, up to 100 meters. Plug it into your laptop and you're ready, whatever the venue's network.

How fast can I set up at a client site?

Install the free PowerPoint add-in once on your laptop. On site, plug in the receiver and hand out the clickers. There is no pairing, no app and no log-in.

Can I show the client what participants learned?

Yes. Use named mode and correct answers, and every answer is saved per participant. Run the same questions before and after to compare, then export the reports to Excel or PDF.

How many clickers should I buy?

One per participant in your largest group, plus a few spares. We offer different kinds of discounts. The battery lasts about three years, so the case is always ready to go.

What if I don't present in PowerPoint?

OMBEA Response 360 works next to any presentation tool, including Keynote, web and video. It runs on Windows and Mac.

Ready when you are

Tell us how many people you present to. We suggest a kit and send a quote.