RSVP software can identify keypads that sent no reply. No napping will be tolerated during your next conference if Rick Baker is involved. At conferences served by Baker's Plymouth Meeting firm, Meridia Interactive Information Services, participants will be expected to, well, participate. And they will be able to participate more effectively, thanks to the conferencing system that Meridia supplies. Using wireless keypads the size of a paperback, conference-goers can voice opinions and ask or answer questions.
Computers tabulate and display the results.
By adding this element, you can get immediate feedback. Each keypad contains a two-way radio that sends a signal to antennas placed around a room. Responses are tallied in a computer, specially built by Meridia, with a radio receiver plugged into its serial port. Software then compiles the data, converts it to a graph, chart or numeric form, and displays it on a screen. He used the system during a session involving employee benefits at the Convention Center, at which 300 people participated.