# What is “Live poll”?

A live poll is a question pushed to participants during a session with results visible in real time, answered in the app or by web link, and optionally shown on a big screen.

Also called: audience poll, real-time poll

SSociana team·19 Oct 2026·2 min read

## Live poll in detail

Polls turn a one-way presentation into a conversation. A live poll asks one question at a chosen moment, collects answers within seconds and displays the distribution as it forms. In Sociana an emcee or manager triggers the poll from their phone, participants answer in the app or through a public web link, and results can appear on a venue screen. Polls can be scoped to groups, so partners and employees can receive different questions in one room. Points for participation can be awarded, linking polls to the leaderboard. Typical uses are plenary opinion checks, feedback on a keynote, awards voting and quick audience profiling. Good questions are short, have few options and have a purpose the audience can see. Sociana runs polls on screen and in the app; there is no presentation-software add-in, so rehearse the switch between slides and screen. Report poll participation as unique eligible people.

## How Sociana uses it

Live polls sit in the polls, quizzes and feedback cluster, triggered by a manager, answered on app or web, and displayed on venue screens.

## Example

A partners meet ran plenary polls triggered from a phone and shown on the big screen.

[Read the case study: HCCB Partners Meet 2026](https://sociana.in/case-studies/hccb-partners-meet-2026/)

[Live polls & votingWhere this term lives in the Sociana app.See how it works](https://sociana.in/features/live-polls-and-voting/)

## Questions

Who triggers a live poll?

An organiser or an in-app Manager, from their phone, at the moment the session calls for it. In Sociana an emcee or manager triggers the poll from their phone, participants answer in the app or through a public web link, and results can appear on a venue screen.

Can different groups get different polls?

Yes. Polls can be scoped to groups, so partners and employees in the same room can receive different questions. A partners meet ran plenary polls triggered from a phone and shown on the big screen. Polls turn a one-way presentation into a conversation.

Do polls earn points?

They can. Participation points can be awarded for answering, feeding the unified leaderboard. Report poll participation as unique eligible people. Polls can be scoped to groups, so partners and employees can receive different questions in one room. Sociana runs polls on screen and in the app; there is no presentation-software add-in, so rehearse the switch between slides and screen.

## Keep reading

[Live polls & voting](https://sociana.in/features/live-polls-and-voting/)[Supplier, dealer & partner meets](https://sociana.in/event-types/dealer-and-partner-meets/)[Conferences & summits](https://sociana.in/event-types/conferences/)[Town halls & hybrid internal events](https://sociana.in/event-types/town-halls/)[No-login poll](https://sociana.in/glossary/no-login-poll/)[Live quiz](https://sociana.in/glossary/live-quiz/)[Word cloud](https://sociana.in/glossary/word-cloud/)[Trigger a live poll or quiz](https://sociana.in/help/organisers/trigger-a-live-poll-or-quiz/)

[Back to Glossary](https://sociana.in/glossary/)

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