TurningPoint Audience Response System.TurningPoint Audience Response System, Other, 2006, Turning Technologies, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , $2920. How do you keep and hold an audience's attention? How do you obtain useful, meaningful feedback throughout a presentation? How do you engage an audience in a dynamic, interactive manner? A new product, TurningPoint, allows presenters to engage audiences and even find out what they are thinking from moment to moment. Real time information TurningPoint is a wireless Audience Response System (ARS) that integrates seamlessly with Microsoft PowerPoint. It allows presenters to solicit instant, specific feedback, giving audience members the chance to see what others around them are thinking. And, since the responses are anonymous, the systems can help organizations get more honest answers to tough questions or touchy issues than they would from, say, a simple show of hands a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands. See also: Show . But unlike a trainer who simply throws questions out to learners randomly to keep them on their toes, TurningPoint also has the capacity to organize and display the results of a question or poll immediately, giving the presenter real time information to work with. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Imagine, for example, a typical corporate training room. You see a whiteboard The electronic equivalent of chalk and blackboard, but between remote users. Whiteboard systems allow network participants to simultaneously view one or more users drawing on an on-screen blackboard or running an application. , computer, and DVD/VCR. Now imagine small boxes with keypads no bigger than a calculator's. The devices are connected wirelessly to a computer outfitted with software that automatically tabulates the results. During a presentation, the presenter asks a question, "On a scale of 1 to 7, how would you rate the effectiveness of our sales campaign Noun 1. sales campaign - an advertising campaign intended to promote sales ad blitz, ad campaign, advertising campaign - an organized program of advertisements sales campaign n → campaña de venta this year?" Learners punch their responses into the keypad A small keyboard or supplementary keyboard keys; for example, the keys on a calculator or the number/cursor cluster on a computer keyboard. See programmable keypad. . The computer processes the data and displays the results in a chart, table, or other graphic form for viewing. Powerful tool The TurningPoint system is remarkable. To be sure, it is a powerful tool that can be used in any venue, from business, education, government, and training seminars to town-meeting-type events, marketing focus groups, or any other situation where it is useful to take a group's collective pulse. Only after I used this innovative system in the classroom did I realize how flat and static PowerPoint truly is. If you think of slides as pictures hanging in an art museum, PowerPoint offers a quick, no-frills tour through the museum. In contrast, the TurningPoint system allows for a different experience: the slides come alive, interact with the audience, and actively engage them. In short, TurningPoint allows the presenter to paint an entirely different picture for the learner. As you can well imagine, this interactivity significantly changes the dynamic between the trainer and the learner. In fact, I feel certain that if you use the technology, you will never look at a PowerPoint presentation the same way again. Pricing and tech specs Many Transformers come with tech specs (short for technical specifications) printed on the back of the box that they are sold in. The owner of the new Transformer is encouraged to cut out the tech specs and save it. An open-ended license for TurningPoint costs $2,920 for 25 users or about $117 per user. The technical requirements are modest. TurningPoint 2006 is designed for use on a variety of PC hardware configurations. It is not necessary to have the latest processor or huge amounts of hard disk space available: * Intel or AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. 600 Mhz class processor (1 Ghz or higher recommended) * 256 MB RAM (256 MB or more of available RAM recommended) * 60 MB hard disk space * Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. 2000 SP4 or XP * Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. 2000, XP, or 2003 * Microsoft .NET See .NET. Framework 2.0 (requires additional 32 MB of hard disk space) * 800x600 @ 24bit color (1024x768 @ 32-bit color or higher recommended) * Standard USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 1.1 / 2.0 port for USB based hardware devices or USB-serial adapters * 9-pin serial port for use with serial-based hardware * Ethernet or 802.11 compatible wireless network card for vPad and vPad Presenter use Recommendation I highly recommend the TurningPoint system and the instructional potential of this innovative, superb technology. It is what training technology should be: easy to use and immediately beneficial. Review by George Hall George Hall may refer to: People
Product Ratings TurningPoint Audience Response System Interface *** 1/2 Ease of use *** 1/2 Production quality *** 1/2 Documentation *** 1/2 Value of Purpose *** Value for the money *** Overall rating *** 1/2 |
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