Slides, polls, and feedback for public speakers
Send your deck the moment people ask, read the room with a live poll or word cloud, and get a rating for every talk.
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- SLIDES
- Thanks for coming! Here’s today’s deck. Before you go, how would you rate the talk from 1 to 5?
- 5
- Thank you! Anything you’d like more of next time?
The talk goes well. Everything around it is a scramble.
Everyone wants the slides
Half the room photographs your last slide, and the rest ask the organizer, who forwards the request to you a week later.
Feedback arrives late, if at all
The event’s survey goes out days after, to an inbox nobody checks, and you rarely see the results.
You can’t see the room you’re in
You prepared for the audience the organizer described. You find out who’s really there at Q&A, when it’s too late to adjust.
How speakers use Textiful
Promise the deck, so phones go down
If the room doesn’t know they’ll get the slides, most of them spend your talk photographing the screen and half listening. Say in the first minute that the deck is coming, and they put their phones away and take it in. At the end, the deck arrives on their phone or in their inbox during the Q&A.
- SLIDES
- Thanks for coming! Here’s today’s deck: [link]
- Want the bonus reading list too? Reply with your email.
Read the room in the first five minutes
Open with a live poll and the votes build on the big screen as they arrive. If most of the room picks C, spend longer on C. The audience sees their answer shape the talk.
- Which of these is the biggest problem on your team? Reply A, B, or C.
- C
- Thanks! Watch the screen.
Take the pulse with a word cloud
A poll only offers the answers you wrote. A word cloud lets the room answer in its own words, and the most common ones grow largest on screen. It makes a strong opening and gives you something to riff on live.
- In a word or two, what comes to mind when you hear “AI at work”?
- Nervous
- Thanks! Look up at the screen.
A rating for every talk
Attendees rate the talk 1 to 5 and add a comment while they’re still in their seats. Every session gets its own report for your speaker kit, and for the organizer who usually has to chase you for it.
- RATE
- How would you rate this session, from 1 to 5?
- 5
- Thank you! Anything we should know?
The features public speakers use most
- Handouts
Upload your slides, guide, or recording once. Textiful sends it by text or email the moment someone finishes, and tracks every download.
- Live polls
Ask a question, let the room vote by text, and project the results as they come in. Countdown, winner banner, and confetti included.
- Word clouds
Ask an open question and people text a word or two. Their answers build a word cloud on screen as they arrive, with a built-in filter for anything you wouldn’t want projected.
- Session feedback
Attendees rate a session from 1 to 5 or 1 to 10 and add a comment. One keyword can cover a whole event, and every session gets its own report.
Ready before your next talk
- 1
Upload the deck
Add the PDF to Handouts once and start from the “Send my slide deck” template.
- 2
Put it on the last slide
A free QR code for the people up front and a keyword like SLIDES on 33777 for the back of a big room, side by side. One keyword is included on your plan.
- 3
Say it out loud
Mention it at the start so phones go down. Before Q&A, walk them through it: scan the code, or open a new text, type 33777, and send SLIDES. The stage ask has the script.
Before and after
| The usual way | With Textiful | |
|---|---|---|
| The slides | A link sent to the organizer a week later | On their phone during the Q&A |
| During the talk | Phones up, photographing slides | Phones down, because the deck is coming |
| Feedback | The event’s survey, days later, if it’s shared | A rating and comment per talk, in the room |
| The organizer | Chasing you for the deck and the numbers | A deck already delivered and a report to share |
| Who wanted more | Unknown | A list of everyone who asked for the deck |
Who it’s for
Keynote and motivational speakers, breakout presenters, faith speakers, and anyone who gives talks for a living in the US. Speakers who sell a book or find clients from the stage have their own pages: authors, coaches, and consultants.
Who should skip it
Speakers whose audiences are mostly outside the US, since 33777 and 55444 work with US carriers only. If you speak twice a year to rooms of fifteen, emailing the deck yourself may be enough.
Solutions for public speakers
How to get audience emails after a keynote
To get audience emails after a keynote, give the room one concrete instruction from the stage: text a keyword to 33777 or scan the QR code on your slide to get something you promised. Textiful asks for their email by text, sends what you offered, and adds them to Mailchimp, Kit, or ActiveCampaign.
ReadHow to put a QR code in your book
To put a QR code in your book, place it in the back matter next to a specific offer, such as a bonus chapter or a reading guide, with a keyword printed beside it. A Textiful QR code opens a text to 33777 or 55444; the reader gives an email, gets the bonus, and joins your list. You can change the flow behind it without reprinting, and it works for as long as your Textiful account is active.
ReadHow to run a live poll in a webinar by text
To run a live poll in a webinar by text, put a QR code and a keyword on a slide. Viewers scan it with the phone next to their laptop or text the keyword to 33777, then reply with a letter. Textiful counts the votes on a results page you screen-share, and the next step can ask for an email so every voter joins your list.
ReadHow to run a live poll without an app download
To run a live poll without an app download, have the audience vote by text: they text your keyword to 33777 or scan a QR code, then reply with a letter. Textiful counts the votes, forgives one-letter typos, and shows live results on a public page you can project.
ReadHow to send slides to your audience after a presentation
The cleanest way to send slides to your audience after a presentation is to tell them at the start that they'll get the deck, then end with one instruction: scan this QR code or text DEMO to 55444. Textiful asks for their email and sends the deck as a tracked download link the moment they finish, and the address lands in Mailchimp, Kit, or ActiveCampaign.
ReadQuestions people ask
Upload the deck to Textiful once as a handout, and put a QR code and a keyword like SLIDES on your last slide. Anyone who scans or texts gets the deck by text or email within seconds, during the Q&A instead of a week later.
Add a session feedback flow: people text a keyword and rate the talk 1 to 5 or 1 to 10, then add a comment. Every session gets its own report, which you can share with the organizer or use in your speaker kit.
No. The deck can go out by text with no questions asked. Most speakers ask for an email anyway, because the deck arrives at the inbox they'll read later and the person joins your list, but it's your choice.
A keyword is unique on its short code, so if someone else has it on 33777 it may still be free on 55444. You can also add your name or the event to it, like SLIDESJANE.
Each person who starts your flow is one conversation, however many questions they answer. Plans start at $19/month, and extra conversations are added at $15 per 100 so nobody gets cut off mid-talk.
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Text-to-join is a way to sign up by text: a person texts a keyword to a short code, or scans a QR code that opens a pre-filled text, and answers a question or two to join a list, get a download, or register for something.
ReadCapture flow
A capture flow is a short, automated text conversation that starts when someone texts a keyword or scans a QR code. It asks for their details one question at a time, delivers what was promised, and sends the contact on to other tools. Capture flow is Textiful's name for this; it's also called a text-to-join flow.
ReadQR code to SMS
A QR code to SMS is a QR code that, when scanned, opens the phone's texting app with the recipient number and message already filled in, so the person only has to tap send. It turns a camera scan into a text without typing a number or keyword.
ReadBuild your reader list at readings, signings, and talks
Authors speak at readings, signings, festivals, and on podcasts to sell books, but the sale ends at the register and the reader goes home anonymous. Offer a free chapter or a bonus by text instead: readers scan a QR code or text a keyword, give their email, and join the list you'll launch your next book to.
ReadUse public speaking to grow your coaching business
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ReadWin consulting work from your talks and workshops
Consultants and trainers speak at conferences, sit on panels, and run client workshops to show what they know. To turn that into work, collect each attendee's email, company, and role by text in exchange for the framework or workbook, send the contact to your CRM, and get notified when someone worth calling signs up.
ReadReady for your next event?
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