Audience Engagement System Rental, Run for You

Rent an audience engagement system and a technician who runs it, so your room answers, votes, competes, and stays with you from the first slide to the last.

An audience engagement system turns a passive room into an active one. Instead of talking at people who half-listen, you ask a question, everyone answers on a handheld keypad, and the results appear on screen in seconds. Padgett Communications rents you the full system and the person who runs it. A trained technician sets it up, tests it, and manages the interaction live, so you focus on your content while the room stays engaged.

We have focused on audience response and engagement, and nothing else, since 1994: more than 30 years, 10,000+ events, and roughly 14,000 keypads in inventory, so we can engage an audience of almost any size and still bring backups.

What an Audience Engagement System Does

The same system does far more than a single poll. Rent one to:

• Poll the room and show live results to spark discussion
• Test knowledge and measure retention during training
• Run anonymous votes for candid feedback on sensitive topics
• Hold secure elections and association ballots
• Add game-show competition that keeps energy high

Whatever the use, the engagement is instant and the data is yours to keep. Learn more about how audience response systems work.

How It Works

Each participant holds a wireless keypad. A question appears on screen, they press a key, and their response travels over a secure, dedicated radio channel to a base station connected to the presenter’s computer. The software tallies answers instantly and charts them live or stores them for reporting. Because it runs on dedicated RF rather than venue Wi-Fi, there is no app to install and nothing to drop mid-session. Every system is built around the Padgett Plus keypad.

Engaging, and Fully Staffed

The technology is only half of what keeps a room engaged. The other half is having someone who has run these sessions thousands of times in the room with you. Every Padgett rental includes full on-site management:

• Pre-event planning to match the setup to your program
• Testing every keypad and connection before the doors open
• A technician on site to run the engagement live
• Live on-screen results plus a stored record for reporting
• Backup keypads and receivers, standard on every event

What It Costs to Rent

Pricing depends on how many participants you need to equip, how many days you need the system, and how much on-site support your event calls for. Because every event is different, we quote each one individually and itemize it, so you see exactly what you are paying for with no hidden costs. Tell us your date, your headcount, and what you want the engagement to do, and we will come back with a clear price.

Engagement We’ve Run

A Fortune 500 technology company’s annual meeting

For a large technology company’s annual gathering, we ran an upbeat, game-show-style trivia session over lunch, mixing music and friendly internal competition with real learning objectives. Questions reinforced the material from the morning’s sessions and gathered targeted feedback, all while the room was having fun. It became something attendees look forward to each year, with prizes and team rivalries that carry from one event to the next, and it turned the downtime between lectures into time that actually reinforced what people were there to learn.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to run the system myself?
No. Every Padgett rental includes a technician who runs the engagement session for you on site. You are never left to operate it alone.

How many people can the system handle?
We hold roughly 14,000 keypads and regularly engage audiences from a few dozen to several thousand. Tell us your headcount and we will scale to it.

Do the keypads need Wi-Fi or an app?
No. They run on a secure, dedicated radio channel, so there is nothing to install and nothing that depends on venue internet.

Can the same system do polling, voting, and games?
Yes. One system handles live polling, secure elections, knowledge testing, and interactive games, all configured for your event.

Where do you provide audience engagement systems?
Across the United States and internationally. We travel to your event.