Audience Response Solution, Rented and Run for You

Rent a complete audience response solution and a technician who runs it, so your polls, votes, and results work the first time in front of a live room.

An audience response solution is more than a box of keypads. It is the hardware, the software, and the person who makes it all work in front of a live audience. Padgett Communications rents you the full package and a trained technician who sets it up, tests it, and runs it on site, so you are never troubleshooting equipment during your event. We have built our business on this one solution, and nothing else, since 1994: more than 30 years, 10,000+ events, and roughly 14,000 keypads in inventory.

Whether you need to poll a conference, train a sales team, run a board election, or add a competitive game, the same solution scales to fit, and the same team runs it for you.

A Complete, Staffed Solution

Every Padgett rental is an end-to-end solution, not just equipment:

• Wireless keypads for every participant, tested before the doors open
• A base station and software, configured for your program and rules
• A trained technician on site to run the system live
• Live on-screen results plus a stored record for reporting
• Backup keypads and receivers, standard on every event

The hardware is only half of the solution. The other half is having someone who has run it thousands of times in the room with you. See our on-site management approach.

What the Solution Can Do

One solution covers a wide range of needs:

• Live polling with results charted on screen
• Knowledge testing and retention measurement in training
• Anonymous voting for candid feedback
• Secure elections and association ballots
• Interactive games and competition

Learn more about how audience response systems work, or explore our audience engagement system options.

How the Solution Works

Each participant holds a wireless keypad. A question appears on screen, they press a key, and the response travels over a secure, dedicated radio channel to a base station connected to the presenter’s computer. The software tallies the 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 solution is built around the Padgett Plus keypad.

What It Costs to Rent

Pricing depends on how many participants you need to equip, how many days you need the solution, 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 solution to do, and we will come back with a clear price.

Solutions We’ve Delivered

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 solution myself?
No. Every Padgett rental includes a technician who runs the system for you on site. You are never left to operate it alone.

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

Does the solution need Wi-Fi or an app?
No. It runs on a secure, dedicated radio channel, so there is nothing to install and nothing that depends on venue internet.

Can one solution do polling, voting, and games?
Yes. The same solution handles live polling, secure elections, knowledge testing, and interactive games, all configured for your event.

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