Audience Response Technology, Rented and Run for You

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

Audience response technology lets every person in a room answer on a handheld keypad and see the results on screen in seconds. The technology matters, but so does the person running it. Padgett Communications rents you the full system and a trained technician who sets it up, tests it, and manages it live, so you are never troubleshooting hardware in front of an audience. We have built our business on this one technology, and nothing else, since 1994: more than 30 years, 10,000+ events, and roughly 14,000 keypads in inventory.

The Technology Behind a Padgett Event

Every 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 or cellular, there is no app to install and nothing to compete for bandwidth. That is what makes the technology reliable in a packed room. Every system is built around the Padgett Plus keypad.

What the Technology Can Do

The same system supports a wide range of uses:

• 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 see the full technology behind our systems.

Technology Plus On-Site Expertise

Hardware is only half of what makes an event work. The other half is having someone who has run this technology 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 system 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 technology, 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 technology to do, and we will come back with a clear price.

Technology We’ve Put to Work

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 technology 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 technology 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 technology 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.

Is the technology current?
Yes. We maintain and update our inventory continuously, so every rental uses current, field-tested hardware and software.

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