Andrew Hollo is the Principal Consultant at Workwell Consulting in Australia and a proficient Mentimeter user. Andrew uses Mentimeter to help conduct interactive strategy and leadership workshops for government agencies and nonprofits. We spoke to him about how he uses Mentimeter to create innovative workshops, the incredible results that he is able to achieve, and how Mentimeter has helped support his work.

Helping facilitators do more

Workshops on strategy and leadership are important for many organizations, but it can be difficult to collect the right information from participants and get the full picture. Before using Mentimeter, Andrew found that he relied on in-person questioning and group discussions in order to collect responses. He would then gather selective feedback from a larger group, some of which he would record.

While this method may be effective in its own way, it is not time efficient and requires an incredible amount of time and effort on the part of the facilitator. Furthermore, the amount of extra work this creates would undoubtedly mean that time is taken away from more important duties. By conducting workshops in this manner Andrew noted that they were highly prone to omissions, and selective bias, and favored extroverts and those who are more confident articulating their ideas.

Improving each and every workshop

This is by no means a unique problem, and something experienced by many management consultants and others who lead workshops. Oftentimes they find that those more comfortable speaking up in front of a group tend to dominate the discussion while introverts and those more averse to speaking in public fade into the background.

As a result, some of the best ideas and some vital points of view can be left unsaid simply due to the structure of the meeting during which they can be raised. Andrew, however, found that by using Mentimeter he was easily able to create better, more inclusive workshops;