You can easily run an online workshop in five simple steps. Define a concrete outcome, Build an agenda, Open with an icebreaker, Use interactive slides throughout, and Close by assigning tasks and agreeing your next steps.

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A workshop agenda should state the outcome, then break the time into blocks of no more than 20 minutes, each with a named activity and an owner.

A helpful tip: Build the agenda into your slides so timings are visible, and use a countdown timer to hold each block.

Techniques that let people contribute simultaneously and independently work best online, because they remove the turn-taking bottleneck of a video call. Brainstorming, Silent idea generation and Temperature checks can all work with Mentimeter slides, and Rose-Thorn-Bud and Start-Stop-Continue work well for retrospectives.

Miro and Mural are infinite-canvas whiteboards for visual mapping and asynchronous work. SessionLab is agenda design software to help plan sessions, while Zoom and Teams carry the video and audio.

Mentimeter facilitates interactive participation with existing slide decks. Attendees join by QR code with no account, respond anonymously from their phones, and see results in real time. Most facilitators pair Mentimeter with a video call, rather than choosing between them.

Yes. Mentimeter works the same way in a room, online or across both, because participants always respond from their own phone rather than a shared board. Simply display the QR code on screen and share the join link in the video call chat.

There is no practical limit on participants in a live Mentimeter workshop. This makes it a great choice for team sessions, training, and events and conferences alike, because attendees join from their own devices rather than sharing one canvas. The Free plan covers up to 50 participants per month. Basic, Pro and Enterprise plans include unlimited participants every month.

No. Participants join a Mentimeter workshop from any browser by scanning a QR code or entering the join code at menti.com. No app install, no sign-up, no software required. Only the person running the workshop needs a Mentimeter account.

Yes. Responses are saved automatically and can be exported to Excel for analysis, or as PDF and image files of each slide with its charts and Word Clouds intact, useful for writing up the session or sharing outcomes with people who could not attend. Export is available on the Basic plan and above; on the Free plan results remain viewable in your account but cannot be downloaded.