Break the monotony of a one-way communication using polls. Also, poll results offer insights that you can put into content, relationship building and bring into product development. It can also be used to understand what to focus on (or not to) during the webinar.
A best practice for webinar polls is to begin with an instruction, then launch the poll and finally discuss the result. Instruct (either by launching the poll after you have talked about a subject, making sure each attendee has the understanding of what the poll is all about. Or build a standalone slide making it possible to know how to participate even without hearing the presenter. Launch, at this stage it is important to wait a while for answers to come in, once results have started to show, start discussing it.
Launching a Univid poll
Head over to the right menu. Press the polls. You can create polls ahead of time. Once created, press Launch to make the poll appear as a popup. The popup can be closed locally and is available from the polls section within the menu to the right.
By default, poll results are only visible to hosts. Press 'Reveal answers' to viewers to make it appear for participants.