Running a Q&A is one of the easiest (and most popular) way to make a webinar interactive.
The Q&A functionality allows you to answer questions in a structured way, where you can either answer in text or in the live video.
Show or hide Q&A questions
The questions in the Q&A are initially only visible to you as the host. You can then decide if you want to make them public, or answer them individually.
Note on visibility: Even if you decide to make a Q&A question visible for everyone (by pressing the eye icon) - only you as host will be able to see the name of the person asking it, making the Q&A great for webinars where anonymity between attendees is important.
Let attendees vote on Q&A questions
If you make a question visible, the attendees can vote on the question. And don't worry, the questions are still anonymous for other attendees.
You can also sort on the most popular questions in the top section of the Q&A - to find the most relevant ones on top.
How to run a webinar Q&A
Learn a bit more about how to run the Q&A here 👇
Or continue reading the guide below.
You can either run the Q&A:
(A) end of webinar: set a timeslot at the end of the webinar (5-10 mins)
(B) during the webinar: continuously pick up and ask relevant questions
The Q&A is a very flexible way of hosting a webinar, as you make the attendees do a lot of work - by asking relevant questions that makes the content interesting.
Q&A engagement tip 1
Have a slide indicating that the Q&A session is started. This makes it feel professional and structured.
Q&A engagement tip 2
Furthermore, do not hesitate to prepare 1 or a few of your own questions to kickstart the Q&A, or to bring up if there are any moments of silence.
Like poll answers, Q&A messages are by default only visible to hosts. Press the eye icon to reveal the Q&A message to the audience.
If you like to keep things more open and transparent - check out the chat, and activate it along side the Q&A or instead.