How it Works:

MeetingSift is an easy to use collaboration platform that helps meeting hosts better facilitate group processes in in-room and remote meetings of all sizes.

Plan and run meetings in four easy steps:

Build Meeting Agenda
Combine interactive group activities and slides.
Invite Participants
Via email or meeting code.
Host Meeting
Guide the meeting by following the agenda step by step.
Receive Report
Share outcomes with stakeholders.

MeetingSift helps you facilitate interactive group activities

Build meeting agendas by combining interactive group activities with presentation slides.

BRAINSTORM IDEAS & FEEDBACK

POLL OPINIONS & DECISIONS

RANK LISTS & PRIORITIZE ITEMS

EVALUATE & COMPARE OPTIONS

CALCULATE NUMERICAL REPORTS

MODERATE Q&A SESSIONS

Other product features that make your meetings great

Slide Integration

Create text, image, and video slides in MeetingSift, or import slides from other presentation platforms like PowerPoint and Keynote.

Live Visualizations

Focus the discussion and inform participants by displaying real-time graphs and summaries of group activities and collaborations.

Time Tracking

Stay on time by tracking overall meeting time, as well as the time spent on individual agenda items and group activities.

Meeting Minutes

Have one, or more, note takers easily capture meeting minutes and collaboratively record the outcomes of the meeting.

Task Assignments

Easily build a list of tasks assigned to team members during the meeting, making sure all action items are recorded for follow up.

Instant Reports

Receive a summary of meeting participant contributions, decisions, minutes, and task assigned, ready for sharing after the meeting.

Customer reported results with MeetingSift

100% Engagement

10 X More Feedback

20% Time Saved

“How to engage every participant ? How to leverage collective intelligence ? Meetingsift provides us a fantastic answer to these key requirements during events.”

Roselyne L.Director – L’Oreal

“This is like running meetings on steroids. More engagement, better feedback, instant polling of opinions or to make decisions and more.”

Matt HeinzPresident – Heinz Marketing

“MeetingSift was a lifesaver in our training in Hong Kong recently. The group of young managers were very shy to speak up. They were laughing and really engaged with the MeetingSift screen as replies came in.”

Marie R. MiyashiroPresident & Chief Facilitation Officer – Elucity Network

“MeetingSift saved us probably 90 minutes over the 9ish hours of agenda, which left us more time for the deep-dive, deep-content conversations leadership needs to have”

Jody LentzFacilitator

“MeetingSift does a great job unifying in-person and remote participants. We find that the visual, immediate feedback helps the entire audience engage meaningfully regardless of physical location.”

Andrew HughesPlenary Vice-Chair – IDESG

“MeetingSift really changed the dynamic of our meetings and presentations. It instantly allowed us to engage a broad audience and gain feedback that we wouldn’t have otherwise been able to hear.”

David WalshPresident & Chief Advisor – Zoo Advisors

“MeetingSift is easy to use, embraces BYOD, gives more structure to meetings and provides great ways to evaluate information.”

Gary OxenhamInternal Communications Professional – Headlines UK

“MeetingSift really held the attention of the group through what would otherwise have been a difficult day for all. This is a very powerful meeting and training tool I plan to use in Asia every time now! “

Marie R. Miyashiro President & Chief Facilitation Officer – Elucity Network

“MeetingSift has not only engaged but produced usable results to make the meeting productive and the followup easier. We recommend it for your organization”

Sharon MoriwakiCo-Chair – Hawaii Energy Policy Forum

“MeetingSift provides all participants with an opportunity to share their views in their own words in real time…including contributions from those who don’t usually speak up.”

Linda ColburnPresident – Where Talk Works

“Once you’ve used MeetingSift, you won’t want to go back to open mic or paper Q&A again. Users know their answers are being included, and that encourages them to participate.”

Jay FidellPresident – ThinkTech

“Especially for larger groups, we get better quality feedback, from more participants, in less time, with less effort than with any other facilitation strategy we have used. We recommend it highly.”

Gregg Kendrick

“We set up MeetingSift meeting agendas on the fly, and with 30 seconds of training our presenters are good to go, supported by moderators off-stage. It’s easy to use and explain.”

Andrew HughesPlenary Vice-Chair – IDESG

“The presenting tools were easy to master and intuitive for participants to use. We would definitely recommend the service to raise meeting engagement to the next level.”

David Walsh President & Chief Advisor – Zoo Advisors

“MeetingSift really engages and energizes your meeting and event participants! Our participants loved MeetingSift!”

Leigh-Ann MiyasatoPresident – Entrepreneurs Foundation Hawaii

“We cannot say enough about how effective MeetingSift is in bringing together people to address mutual interests.”

Sharon MoriwakiCo-Chair – Hawaii Energy Policy Forum

Benefits of using MeetingSift at your Meetings

INCREASED MEETING EFFICIENCY

MeetingSift helps structuring and guiding collaboration at meetings, based on established best-practice group and meeting facilitation methods.

Structuring collaboration has proven to: increase group efficiency; enhance group creativity; yield higher quality group results.

ENGAGING ALL PARTICIPANTS

Use MeetingSift to engage all meeting participants equally, benefiting from all the knowledge and smarts present.

Engaging all participants has proven to: increase individual job satisfaction; boost individual productivity; ensure buy in & alignment with organizational goals; reduce resistance to organizational change.

IMPROVED DISCUSSION QUALITY

MeetingSift helps overcome timidity and office politics by providing a safe anonymous way to share input at meetings.

Supporting anonymous participation has proven to: help focus on issue, not person; increase participant engagement; provide candid input & feedback; improve both contribution quantity & quality.

STAYING FOCUSED & ON TRACK

By following the agenda, and providing a shared real-time visualization of collaboration output, MeetingSift helps you and your meeting participants stay on track as well as focus on the current issue.

STAYING ON TIME

MeetingSift tracks and displays the time spent on each agenda items take, and the overall running time of your meeting. This helps you manage time during the meeting, as well as review how much time was spent on each item after the meeting is over.

GETTING IMMEDIATE RESULTS

Live visualizations of group collaborations provides immediate feedback and results that feeds back into the discussion. In addition MeetingSift provides automated meeting reports as soon as the meeting has ended.

Frequently Asked Questions

Getting Started

What is MeetingSift?

MeetingSift is an online program delivers a meeting experience that engages attendees with collaborative activities like Brainstorming, Polls, Top Picks, and Q&A that captures ideas and presents them with Active Meeting technology.

What is an activity?

An activity is an interactive agenda item (ex. Brainstorm, Poll, Evaluate, etc), where your meeting participants can collaborate, submitting their individual input, and view the group output instantly. Slides are not considered activities.

Are all activities anonymous?

All activities are anonymous by default. The one exception is the Calculate activity, where you have the option to display participant names next to their input if you request them to input their names. As a meeting leader you can determine anonymity. Participants will see an icon indicating if an activity is anonymous or not.

How quickly can we view the results?

Group results are immediate and will typically display in less than 1 second, depending on the quality of your Internet connection.

What are meeting reports?

Meeting reports are generated at the end of each meeting and provide an overview of each activity in the meeting with participant input and group output.

Can I run the same meeting multiple times?

No. Each meeting is independent. However, you can make copies of your meeting which will duplicate the same meeting with all the same agenda items. You can also make the meeting into a template, which allows you to reuse the same meeting agenda for any future meetings.

What is a meeting agenda template?

A meeting agenda template is a copy of a meeting that can be saved under “Templates”, which retains all the agenda items, branding, and preferences of the original meeting. This way you can use it again for future meetings, or share with other team members.

How to Participate

How do people participate in a meeting?

Participants need a web-enabled device to participate in MeetingSift activities. We recommend letting people know beforehand that the meeting will be interactive and encourage them to bring their mobile device, tablet or computer.

Once in the meeting, all participants need to do is go to MeetingSift.com, type in the participant code associated with your meeting, and click the “join the meeting” button.

What if participants don’t have a smartphone - can they use a laptop or tablet?

Yes. Participants can join a MeetingSift meeting from any device that has a web browsers and internet connection.

Do participants need to download anything?

No. All participants need is a web browser with an internet connection. Meetings can be joined using any web-enabled device.

Do participants need a MeetingSift account?

No. Participants can access your meeting by going to MeetingSift.com and entering the participant code for your meeting or event.

Can participants share a device?

We recommend that each participant have their own smart device (smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer), as each participant logged into the meeting can only participate once in each activity.

Do all participants have to be in the same room?

No. Your participants do not need to be in the same location. They can access the meeting remotely from any web browser.

Technical Questions

What are the minimum system requirements?

Participants can use any modern web browser (IE, Chrome, Safari, Firefox) with an internet connection or mobile coverage.

Does my IT team need to get involved?

No, there is no software or hardware involved. All you need is an Internet connection and a browser.

Is there anything I need to download or install?

No downloads or installations are needed. All you need is Internet connection and a browser.

Can I use MeetingSift with my WebEx, GoToMeeting or other conference tool?

Yes. MeetingSift can easily be used with web, video and audio conference tools for remote meetings. Our recommendation is you would screen share our Shared Display Screen in your web conference tool so your participants can view the live visualization results.

Can I use MeetingSift with Powerpoint slides or other slide presentations?

Yes, you can import your existing Powerpoint presentation, Keynote presentation, or other presentation formats into MeetingSift. Simply export and save your presentation as a PDF file and then import it into MeetingSift.

How it Works:

Plan and run meetings in four easy steps:

Build Meeting Agenda

Invite Participants

Host Meeting

Receive Report

MeetingSift helps you facilitate interactive group activities

BRAINSTORM IDEAS & FEEDBACK

POLL OPINIONS & DECISIONS

RANK LISTS & PRIORITIZE ITEMS

EVALUATE & COMPARE OPTIONS

CALCULATE NUMERICAL REPORTS

MODERATE Q&A SESSIONS

Other product features that make your meetings great

Slide Integration

Live Visualizations

Time Tracking

Meeting Minutes

Task Assignments

Instant Reports

Customer reported results with MeetingSift

Benefits of using MeetingSift at your Meetings

INCREASED MEETING EFFICIENCY

ENGAGING ALL PARTICIPANTS

IMPROVED DISCUSSION QUALITY

STAYING FOCUSED & ON TRACK

STAYING ON TIME

GETTING IMMEDIATE RESULTS

Frequently Asked Questions

Getting Started

How to Participate

Technical Questions

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How it Works:

Plan and run meetings in four easy steps:

MeetingSift helps you facilitate interactive group activities

BRAINSTORM IDEAS & FEEDBACK

POLL OPINIONS & DECISIONS

RANK LISTS & PRIORITIZE ITEMS

EVALUATE & COMPARE OPTIONS

CALCULATE NUMERICAL REPORTS

MODERATE Q&A SESSIONS

Other product features that make your meetings great

Customer reported results with MeetingSift

Benefits of using MeetingSift at your Meetings

Frequently Asked Questions

Getting Started

How to Participate

Technical Questions

Have more questions about MeetingSift? We’re here to answer them

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