Emmanuel Gueritte is Marketing Director of DialogLoop, a Canadian Company. He spent 20 years creating product marketing value in international corporations like Apple, Toshiba, Motorola and Smart Technologies. He is a technology strategist, an experienced product evangelist, and a public speaker.
In this conversation, Emmanuel discusses DialogLoop.
Geetesh: Can you tell us more about DialogLoop, what motivated you to create this product, and what is the one important benefit that users will derive from DialogLoop, according to you?
Emmanuel: Sure. DialogLoop is an audience engagement and networking solution made to transform presentation into conversation. It is composed of a PowerPoint add-in, and a web platform. In one click, DialogLoop creates a complete web app out of your PowerPoint! Attendees can connect to the web app using their mobile device and scanning a QR code or typing a URL. It is easy to use, simple to operate and is free for 10 attendees.
The idea came from Dinesh Advani, our Founder and CEO. During his career, he attended many conferences and participated in many keynotes and forums. About three years ago, during a live event, it struck him to see a large number of attendees taking photos of the slides projected on the big screen, repeatedly. He noticed that many shared them instantly on social media, regardless of the photo quality. Dinesh’s aha moment was when he realized that smartphones also had decent network connectivity and, in his opinion, a well thought out technology could streamline the entire workflow–delivering an improved experience for everyone involved. The initial version of DialogLoop enabled attendees to get the slides directly from the presenter, on their mobile phone to avoid them to take photos. Working closely with customers, we then brought Content Sharing to the next level by enabling sharing supporting files, speaker notes, actionable links, presenter profiles and even embed #tags for each slide.
The very basic outcome of using DialogLoop is that no one takes pictures of the slides anymore but get them all! As we are enabling Live Sharing on social media, attendees can actually share their slide(s) of choice, in full quality, using the #tags chosen by the presenter or change them as they wish. It’s a win-win for the attendees and the presenter: reputation and visibility for both!
Geetesh: Please tell us more about the use of DialogLoop in furthering interactivity and audience engagement.
Emmanuel: To begin with, the visual quality of the presentation, the storytelling capabilities of the presenter, and the story itself remain very important and shape the audience engagement level.
DialogLoop takes the presentation experience to the next level by making the entire presentation interactive. Slides are progressively revealed on attendee mobile devices as they are presented, links referenced on slides become actionable – enabling attendees to review slides at their own pace, ‘Like’ them and share on social networks with just a click.
DialogLoop further enables presenters to engage with their audience by:
Geetesh: Emmanuel, can you share some case studies?
Emmanuel: Over the years, DialogLoop has powered many types of events: from single presentations to multi-day conferences, from collaborative workshops to start-up pitch competitions, from innovation workshops to AGMs. To learn more and see DialogLoop in action, please visit our Case Studies page.
All these events have one thing in common: they strive to put the audience at the center. What we are learning is that this desire is not exclusive to large companies. Presenters, events freelancers, consultants, NGOs, small businesses and even governmental agencies… with an innovative mindset realize that the audience participation has value and are seeking ways to better engage with their audience.
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