Event App + Live Q&A

Let the whole room ask.

Guests send questions to the panel from their phones, anonymously if they like, while the host runs a live queue on an iPad with starring, sorting and a shared countdown.

Sky Foundation — Night Sky Gala Panel

Illustrative interface.

Any guest

can ask from their seat

Live

host queue on iPad

Private

questions off the live channel

Reported project outcomes. Results vary.

The bottleneck

Only a few hands get the microphone.

In a full ballroom, most guests never get to ask, and personal health questions rarely get said out loud.

The fix

Three views, one live queue.

01
Ask from your seat
Guests send a question, named or anonymous.
02
Run the queue
The host stars, sorts and marks questions on an iPad.
03
Keep the time
A shared countdown keeps the panel on schedule.

What we built

A guest form for a question, an optional first name and an optional panelist
A full-screen panelist picker with each panelist's role
A host dashboard for iPad with queue, asked and dismissed lists, starring, sorting and undo
A panel countdown that stays in sync across every dashboard
An admin view behind a link and PIN to open or close submissions and manage panelists
Live updates that never send question text over the open channel
A question export for the foundation after the event

What changed

More of the room is heard, and the host decides what is asked.

Before

A few raised hands and a microphone.

After

Questions from every seat in one live queue.

Every guest could send a question, not only the few nearest a microphone
Guests could ask anonymously, which matters for personal health questions
The host chose questions from a live, sortable queue instead of a stack of cards

Let the whole room ask.

Only a few hands get the microphone.

Three views, one live queue.

More of the room is heard, and the host decides what is asked.

Could your next panel hear from the whole room?