The audience link
Where people ask and vote. Works on any phone, no sign-in, no account. Share it however you like — slide, badge, QR code, printed programme.
For organisers
You will be set up in an afternoon.
There is no app to roll out and nothing for your audience to install. You send us your programme, we give you the links, and your chairs run the Q&A.
How it works
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You get your own address
go-on-ask.uk/your-name, with its own separate database. Nothing of yours is mixed in with anyone else's.
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Send us your programme
Fill in a spreadsheet with your talks, speakers and times. We load it in one go — no typing each talk in by hand. You can send a rough draft and revise it later.
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Hand out three links per talk
One for the audience, one for whoever is chairing, and one for the projector. Put the audience one on a slide or a QR code.
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Your chair runs the room
They see questions as they arrive, ranked by what the audience wants most, and choose what goes on the big screen.
The three links, explained
Every talk gets the same three. They are just web addresses.
The chair's link
A private control room. Only people you name by email can open it, and they sign in with that address. Read, rank, mark answered, flag for follow-up, close submissions, choose what goes on screen.
The screen link
For the projector. Shows the current question in large type and the ones queued behind it. It is read-only by design — a laptop left unattended at the back cannot change anything.
Sending your programme
Most organisers send a spreadsheet. Six columns is enough.
We preview it before anything is saved, so you see exactly what will be created. If a row is wrong, we tell you which row and why — and nothing is written until it is right. A draft is always safe to send.
Not confirmed all your speakers yet? Send what you have. Programmes change, and a revised file only updates what changed.
Questions organisers ask us
Does the audience need an account?
No. They open the link and type. They can set a display name if they want to be credited, or stay anonymous — most people stay anonymous, and that is the point.
Can we stop people posting nonsense?
Your chair sees every question before it goes anywhere near the big screen, and can reject or delete anything. Nothing appears on the projector unless a chair puts it there.
What happens to questions we run out of time for?
Flag them for follow-up. Anyone who asked to be emailed the answer — and only those who explicitly asked — can be contacted afterwards. Your chair can write the answer in the same place.
Who can see attendees' email addresses?
Almost nobody, and only when an attendee has ticked a box asking to be emailed about their question. Those addresses go to the chair of that talk and your administrators. They are never shown on the screen, never shown to other attendees, and never sent to anyone else.
Can different people chair different talks?
Yes. You name a chair per talk by email address, and they only get access to their own talk. You can also give someone oversight of a whole event.
What if the wifi is bad?
Questions and votes are small amounts of text, so they get through on weak connections. If a device drops out it reconnects on its own and catches up. The screen recovers by itself too.
Can we try it before committing?
Yes — tell us on the signup form and we will set you up with a practice event to run a rehearsal before the real thing.
Tell us about your event
Two minutes now, and we will come back to you with your address and next steps.