Word Cloud

The room's thinking, at a glance

Ask any open question. Participants respond with one or two words. Watch the cloud grow live on the stage display — the most common responses displayed largest.

A living picture of what the room is thinking

Word clouds give you qualitative data at scale. Instead of asking for long written responses, participants submit a word or short phrase — and the cloud visualises the collective thinking of your audience in seconds.

The more people who submit the same word, the larger it appears. At a glance, you and your audience can see what's dominant, what's surprising, and what the room agrees on — without reading hundreds of individual responses.

  • Live updates as responses come in — no need to close the activity
  • Top 30 words shown in the analytics results
  • Duplicate submissions filtered automatically
  • Profanity filter available
  • Works with any open question
Stage display
In one word: how are you feeling about the year ahead?
Optimistic Excited Ready Motivated Cautious Hopeful Curious Energised Focused Ambitious Proud

When to use a word cloud

Session openers

"In one word: what brought you here today?" — a word cloud sets the tone instantly and shows participants their voice matters from the very first moment.

Icebreakers

"Describe the last project you worked on in one word." — low-pressure, universally accessible, and the results usually generate laughter and conversation.

Pulse checks

"How would you describe team morale right now?" — qualitative pulse data without the overhead of a survey. Leaders get a genuine sense of the room in 60 seconds.

Session closers

"In one word: what are you taking away from today?" — a word cloud at the end of a session surfaces the most resonant messages without any post-event survey.

Start with a word cloud

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