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Pre-meeting Questions

Collecting Audience Questions Before Your Event

Emily Zaehring avatar
Written by Emily Zaehring
Updated over 2 weeks ago

If you’re planning an event with Q&A, it can be valuable to know what questions your audience has before the meeting starts. Here’s why:

  • Better preparation: You’ll have time to review and prepare thoughtful answers.

  • Deeper engagement: Attendees can reflect on the topic, submit their questions, and upvote the ones that matter most.

  • Idea building: One question often sparks others, reducing the number of “afterthought” questions once the event ends.

  • Accessibility: People can submit questions from their desks ahead of time, which helps those who find mobile devices challenging.

How to Collect Questions in Advance

Option 1: Open Your Meeting Early with the Q&A Module

  • Create your meeting weeks (or even months) before the event.

  • Enable the Multi-Topic Q&A module and add a Topic for submissions.

  • Publish the meeting and share the URL week (or months!) before the start of your event.

  • Attendees can ask their questions, and the panelists or leaders will know what questions they'll need to answer.

Option 2: Use Registration with a Short-Text Poll

  • Add a short-text poll to your Registration form.

  • Collect questions as people sign up — no need to open the meeting far in advance.

  • Useful if you’d like to gather input without running an active Q&A session early.

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