Tech Support Portland Style

I've been based out of Portland, OR for about the last 3 years and I think that I've just had my most Portland experience to date. I received a call for a little help setting up a TurningPoint participant list from a former employer and current friend and business associate. I'm never one to turn down a friend in need and I'd hate for there to be a problem at a meeting, i...
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TurningPoint Tutorials

We're going to be trying something new over the coming days. That's right, a TurningPoint video tutorial series. We'll start by covering some of the simple things to get you started working with the software like creating questions slides, editing questions, setting up your receiver and using a ResponseCard and what the blinking lights mean. A little further down the line more ...
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How To Use A Turning Technologies ResponseCard

So, you want to know how to use a ResponseCard RF with your TurningPoint audience response system. Do you have ten seconds? Because that is about how long it will learn everything you need to know about this easy to use wireless keypad. How to use the keypad to vote When an interactive question is displayed on the screen, simply press the button that corresponds to the numb...
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We’re Expanding Our ARS Capacity

ARS Rental is proud to announce that we just received a shipment of more ResponseCard receivers. This is great news for you because it adds to our capacity to handle more events around the country and more simultaneous breakout sessions at your event. Don't forget, we are currently offering our most popular keypad, the ResponseCard RF, for only $3. You can view the details o...
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$3 Audience Response Keypads

Update: This offer is no longer valid. Check here for our current ARS specials. For a limited time we are offering our most popular audience response keypad, the ResponseCard RF, for the low price of $3 per keypad per day plus shipping. This price represents a 25% savings above and beyond our everyday low rental price. This price includes: Keypads and receiver Turni...
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OHSU TurningPoint Training

I'm currently sitting at a little coffee shop getting ready to deliver ResponseCards to an OHSU doctor in SW Portland. How is that for personal service? We'll be covering some of the basic features of TurningPoint during our meeting. Topics that we will be touching on will be creating and editing audience response questions, using countdown timers, setting up the receiver and ...
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Full-Service ARS Job in San Diego

We just finished up a 2 day audience response job at an pharmaceutical investigator meeting in San Diego, CA. They made great use of the audience response system and on the second day even utilized some on-the-fly ARS questions. There was a great response to the music used on the countdown timers on the interactive questions. It went so far as the group passing out candy to peo...
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New Version of TurningPoint Released (TurningPoint 4.2.4)

Turning Technologies released a new version of TurningPoint yesterday. There aren't too many significant changes to the program and the bugs that are reported as being fixed aren't things that I've ever experienced. Probably most importantly TurningPoint 4.2.4 includes support for a new product called PresenterWare. PresenterWare is an app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod. It ...
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