in favor and against

agree disagree 

Arguments in favor 

I think you'll find that this idea (explain the idea) is the best because…

 How about ...?

 Why don't we...?

 I'd suggest you looked at it with a different pair of eyes because …

 I'm most certain that you'll agree with me on …

 I must say that …

 Without a shadow of doubt ... 

It's imperative that ... 

agree

I hold the same opinion

You may have a point there

You got a point

No doubt about it

I couldn’t agree more with you

You’re absolutely right

Arguments against 

However ... 

One disadvantage is ... 

I disapprove of that because ... 

(on one hand) On the other hand ... 

What if ...? 

I dispute that ... 

Although you may say that, I believe ... 

One major issue is ... 

Your argument contradicts ... 

disagreeing

I’m afraid I have to disagree with you

I beg to differ

Not at all

I see what you mean however

Although you might be right about that, I don’t believe …

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George Clooney is the sexiest actor alive. The death penalty is wrong. Beethoven’s reputation as a virtuoso pianist is overrated. 20 Poll Ice Breaker Questions to ask in your next Presentation 01.01.20 • 5 min read • #Icebreaker #Ideas #Presentation #Tutorial Live polls are an ideal way to make a rousing start to your presentation or meeting, and to get your attendees' attention right from the beginning. Of course it is not always easy to create a suitable poll which can break the ice. That's why we've collected the best poll ideas and helpful tips for you to get started! Iceberg in the cold ozean Tips for your first icebreaker poll Create Polls that at least the majority of your attendees can participate in. Your audience should be interested and have an opinion on the question. Also, be sure to keep the result exciting and not to carry out too predictable polls. The icebreaker polls are most effective as an introduction to a presentation and should therefore fit to your topic as well as possible. Formulate the question and the answer options clear and understandable. Here, less is more! Also pay attention to the fact that the answer options should be easy to tell apart, especially in single-choice polls. Avoid problem areas and try to make your icebreaker poll as positive and motivating as possible. Make your poll more appealing by adding emoji or your own pictures, which additionally represent the answer options. Don't worry if you don't know your audience very well yet: You can still add new polls, even during the presentation. Ready to conduct a poll? Choose from these four types of icebreaker polls and get started: Funny poll questions Informative icebreaker poll questions Communicative icebreaker poll questions Introductory icebreaker poll questions Funny Icebreaker poll questions to loosen up Lighten your audience’s mood and start with a positive first impression. If you could have one of these superpowers, which one would you choose? 👀Be invisible whenever you want 💪🏻Superhuman Strength 🐶Talk to animals 🧠Read minds 🦅Be able to fly Which Harry Potter house do you belong in? Gryffindor Slytherin Ravenclaw Hufflepuff I’ve never seen or read Harry Potter If you could choose any age, to stay in for the rest of your life, which would it be? <10 10-20 20-30 30-50 50-70 If you could travel in time, what would you want to see? 🦖The past 🤖The future 🛩There is enough in the present Have you ever… Had a crush on your boss? Peed in the swimming pool? Taken shampoo and conditioner from hotels? Told barefaced lies to your mother? Denied receiving work emails when in fact you did? Informative icebreaker poll questions Get to know your participants better and adapt your presentation accordingly. Which languages do you speak? (multiple-choice) 🇬🇧English 🇩🇪German 🇪🇸Spanish 🇫🇷French 🇨🇳Chinese 🇷🇺Russian 🏳Others What’s your level of understanding of the topic? 🧢I’m completely green 🤓I have some basic knowledge 🎓I have solid background 🧠I’m an expert What is your current role? Marketing IT Business Development Technical Development Sales Accounting Finance Other How old are you? <18 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 >64 Which technology trend will have the greatest impact on our industry over the next year? Internet of Things and smart home tech Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) Machine learning Artificial Intelligence (AI) Big Data How did you get here? 🚗By car 🚆By train 🚲By bike 🚶🏻By foot 🛩By airplane How are you feeling? 😊Happy 🤪Confused 😴Sleepy 💪Motivated Describe your mood today ☀Sunshine ⛅Cloudy 🌧Rainy ⛈Thundery 🌈Rainbow Why did you decide to join this event today? Knowledge building Speaker line-up Networking opportunities My boss made me Communicative icebreaker polls Take the chance to get your participants, of small as well as large groups, in touch witch each other, for example in preparation for a workshop. I’d like to meet someone from… Marketing Sales Production I know… The person at my left The person at my right Both people next to me None of the people next to me yet I believe/know that the person to my left… (multiple choice) Loves to read Works in a big company Has studied a year abroad Has children Likes to do crossword puzzles … Create a poll to find out how well your participants already know each other. After that, according to the outcome of your poll, ask them to get to know each other. Introductory icebreaker polls Use live polls to introduce yourself or your company in a fun and engaging way. Prepare a few true statements about yourself, add some lies, then let your participants vote for the answer they believe to be true. Examples: Which statement is true? I’ve been working in this sector for more than 10 years I’m color-blind I speak three languages Which statement is true? In the last year our company’s sales increased by 10% At the time our Company was founded, it had a different name Our company has five locations for distribution in Germany If you want to speed things up, you can rephrase the question like this: Which of the following statements are true? (multiple-choice) I’ve been working in this sector for more than 10 years I’m color-blind I speak three languages … SlideLizard Templates But wait! There is no need to remember all the cool poll ideas. SlideLizard is the best tool to conduct interactive surveys in your presentation. Moreover, it has already a lot of useful poll templates directly built in. Try SlideLizard for free. Here is how you can use them in your presentations: In the SlideLizard Plugin click on Polls in the menu Click on Create from Template Choose one of the templates Optionally adapt the question or the answers to your presentation Related articles How to use the morph transition in PowerPoint SlideLizard 1.6 Update About the author Christoph Berghuber Having realized the unexploited potential of many presentations of these days, Christoph especially uses his skills in logic an algorithms for finding creative solutions. Introduction Hi {first_name}, my name is {agent_name} and I’m calling from {company_name}. I’m calling you about the ____ survey, in which you agreed to participate earlier. I would like to go through the survey with you now. Is this a good time to speak with you? *If no, move to ‘Reschedule’ section* *If yes, move to ‘Survey’ section* Reschedule Thank you. What would be a good time to reach out to you again and go through the survey? (Schedule callback disposition on the calling software) Survey Alright, let’s get into it then! Before we begin, I would like to share a few details about the survey. This survey has been reviewed and approved by _______. And The objective of the survey is to ________ and is therefore funded by ______. Please be assured that all your information will be kept private and confidential, such as your name, address, email, etc. You can opt-out of the survey at any point, and your participation is voluntary. I hope these points have addressed any concerns you may have. We can proceed with the survey unless you have any questions. *Begin survey* Facebook POLLYHate it The perfect place to post your selfies. Oh, and to overshare details about how perfect your life is with people you would have lost touch with years ago without social media. For good reason, usually. AMANDALove it I’m basically a professional nosey parker and Facebook takes all the effort out of it – what’s not to like about that? People bare their souls to the world and even carry on full-blown feuds on there and you can have a front row seat without leaving the comfort of your living room. Hot coffee Bad for breath: But at least coffee gets us started in the morning ( Image: Getty) Coffee POLLY Hate it Disgusting... with the bonus of giving you breath to match for days afterwards. Turns normal people into idiots who say nonsensical things like “double shot skinny mochalatte”. AMANDALove it Don’t look at me until I have had my morning coffee. I can’t survive without at least two cups to get me going in the morning – I even get up half an hour earlier than everyone else in the house just so I can enjoy my coffee in peace. Kim Kardashian instagram selfie Selfie promotion: Kim's backside broke the internet and divided Britain ( Image: instagram.com) Kardashians POLLY Love ’em The endlessly entertaining klan are as fun to loathe as they are to love, so everyone’s a winner. Whatever your taste, there’s a family member for you to be a fan of. Their reality show is the televisual equivalent of heroin - one try and you’ll be hooked. AMANDAHate ’em Who are these people? What is the point of them? I couldn’t be less interested in the size of Kim K’s backside if I tried. Cat Mixed felines: Miaows are Marmite to Brits ( Image: Getty) DON'T MISS Charlotte Crosby 'so sorry' in first post since giving birth as she shows off baby Emily Atack asks for Sunday Brunch crew member's phone number after 'hard' split Strictly's Jayde Adams exits BBC show as she admits it's 'best thing she's ever done' I'm A Celeb's Ant and Dec 'creating new celeb quiz show' for ITV after NTAs glory Cats POLLY Love ’em No offence, but dog people are pretty much the lowest of the low. Canines are complete simpletons who like everyone – they’re no challenge. If a cat likes you, you have truly achieved something with your life. AMANDAHate ’em Truly pointless creatures. There is a reason dogs are known as man’s best friend – you can actually do stuff with dogs, like walk them. Whereas cats are just selfish, sly little creatures that leave hairs all over the sofa and make your house smell constantly of damp litter tray. Yuk! Hello stranger: Does Tinder offer the path to true love? Online dating POLLY Love it Meeting people in person is totally overrated - the internet wins every time. You can pretend to be whoever and whatever you want – tall, fantastically attractive, intelligent, rich. Then simply delay hooking up in real life for as long as possible and there you have it: your most successful relationship yet! AMANDAHate it Call me old-fashioned, but surely the best way to meet someone is actually face to face? Like in a pub, or down the gym, through a friend or, in the case of me and my husband, in A&E (him football injury, me broken foot after tripping over a traffic cone outside the Hacienda nightclub). General view of Primark, Market Street, Manchester Cheap and cheerful: But Primark’s not for everyone Primark clothing POLLYHate it Yes, yes, I know how cheap it is... but that’s the main problem with it. Everyone will have the same stuff as you, so you’ll never be able to wear it apart from in your house, on your own. And after that one wear, it will fall apart. AMANDALove it As a mum of two girls, Primark is a lifesaver. Who cares if they rip/stain/lose/lend that new T-shirt if it only cost about 50p anyway? Fine dining: Some folk are too delicate for this delicacy ( Image: Getty) Black pudding POLLYHate it properly turns my stomach to think of eating some poor animal’s turned stomach. The only way black pudding could be worse is if it was made out of cats. AMANDALove it Seeing as I was born and bred in Bury – home of the black pudding – of course I love them. No fry-up is complete without a slice of juicy fried pig’s blood and suet. And you haven’t lived until you have tried a black pudding wonton. Us Northerners can do posh, you know. Gym We can work it out: But we'll have to agree to differ on exercise ( Image: Getty) Doing exercise POLLYHate it Show me someone who says they’d genuinely prefer to go to the gym rather than sit on a sofa eating cakes, and I’ll show you a liar. Exercise also messes with the time/space continuum, because whenever I’ve done it I swear each minute has lasted over 10 hours. AMANDALove it The hour I spend in the gym every morning is the only hour I get to myself each day. It is my stress relief – and by working out five times a week I can pretty much eat what I want and enjoy my Saturday night bottle of wine guilt-free. A golf ball on a tee (Pic: AFP) Get on the tee: Not everyone loves golf Golf POLLYHate it All sport is boring and pointless, but golf takes the biscuit because the clothes you wear while playing it are truly hideous too. AMANDALove it I’m a golf widow and it’s great. Now that my three daughters are older, we can enjoy Saturday afternoon shopping, safe in the knowledge that Dad is on the golf course and well away from monitoring any spending on the credit card. Face fuzz: A recipe for hunks or a home for chunks of food? Beards POLLY Love ’em Beards turn handsome men into rugged, sexy hotties, and make ugly blokes look better, by hiding half their faces. AMANDAHate ’em Just who decided beards were fashionable again? They conjure up images of my school physics teacher who always had bits of his lunch saved in his beard for later. What's your biggest hate? Facebook Coffee Kardashians Cats Black pudding Exercise Golf Beards FollowMirror Facebook Twitter ueenMoogle Commented on 4 anos ago “I think pineapple on pizza is delicious” inshadows Commented on 4 anos ago Fortnite is not fun. tleMissWhovian77 Commented on 4 anos ago Marvel is better than DC Cats or dogs? PlayStation or Xbox? Paper books or e-books?