Holding a large outdoor voting session can be complicated event, but not for the town of Westwood, MA. By implementing Meridia’s TownVOTE electronic voting system into their most recent special town meeting, they made it accurate, secure, and fast to register over 1,000 votes in a contentious vote to approve borrowing of $84,610,386 for a new school.
Meridia Interactive Solutions announced at a Massachusetts Town Clerks Association Convention a new milestone of 30 municipalities that use the TownVOTE Electronic Voting System. Town Clerks and Town Moderators benefit from an instant motion resolution and residents’ votes stay anonymous.
TownVOTE software displays its content on projector screens and smartphone displays, so it’s crucial that every piece of information is able to be easily read and interpreted by everyone, including those with auditory disabilities like color blindness. TownVOTE has been redesigned to include instantly recognizable indicators in the new High Contrast mode.
Accountability, accuracy, and attention to detail are all components that make up a great police training program. With the use of audience response clickers and software, trainers can increase interactivity during sessions while monitoring performance in real-time with automatic recordkeeping.
Focus group research can be a blessing and a curse for both the companies that seek the insights and for those who conduct the research. The findings can mean the difference between product launch success and failure, so it’s crucial to put the right questions to the right people and to capture unbiased answers—and that’s often harder than it sounds.
