Does meeting pulse work with PowerPoint?

Yes, it does. You can add MeetingPulse as a PowerPoint Add-in and see real-time results and changes right on your PowerPoint slide during Microsoft Teams meetings or others.

What platforms do you support?

MeetingPulse works in any web browser and can be accessed from any device that uses one. You can also integrate MeetingPulse into your favorite video-meeting apps, such as Zoom , Webex , and Microsoft Teams , as well as video platforms like YouTube and Vimeo.

Can I customize MeetingPulse?

To make MeetingPulse a seamless addition to your meetings, we offer custom themes. You can use your own logo and your colors in Attendee View as well as Broadcast View. Your company name can also be included in the webpage’s title. Your meeting can also have its own domain. This is great if you are going to promote your meeting offline. For example, you could use “acme2022.com” instead of “meet.ps/acme-all-hands”.

Want to know more about what MeetingPulse can do? Go to the features page . Still need help? Contact us .

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Voting Software for Professional Associations and Membership Organizations

MeetingPulse is association voting software for professional societies, trade associations, and membership organizations. Run board of directors elections, bylaw amendments, and annual general meeting business with ballots that reach the right members, respect your member classes, and produce a record your board can stand behind.

Upload your membership once, organize it by class, chapter, or delegate status, and reuse it for every vote of the year. Members vote from any device during the AGM or from home, with no app to install.

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Why association elections are harder to run than they look

An association vote has to satisfy the bylaws, the members, and the auditor at the same time. The usual friction points:

Member classes with different rights

Full members vote, student and affiliate members often do not, and honorary members may vote on some matters but not others. The ballot has to know the difference.

Chapters, sections, and delegates

A House of Delegates or chapter-based structure means some votes belong to representatives, not the general membership.

Quorum in the bylaws

Business cannot proceed until a defined share of voting members is present or represented. Boards often find out too late.

The AGM is hybrid now

Members in the ballroom and members online expect to vote at the same moment on the same motion.

Bylaw amendments need documentation

Members expect to read the proposed text before they vote, and the association needs a record afterward.

Nominating committee output becomes a ballot

Multi-seat board elections, contested and uncontested, need a format that handles both.

Survey tools cannot segment by member class. Election-only tools handle the ballot but leave the AGM, the agenda, and the discussion in a different system. MeetingPulse runs the meeting and the vote together.

How association voting works in MeetingPulse

Before the AGM

Import members and set eligibility

Import your membership export with name, email, and any columns that govern eligibility: member class, chapter, region, delegate status. Turn on unique access codes so each member receives one ballot. Load the agenda, the slate from the nominating committee, and the full text of any proposed bylaw amendments so members can review them alongside the vote.

Members receive an email with a personal voting link. Clicking it logs them in. No account creation, no password, no app.

During the AGM

Open each vote as the agenda reaches it

Open the board election when nominations close from the floor. Members in the room and members on Zoom vote from their phones at the same time. Use a conditional ballot so the delegate-only vote appears only for delegates while the general membership sees the motions they are entitled to vote on. Watch participation build in real time so the chair can compare it against the quorum in your bylaws.

For decisions that need more time, keep the ballot open for a defined window after the meeting so members who could not attend still participate from their email link.

After the AGM

Export the record for the minutes

Download participation and results by member class. Export to CSV for the minutes, or send results to your association management system through the API or Zapier.

One membership list for every association vote

Associations vote more often than they think: the AGM, a mid-year bylaw amendment, a special meeting on dues, chapter elections, committee ratifications. Most voting tools treat each as a fresh project with a fresh upload.

MeetingPulse keeps your membership as a reusable roster. Upload it after renewals close, then use it all year. When new members join, add them. When someone moves from student to full member, change one field. When the bylaws committee needs a special vote in April, clone the AGM meeting and the eligibility rules carry forward.

Proof from a member association

A provincial employers association delivered its full member vote through MeetingPulse after finding the platform through online search. The association needed member-level eligibility, hybrid participation, and a clean result for its records, and chose MeetingPulse over dedicated election tools because the vote could run inside the meeting itself rather than as a separate process.

Association voting methods and member segmentation

Member class eligibility

Show a ballot only to the classes entitled to vote on it: full members for bylaw amendments, delegates for House of Delegates business.

Multi-seat board elections

Elect several directors at once with vote-for-up-to-N ballots or ranked choice.

Weighted voting by organization size

For trade associations where member companies vote by revenue tier or employee count.

Proxy voting

Where the bylaws allow members to designate a proxy, the proxy holder sees the additional votes they carry.

Secret ballot with verified participation

Hide how each member voted while an auditor role confirms who voted. Totals stay out of the attendee view until the chair announces them.

Yes, no, abstain

For motions and resolutions, with abstentions recorded separately.

Straw polls

Non-binding sentiment checks during debate, kept separate from the formal vote.

What professional associations vote on

Board of directors and officer elections
Bylaw and constitution amendments
Dues and fee changes
Strategic plan and budget ratification
Chapter and section leadership elections
Position statements and policy resolutions
Certification and standards changes
Honorary membership and awards

Association voting inside Zoom, Teams, and hybrid AGMs

The annual meeting is the one time most members vote, and most annual meetings are now hybrid.

Zoom in the browser

Members join the AGM in a browser and the ballot appears alongside it. Nothing to download.

Zoom desktop app

If your AGM runs in the Zoom app, MeetingPulse appears inside the meeting.

Microsoft Teams and Webex

The same ballot,the same experience.

Ballroom and living room, counted together

In-person and remote members cast the same ballot and land in one result. The chair announces one number, not two.

Association election software for staff-run and volunteer-run organizations

A national society with a governance director and a 200-member regional association run by a volunteer secretary need the same outcome: an election that follows the bylaws and holds up if challenged.

MeetingPulse gives staff role-based access so the executive director can run the vote while board observers watch results without touching settings. For volunteer-run associations, onboarding includes a working session where our team sets up your first AGM with you.

Your association remains responsible for confirming eligibility, quorum, notice, and procedure against its bylaws and applicable nonprofit law.

Frequently asked questions about association voting software

Can different member classes receive different ballots in the same meeting?

Yes. Upload member class as a column in your roster and set each ballot to show only to eligible classes. Full members, delegates, and affiliates can all be in one AGM and see only the votes they are entitled to cast.

Can we elect multiple board members in one ballot?

Yes. Use a vote-for-up-to-N ballot so each member selects several candidates at once, or ranked choice for contested multi-seat elections.

Can members who miss the AGM still vote?

If your bylaws permit it, the ballot can remain open for a defined period after the meeting and members vote from their email link.

How do we share the proposed bylaw text with the vote?

Attach the amendment text or a link to the meeting materials so members can read it in the same place they vote.

Can we run the AGM vote on Zoom and in person at the same time?

Yes. Members in the room and members on Zoom, Teams, or Webex cast the same ballot from their phones, and all votes combine into one result.

Do we have to re-upload our membership for every vote?

No. Upload the membership once, update it as members join or change class, and reuse it for the AGM, special meetings, and chapter votes throughout the year.

Does MeetingPulse tell us whether we reached quorum?

MeetingPulse shows real-time participation so the chair can compare it against the quorum in your bylaws. The platform does not calculate quorum itself; confirming it remains the association’s responsibility.

Set up your AGM vote with us

Bring your membership export and this year's slate. In a 15-minute demo we will configure member classes, load the ballot, and show exactly
what your members will see.

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