BizBash > Mesa Start-Up Crowd Mics

Back on March 4, 2014 reporter Mitral Sorrells published an article with this headline
New App Turns Smartphones Into Microphones
The new Crowd Mics app allows meeting and event organizers to turn attendee smartphones into microphones.
Ever attended a public meeting when you could not here questions from the audience? This app solves that problem . . . and two guys, the Holladay brothers - from Mesa did it.

Gathering audience questions and feedback at a meeting or event is usually done by positioning stand microphones around the room or by passing around a wireless unit. Crowd Mics, an iOS and Android app released last week at Launch Festival, provides a new option: it connects audience members’ smartphones to the room’s sound system, so every person has his or her own microphone.
Image and excerpts from article readers can see by going to this link >> http://www.bizbash.com/new-app-turns-smartphones-into-microphones/new-york/story/28005/#.Vngum5XSnIU

Phoenix Biz Journal had this report written by Hayley Tingle today
Dec 21, 2015, 6:36 AM  MST                   
This Mesa startup that turns your smartphone into a microphone just raised $1M in its seed round                    

The app turns smartphones into wireless microphones at live events.

Link >> http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/blog/techflash/2015/12/this-mesa-startup-that-turns-your-smartphone-into.html?ana=e_phx_rdup&s=newsletter&ed=2015-12-21&u=QU7bVbydM2U4wrdSLqhnXw091bba69&t=1450716508

 

So how does it work? The speaker on stage plugs a smartphone into the room’s sound system and creates a name and access code for the event in the Crowd Mics app. Audience members download the app and enter the code to join the event. When they want to ask a question or make a comment, they tap their phones, and the presenter will see a list of people who want to talk in the order they came online. The presenter can enable an individual microphone, mute a microphone, or put the system in “open mic” mode so anyone can comment. Audience members can also submit text comments to the presenter through the Crowd Mics app, and the system offers basic polling functions.

Crowd Mics is free for audience members. The event organizer, presenter, or venue pays for access to the system based on the size of the crowd. It’s free for 20 people or fewer, and then starts at $25 for 50 participants.
[that information above, excerpted from the BizBash article, may have changed]

Check out the Holladay brothers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crowdmics?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

 

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