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Live Engagement

Turn Every Event Into an Interactive Show

Prize drawings that light up the room. Audience voting that gets phones in the air. A system that tracks every play, every player, every winner — and lets your crew fulfill prizes on their own time.

Seven Experiences. Endless Energy.

The Old Way
  • Names on slips of paper in a fishbowl
  • No audience interaction — no data capture
  • Spot-gifting with no tracking or accountability
  • No way to verify winners or track prize claims
The NextWave Way
  • Animated prize drawings on the big screen with 4 modes and sound effects
  • Live audience voting, caption contests, and Q&A — phone-to-web, no app download
  • QR-powered guest feedback with real-time star ratings and member signup capture
  • Full play/player/winner/fulfillment tracking in your admin dashboard
The Experiences

See Them in Action

Every experience runs on dual screens — the host controls from a phone or tablet while the audience watches on a projector or TV.

Opportunity Drawing

The moment the room goes quiet, names start cycling on the big screen like a slot machine. The bass drops. Confetti explodes. A winner is revealed. The crowd goes wild.

Load your pool from tonight's signups or check-ins, choose a drawing mode, and run the show from your phone. The display screen mirrors every animation in real time — name cycling, winner reveals, and elimination rounds.

Four Drawing Modes

Single Winner

Draw one name. Hit draw again for more.

Multiple Winners

Reveal 3, 5, or 50 winners at once.

One by One

You control the pace. Maximum suspense.

Elimination

Eliminate until one is left standing.

Stage Display

Tap to Demo

Host's Controller

Tonight's Pool

16 names loaded from check-ins

History
New Drawing

Tap "Draw a Winner" to see the live experience

Celebration Set

Every signup form asks "Are you celebrating something tonight?" When it's time, the host launches the Celebration Set and every celebrant appears on the big screen at once — confetti on repeat, the crowd cheering, the room lit up.

Birthdays, anniversaries, coming-out celebrations, weddings, and "something fabulous" — each gets its own emoji on screen. The data comes straight from your signup campaigns. No clipboard, no asking around. Just launch it.

Celebration Types

🎂 Birthday

Birthday celebrations.

🌈 Coming Out

Coming out celebrations.

💍 Anniversary

Anniversary milestones.

💎 Wedding

Wedding celebrations.

🎉 Something Fabulous

Any other special moment worth celebrating.

Stage Display

Tap to Celebrate

Host's Controller

Celebrations Tonight

🎂 3 Birthdays

🌈 2 Coming Out

💍 1 Anniversary

6 celebrants from signup forms

Each celebrant is revealed one by one with their category

Tap "Launch Celebration Set" to see every celebrant revealed on the big screen

Would You Rather

The host poses a question. Two options light up the screen. Every phone in the room becomes a voting button. The bars race each other in real time. When the timer hits zero, a winner is crowned.

No app. No account. No friction. Guests scan a QR code, tap their choice, and watch the results unfold on the big screen. Change your vote before time runs out — the system tracks every move.

Built for the Crowd

Zero frictionaudience votes from their phone in under 5 seconds, no download or login

Live bar chartanimated percentage bars race as votes stream in, updated every 2 seconds

Dramatic revealwinner side scales up with a golden glow and confetti when results drop

Multi-round playrun 5, 10, or 20 rounds in a night with different questions

Engagement telemetrysee how many voted, how many changed their mind, and when the crowd was most active

Stage Display

Unlimited tacos or unlimited pizza?

0 votes

🌮 Unlimited Tacos50%
🍕 Unlimited Pizza50%

Player Phone

Unlimited tacos or unlimited pizza?

Tap your choice — watch the DJ screen react

Vote on the right — watch the DJ screen on the left update in real time

Caption Clash

The visual comedy battle. An image hits the big screen. Every phone in the room becomes a writer's room. Captions stream in with live upvoting, and the stage manager curates which one gets crowned the winner.

Upload any image, open submissions, and let the crowd go wild. The stage manager reviews captions independently from audience rankings — approving, rejecting, and staging the best one for a dramatic slot-machine reveal with confetti.

How It Works

Live Upvoting

Audience upvotes favorites in real time. Rankings update instantly.

Stage Manager

Independent moderation — approve, reject, and stage captions separately from audience rankings.

Content Moderation

Auto-approve for trusted crowds or manual queue for public events.

Winner Reveal

Slot-machine cycling through top captions with a confetti burst.

Stage Display

Cat staring at a laptop screen

Cat staring at a laptop screen

Captions coming in...

Audience Phone

Caption this!

0 captions · Open

Submit a caption and upvote favorites on the right — lock voting to reveal the winner on the stage display

Ask the Speaker

Live Q&A for conferences and panels. Audience members submit and upvote questions from their phones. The stage manager curates independently — picking which question gets the spotlight. The speaker answers them one by one.

No more awkward mic passes. No more the-same-person-asking-three-questions. The crowd votes, the stage manager curates, and the speaker sees only what matters. Answered questions get a green badge so everyone can follow along.

Built for the Stage

Live upvotingthe audience surfaces the questions they most want answered

Stage manager curationapprove, reject, and pick questions independently from the crowd ranking

Content moderationauto-approve for trusted audiences or manual queue for open events

Re-openable sessionsclose and reopen Q&A as needed throughout the session

Answered trackinggreen badge marks answered questions so the audience follows along in real time

Stage Display

👩‍💻

Dr. Sarah Chen

The Future of AI in Everyday Products

All questions answered!

Waiting for next question...

0 questions
0 answered

Audience Phone

👩‍💻

Dr. Sarah Chen

0 unanswered · Open

Submit a question and upvote on the right — tap “Answer Top Question” to see the speaker respond on the stage display

Guest Feedback Ratings

QR code on the table. Guest scans. Stars, a comment, done. The dashboard updates in real time — star distribution, average score, and the latest feedback. Then invite them to join your list on the way out.

Three-step funnel: rate, sign up, thank you. Every step is optional. Guests who skip the signup still leave a rating. Guests who join get captured as members. The admin dashboard shows everything live — no waiting for a CSV export.

The Funnel

1
Rate

Tap 1-5 stars and leave an optional comment.

2
Sign Up

Optional member signup — name and email captured.

3
Thanks

Confirmation with confetti. Dashboard updates live.

Your Dashboard

24

Total Ratings

4.3

Average

5
12
4
8
3
3
2
1
1
0

Saturday Night Vibes — Live

Guest's Phone

Saturday Night Vibes

How was your experience?

Leave a comment (optional)...

Step 1 of 3

Tap the stars on the right — watch the dashboard on the left update in real time

Sign-Up Lists

Create curated sign-up lists for events, multi-session campaigns, and group activities. Members browse what's available, join with one click, and communicate with other participants through threaded discussions — all from a public landing page with no login required to view.

Perfect for tabletop RPG campaigns, recurring game nights, volunteer committees, workshop series, and any activity where you need to manage who's in. Tie lists to membership tiers so each level gets a set number of slots — "Gold members get 5 campaigns, Silver gets 2."

Three List Types

Events

One-time gatherings like pizza parties, game nights, and meetups. Set a date, cap attendance, and let members sign up.

Campaigns

Multi-session series like D&D campaigns, book clubs, or workshop tracks. Members commit for the full run.

Groups

Ongoing participation like committees, teams, or interest groups. Open-ended membership with role assignments.

Built for Community

Tier-based slot limitscontrol how many lists each membership level can join — Gold gets 5, Silver gets 2, Free gets 1

Threaded discussionsparticipants communicate within the list — coordinate schedules, share resources, plan sessions

Public landing pageseach list gets a branded URL with cover image, participant roster, and discussion thread

Role managementassign organizers and leaders alongside regular participants for each list

Capacity trackingset max participants, track remaining spots, and automatically close when full

Prize Tracking

Win on Stage. Fulfill on Your Schedule.

The moment a name is drawn, the prize is assigned. But delivery doesn't have to happen right then. The host keeps the show moving. The bartender fulfills the drink ticket when there's a gap at the bar. Everyone works at their own pace.

Won

Prize is assigned the instant the winner is revealed. Name, prize, timestamp — all recorded automatically.

Pending

The prize sits in a fulfillment queue. Any authorized crew member can see what's outstanding and who it belongs to.

Delivered

When the prize is handed off, a crew member marks it delivered. Done. Auditable. No sticky notes lost.

Full Picture

Every Play. Every Player. Every Prize.

The next morning, it's all in your admin dashboard. No guessing what happened last night.

Plays

How many drawings and voting rounds ran, when they started, and how many people were in the pool.

Players

Who signed up, who checked in, who voted, and how many times they participated across the night.

Winners

Every drawn name with the mode, round, and timestamp. Elimination history and voting margins included.

Fulfillment

Which prizes were delivered, by whom, and when. Outstanding items visible at a glance for the closing crew.

On the Horizon

Coming Soon

We're building the next wave of features to make every event smarter and every audience more engaged.

Leaderboards

Recurring players rack up points across events. Display a live leaderboard on the venue screen to spark friendly competition. Top fans earn recognition and unlock tier-specific rewards automatically.

Digital Prize Delivery

Winners get prizes pushed straight to their phone — discount codes, digital vouchers, wallet-pass perks, or membership upgrades. No physical handoff needed. Fulfillment happens instantly, even after the event ends.

Enter the Action With WaveTouch

Every experience on this page can be triggered by WaveTouch (tap-powered) — not just QR codes. Tap a wristband to enter a drawing. Tap a sticker to cast a vote. Tap a table stand to rate. Tap a badge to submit a question.

Cards, wristbands, stickers, badges — whatever fits your venue. One tap, instant participation.

Explore 🌊👋WaveTouch →
Architecture

One Controller. One Display. Real-Time Sync.

The host runs the show from a phone or tablet. The audience sees the spectacle on the projector. Both screens stay perfectly in sync — no cables, no pairing, no special hardware. Just WiFi and two browser tabs.

Anyone on the crew can take control mid-event with one tap. Hand the phone to the DJ, the bartender, or the next host. The show never stops.

Ready to Light Up Your Next Event?

Live engagement tools are included with NextWave Surf, Pipeline, and Custom plans. Start free, upgrade when you're ready to bring the show.