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Toasty
About
Toasty is a virtual facilitation tool that saves your time from juggling multiple platforms, collecting notes, and figuring out how to manage your participants. Toasty allows users to host engaging video meetings with features such as facilitation templates, breakout groups, conversation cards, and anonymous polls and Q&As.
The Takeaway: If you're having trouble juggling multiple collaborative tools during your meetings, Toasty offers a great solution to manage your workflow and drive productivity. One standout feature in particular is the ability to automatically generate meeting minutes as the app captures the entire meeting and summarizes it into a Google Doc. Keep in mind that the company charges a monthly subscription of $29/host per month, however you can get a one month trial without signing up with a credit card.
Pros and Cons Group Responses & Individual Responses - Everyone submits a response, either individually or collectively as a group, then discusses Platform Integration - You can launch your favourite tools like Miro or Google Doc in Toasty without having to juggle between multiple windows Automatically capture your notes - Toasty will automatically capture all the activity within a session and summarize it into a Google Doc. Conversation Cards - Give everyone a chance to verbally share views on different topics, one person at a time Plan your session ahead of time - Setup everything ahead of time using our "Planning mode". Try a session yourself or invite your co-facilitators for a test run. Polls - Everyone is prompted to answer to a quick poll Security - Toasty uses Jitsi, an encrypted and 100% open source video conferencing solution Q&A - Have your team ask and upvote anonymous questions for leaders to answer in real-time Screen sharing - Anyone can easily share their screens to quickly exchange ideas Templates - Ready-made, outcome-driven templates that can be customized and used instantly. Activity list - You can pre-plan all interactions for your session beforehand and run through them live without hassle Easily add pronouns to display name Pricing Up to 50 meeting participants Video conversations Engagement toolbar Template library Easy access meeting links Main room and breakout room Anonymous Q&A Screensharing Data analytics Priority support Security
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Pros
Cons
Breakout Groups - Evenly sized groups will be formed randomly or based on participants' similarities and differences. Breakout rooms are available for each group
Only free for 30 days, although you can reach out to the company to ask for a discount
*Free trial available for 30 days
Professional - for managers and facilitators
$29/host per month
Unlimited sessions and duration
Multiple co-facilitators