Our First Poll @ Mariner’s JHM: “Who is Your Favorite?” BAD IDEA.

I lost miserably in a new Sidekick poll we did with our students. Ugh, I did not see this coming. I ended up being tied for LAST in the voting.

But first, let me back up…

Ok, without a doubt, Live Voting in the new beta version of Sidekick is absolutely amazing. In addition to being incredibly easy to setup, the student experience is SO GOOD. It’s just so much fun. We had 2 polls this week.

First up was:

And, somewhat surprisingly, the vast majority of students were all in on Christmas tunes as soon as the Thanksgiving turkey is sliced up.

But the real controversy came with the second poll, which was:

…and let me come to you from the future with this warning:

DO NOT DO THIS POLL WHEN YOU GET SIDEKICK.

(Remember, Sidekick Presenter is included with your DYM Gold Membership, and Sidekick + Phones is included in a DYM Gold+ Membership).

So we put the names of six regular leaders up on the screen… and the host of the element (regrettably not me) pushed students to vote for herself… Then the bribing started. Another leader was bribing students with LLAMA BUCKS. Then student leaders all got behind another person.

In short… I was left out in the cold, just like having a birthday a couple days after Christmas – it’s not a great feeling. I got demolished in the final tally.

All of this to say… be kind to yourself this holiday season. When you use Sidekick + Phones, don’t even think of asking students to pick their favorite… or you just might get humbled a bit… like me this week. Ouch.

Josh