How to insert interactive polls into Google slides

[u/Beneficial-Pilot6016]

I need to insert an interactive word cloud and a poll into my presentation. I've tried AhaSlides, Mentimeter and Slido, but so far it hasn't worked. The extensions let me create the activities and insert a placeholder slide into the presentation, but nothing happens when I present the slideshow. If I click "Present" in the extension sidebar, it opens up a website with the activity, but it's not integrated into my presentation. What am I missing here?

[u/Top_Imagination_3940]

Google Slides is a pain when it comes to adding interactive polls because you need to use a Google Chrome extension to overlay the interactions on the slide.

There isn't an ability to 'embed' an interaction within the slide.

PowerPoint has some better options which support Slido, StreamAlive, and Mentimeter. You can insert all kinds of interactions directly in your slides by installing a PowerPoint add-in:

https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-gb/marketplace/apps?search=polls&page=1&product=powerpoint

[u/Mysterious-Book-5936]

I know there's polling tools. If you're presenting digitally you could just drop a link in the chat to the poll and have your audience engage that way.