Using a Speedboat, encourage discussion and generate ideas for achieving your team's goals. Using the Boat analogy, for example, your participants explore what helps the team move toward its goals and what has held it back. This approach, accessible to everyone, encourages the group to put into words a project's successes and weaknesses.
Create the activity
Click "Add a slide" on the top left of your screen, and select the Speedboat activity.
A dedicated editing panel appears on the right of your screen to customize the activity.
The activity is integrated into your presentation; it is saved automatically and appears as a slide in the navigation bar on the left. An editing panel appears automatically on the right-hand side of your screen.
Customize the activity
The default title is the name of the activity. To change it, delete the automatic title and enter your own question or a custom title. Add an instruction to give more detail about your activity (optional).
Several formats are available:
The Boat: used as part of a continuous improvement workshop, by adapting the title and icons of the categories to your work context.
The Hot Air Balloon: tackles the same theme (brakes/motors) as the Boat, without the objectives/obstacles dimension. A simple activity for continuous improvement, letting you vary it from the Speedboat and bring novelty to your meetings.
Using the car: keep an eye on the rearview mirror to see how far you've come and the parachutes that are slowing you down, but don't forget to look far ahead! A ravine looms quickly, but the team likely has the means to build a bridge to avoid it.
The Rocket: a collaborative activity for discussing strategic issues. Take a step back with the Beekast rocket and work as a team on transformation issues: describe your strategies and initiatives (Earth), your resources such as teams and skills (Rocket), and finally your goals (Moon), which make up your strategic challenges.
💡Good to know
Using the pencil icon under each Speedboat proposal, you can change your column headings and even attach an image to the title.
You can make your participants' answers anonymous.
You can also activate voting for your activity, either by likes or points.
Presentation settings
From here, you can activate the option to display the number of ideas live. It is possible to add launch settings to your activity. Consult our dedicated article about Time management settings.
Start your activity and take part
In participant-driven scrolling mode (asynchronous mode), your Speedboat is automatically accessible as soon as your activity is saved. In Live mode :
The activity opens as soon as you display its slide (if you've added a stopwatch or a timer, click "Reveal & start" at the top right of your slide). At the top right, the "Open · N ideas" indicator tracks submitted ideas in real time.
Select the place where you wish to place your idea.
Write down this idea.
Then click on Send.
Move to the voting phase
If you checked the "Activate voting" option on your activity, you'll have a first brainstorming phase where ideas are put online, open as soon as you display the slide. Once all ideas are entered, you can proceed to the voting phase by clicking the "Start polling" button at the top right. The "Voting · N votes" indicator then tracks votes in real time, and the "Back to collecting" button lets you reopen the brainstorming phase. Your participants can then vote by likes or distribute points to the different ideas of the activity.
Once you click on "Finish & show results", the activity will be closed to your audience.
Activity options
Edit: click your activity's thumbnail, then the Edit button at the top right of the toolbar. The editing panel opens.
Duplicate: in the editing panel, click the Duplicate icon.
Remove: in the editing panel, click the Remove icon.
To reset the activity, click Reset for everyone at the top right of the slide.
💡Good to know
The activity is not editable anymore once the answers have been saved.
For more information, check out more info on the Speedboat activity.
❓FAQ
How do I create a Speedboat activity?
Click "Add a slide" on the top left of your screen, then select the Speedboat activity.
How do I launch my Speedboat activity?
In Live mode, the activity opens as soon as you display its slide: there's nothing to do. If you've added a stopwatch or a timer, click "Reveal & start" at the top right of your slide. In participant-driven mode, the activity is automatically accessible as soon as it's saved.
How does voting work on a Speedboat activity?
If "Activate voting" is checked, click the "Start polling" button (top right) once all ideas are entered. Participants vote by likes or by distributing points, then you click "Finish & show results" to close the activity.
Can I still edit my Speedboat activity afterward?
Yes, as long as no answers have been saved. Once answers are saved, the activity is no longer editable.
Can participants' answers be anonymous?
Yes, you can make your participants' answers anonymous.
What formats are available for a Speedboat activity?
Four formats: Boat, Hot Air Balloon, Car, Rocket.