Once every few generations, there is a technological development
that historians later realize actually amounted to a rapid
transformational change for an entire profession. The job of
architects, for example, was transformed with the advent of safe
elevators, which allowed buildings to be significantly taller
and still usable.  Meeting professionals are about to face a
similar change. Audience response systems, often called clickers
or keypads, allow each person at a gathering to have a voice in
the meeting. Essentially, ARS devices transform audiences from
observers into participants.  In a few years, attendees will
expect meeting professionals to be not just familiar with the
technology, but also able to deploy it skillfully. What do
meeting professional need to know to adapt to the coming clicker
revolution?  Defining ARS ARS systems are combinations of
handheld devices, receivers, computers, and display and/or
projection systems. Together, these devices allow a meeting
facilitator to ask an audience a qu