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Our Mission

We believe every voice
deserves to be heard

Too many meetings are dominated by the loudest voices. We built OpenFloor to change that by giving everyone an equal, anonymous way to ask questions, share ideas, and shape the conversation.

Natalie Bate, who owns and runs OpenFloor.

Natalie Bate

Operations & Owner, OpenFloor

A Note From Natalie

Why I started OpenFloor

I spent years in rooms where the most useful question never got asked. Not because nobody had one, but because asking it meant putting your name to it in front of your manager, your team, or three hundred colleagues on a video call. People went back to their desks with their best thinking still in their heads.

The best idea in a room is rarely the loudest one.

So Paul and I built something for our own meetings. Take the name off the question, let the room vote on what actually matters, and the agenda belongs to everybody rather than to whoever is most comfortable speaking first. It worked, people outside our organisation started asking to use it, and OpenFloor grew from there.

My ambition for it is simple. Tools like this have always been priced as though only large enterprises need them, which leaves the schools, charities, councils and small teams who would benefit most making do with a show of hands. I want OpenFloor to be genuinely affordable for any business or institution, whatever its size and whatever its budget, without quietly stripping out the features that make it worth using in the first place.

I would also like to hear from you. If something is missing, if a step feels awkward, or if the pricing does not work for your organisation, please tell me. Every suggestion comes to my inbox and I read all of them. It would be a bit rich to build a platform about listening to the whole room and then not listen myself.

Send Natalie your feedback
Our Story

From our meetings to yours

What started as an internal fix now runs all-hands meetings, lectures, conferences, webinars and workshops. The mechanics are the same wherever it is used: a six-character code, nothing for the audience to install or sign up for, and a queue the room orders together.

We are still a small team, and we still build in the open. What goes on the roadmap is decided on the strength of the argument rather than the size of the account it came from.

An illustration of people gathering among trees and flowers, sharing ideas in an open-air garden.
What We Stand For

Built on principles

Anonymity encourages honesty

When people feel safe, they share what they really think, not what they think you want to hear.

Every voice matters equally

No hierarchy in the question queue. The best ideas rise to the top through democratic voting, not job titles.

Technology should be invisible

Scan a QR code and join the conversation. No audience account or app download needed.

The Team

Small team, big ambitions

We're a small, focused team building something we believe in. As OpenFloor grows, so will we.

Natalie Bate

Operations & Owner

Paul Buttle

Design & Development

Ready to give everyone a voice?

Create a free session and share the code. Free to use, no credit card required.