Abstract: A computer implemented method of operating an administrator device to facilitate the participation of participants in an event comprises receiving passages of free text from response devices operated by participants; automatically aggregating and displaying the received passages of free text in a free text input region of a display of the administrator device; receiving a user selection of a said passage of free text and copying that selected passage of free text to a response prompt region of said display; generating an output to display the free text in the response prompt region to said participants; receiving a user input via a first clickable icon displayed on said display and, in response, accepting responses from response devices; receiving a user input via said first or a further clickable icon displayed on said display and in response stopping acceptance of further responses from response devices; and automatically aggregating and displaying the accepted responses in a result region of said display a