INIT at APTA TRANSform: Custom Touchscreen Voting Kiosks That Let Attendees Direct a Community Gift
117
Votes Cast
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PivotXP Crew On Site
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Votes Synced to the Cloud
PivotXP wrote custom live polling software for two touchscreen kiosks at INIT's booth at APTA TRANSform Conference & EXPO 2026 in Chicago. Attendees met three Chicago nonprofits and voted on how INIT's community gift would be shared. The kiosks ran on their own with no PivotXP crew on site, kept working offline, and synced all 117 votes to the cloud within a second of each tap.
Client
INIT
Location
APTA TRANSform Conference & EXPO · Chicago, IL
Published
October 2026
INIT
The Ask: Let Attendees Decide Where the Gift Goes
INIT wanted a simple, engaging way for APTA attendees to take part in its giving: learn about three Chicago community organizations and vote for one, with the result shared at a charity reveal on the final day.
The software had to be custom to INIT, easy enough to use without anyone explaining it, and reliable without a technician standing next to it.
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Chicago Nonprofits
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Expo Days
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Crew Needed
PivotXP Custom Software
What We Built: Voting Kiosks That Run Themselves
Two touchscreen kiosks running our own voting app. An attendee taps to begin, meets the three organizations, opens any of them to see what it does and why it matters, then votes and confirms. A thank-you screen shows the live community results, and a final screen offers QR codes for anyone who wants to give to an organization directly.
The kiosks run as appliances: they power on straight into the app, keep working if the venue network drops, and sync every vote to a cloud database the moment they can, so nothing is lost. The screens were built from INIT's own artwork for the 1080×1920 portrait displays. We shipped the kiosks configured and tested, and the INIT team ran them on their own.
100%
Votes Synced to the Cloud
< 1 sec
Tap to Cloud
Offline-First
Votes Stored on the Kiosk
APTA TRANSform 2026
On the Floor: 117 Votes, Three Causes
The kiosks ran across both expo days, from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. The first morning was the busiest, peaking at 23 votes in a single hour.
Attendees cast 117 votes: Access Living 46, Elevated Chicago 36 and Equiticity 35. INIT announced how the gift would be shared at its Charity Reveal on October 7.
46
Votes for Access Living
36
Votes for Elevated Chicago
35
Votes for Equiticity
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FAQ
Questions about this build
Who built INIT's voting kiosks at APTA TRANSform 2026?
PivotXP wrote the custom live polling software and shipped two touchscreen kiosks to INIT's booth at APTA TRANSform Conference & EXPO 2026 in Chicago. Attendees cast 117 votes across three Chicago nonprofits over two expo days, deciding how INIT's community gift would be shared.
Can trade show kiosks run without a technician on site?
Yes. INIT's kiosks ran as appliances: they powered on straight into the voting app, kept working if the venue network dropped, and synced every vote to the cloud as soon as they could. PivotXP shipped them configured and tested, the INIT team ran them on their own, and 100% of votes reached the cloud within a second of each tap.
What did attendees see on the INIT voting kiosk?
An attract screen, then the three organizations, a detail page for each one, the ballot and a confirmation. After voting, a thank-you screen showed live community results, and a final screen offered QR codes to give to an organization directly. The screens were built from INIT's own artwork for portrait 1080×1920 displays.
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