diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index a20c85148..6c8b0a52b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Other:
 - Created a poll description field for each assignment-poll.
 - Added possibility to use custom templates and static files in user data path
   directory.
+- Added global chatbox for managers.
 
 Version 1.5.2 (unreleased)
 ==========================
diff --git a/openslides/core/chatbox.py b/openslides/core/chatbox.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a359f5cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openslides/core/chatbox.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session
+from sockjs.tornado import SockJSConnection
+
+
+class ChatboxSocketHandler(SockJSConnection):
+    """
+    Websocket handler for the chatbox.
+    """
+    clients = set()
+
+    def on_open(self, info):
+        """
+        Checks connecting user and adds his client to the clients list.
+        """
+        from openslides.participant.models import User
+
+        session_key = info.get_cookie(settings.SESSION_COOKIE_NAME).value
+        session = Session.objects.get(session_key=session_key)
+        try:
+            self.user = User.objects.get(pk=session.get_decoded().get('_auth_user_id'))
+        except User.DoesNotExist:
+            return_value = False
+        else:
+            # TODO: Use correct permission here
+            if self.user.has_perm('projector.can_manage_projector'):
+                self.clients.add(self)
+                return_value = True
+            else:
+                return_value = False
+        return return_value
+
+    def on_message(self, message):
+        """
+        Sends the given message to all clients.
+
+        Also appends the message to the cache and removes old messages if there
+        are more than 100.
+        """
+        # TODO: Use correct permission here
+        if self.user.has_perm('projector.can_manage_projector') and message:
+            message_object = ChatMessage(person=self.user, message=message)
+            chat_messages.append(message_object)
+            if len(chat_messages) > 100:
+                chat_messages.pop(0)
+            self.broadcast(
+                self.clients,
+                '%s %s' % (message_object.html_time_and_person(),
+                           message_object.message))
+
+    def on_close(self):
+        """
+        Removes client from the clients list.
+        """
+        self.clients.remove(self)
+
+
+class ChatMessage(object):
+    """
+    Class for all chat messages. They are stored in the chat_messages object.
+
+    The argument person has to be a Person object, the argument message has to
+    be the message as string. The argument color can be a three-tuple of RGB
+    color values. Default is black (0, 0, 0).
+    """
+    def __init__(self, person, message, color=None):
+        self.person = person
+        self.message = message
+        self.color = color or (0, 0, 0)
+        self.time = datetime.now()
+
+    def html_time_and_person(self):
+        """
+        Returns a styled prefix for each message using span and small html tags.
+        """
+        return '<span style="color:%(color)s;">%(person)s <small class="grey">%(time)s</small>:</span>' % {
+            'color': 'rgb(%d,%d,%d)' % self.color,
+            'person': self.person.clean_name,
+            'time': self.time.strftime('%H:%M')}
+
+
+chat_messages = []
+"""
+Cache with all messages during livetime of the server.
+"""
+
+
+def chat_messages_context_processor(request):
+    """
+    Adds all chat messages to the request context as template context processor.
+    """
+    if True:  # TODO: Add permission check here
+        value = chat_messages
+    else:
+        value = None
+    return {'chat_messages': value}
diff --git a/openslides/core/static/css/base.css b/openslides/core/static/css/base.css
index 41b767470..c470c6e7d 100644
--- a/openslides/core/static/css/base.css
+++ b/openslides/core/static/css/base.css
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ legend + .control-group {
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
-
-/** Left sitebar navigation **/
+/** Left sidebar navigation **/
 .leftmenu ul {
     margin: 0;
     list-style: none;
@@ -320,6 +319,7 @@ legend + .control-group {
 .icon-presentations {
     background-position: -264px -48px;
 }
+
 /** More glyphicons free icons **/
 .status_link .icon-on, .icon-checked-new {
     background-image: url("../img/glyphicons_152_check.png");
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ legend + .control-group {
     background-position: 0;
 }
 
-
 /** Responsive **/
 @media (max-width: 767px) {
     body {
diff --git a/openslides/core/static/javascript/chatbox.js b/openslides/core/static/javascript/chatbox.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4b61df74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openslides/core/static/javascript/chatbox.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Functions for OpenSlides manager chatbox
+
+$("button#open-chatbox").click(function(){
+    $("div#chatbox").removeClass('hidden');
+});
+
+$("button#close-chatbox").click(function(){
+    $("div#chatbox").addClass('hidden');
+});
+
+$(document).ready(function(){
+    //~ var transports = $('#protocols input:checked').map(function(){
+        //~ return $(this).attr('id');
+    //~ }).get();
+
+    function print_message(message) {
+        var chatbox = $('#chatbox-text');
+        chatbox.html(chatbox.html() + '<p>' + message + '</p>');
+        chatbox.scrollTop(chatbox.scrollTop() + 10000);
+    }
+
+    //~ var connection = new SockJS('http://' + window.location.host + '/chatbox', transports);
+    var connection = new SockJS('http://' + window.location.host + '/core/chatbox');
+
+    connection.onmessage = function(event) {
+        print_message(event.data);
+    };
+
+    $("#chatbox-form-send").click(function(){
+        var message = $('#chatbox-form-input').val();
+        connection.send(message);
+        $('#chatbox-form-input').val('').focus();
+        return false;
+    });
+});
diff --git a/openslides/core/static/styles/chatbox.css b/openslides/core/static/styles/chatbox.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87c2c6fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openslides/core/static/styles/chatbox.css
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/** Chatbox **/
+.icon-comments {
+    background-position: -240px -120px;
+}
+div#chatbox {
+    width: 35%;
+}
+div#chatbox h1 {
+    border-bottom: none;
+    font-size: 14px;
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
+    float: left;
+}
+div#chatbox div#chatbox-text {
+    clear: both;
+    min-height: 150px;
+    max-height:150px;
+    overflow-y:scroll;
+}
diff --git a/openslides/core/templates/base.html b/openslides/core/templates/base.html
index acf0c24a5..f5ca763de 100644
--- a/openslides/core/templates/base.html
+++ b/openslides/core/templates/base.html
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <link href="{% static 'css/bootstrap.min.css' %}" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
     <link href="{% static 'css/bootstrap-responsive.min.css' %}" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
     <link href="{% static 'css/base.css' %}" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
+    <link href="{% static 'css/chatbox.css' %}" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
     <link href="{% static 'img/favicon.png' %}" type="image/png" rel="shortcut icon" />
     {% for stylefile in extra_stylefiles %}
         <link href="{% static stylefile %}" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
@@ -36,6 +37,14 @@
                             </div>
                         </form> &nbsp;
 
+                        <!-- Chatbox button -->
+                        {% if chat_messages != None %}
+                            <button class="btn" id="open-chatbox">
+                                    <i class="icon-comments"></i>
+                                    {% trans 'Chat' %}
+                            </button>
+                        {% endif %}
+
                         <!-- login/logout button -->
                         <div class="btn-group">
                             {% if user.is_authenticated %}
@@ -109,10 +118,15 @@
     </div><!--/#container-->
     {% endblock %}<!--/body-->
 
+    {% include 'core/chatbox.html' %}
+
     <!-- JavaScript (Placed at the end of the document so the pages load faster) -->
     <script src="{% static 'js/jquery/jquery.min.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
     <script src="{% static 'js/bootstrap.min.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
     <script src="{% static 'js/utils.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
+    <script src="{% static 'js/sockjs-0.3.min.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
+    <script src="{% static 'js/utils.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
+    <script src="{% static 'js/chatbox.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
     <script src="{% url 'django.views.i18n.javascript_catalog' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
     {% for javascript in extra_javascript %}
         <script src="{% static javascript %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
diff --git a/openslides/core/templates/core/chatbox.html b/openslides/core/templates/core/chatbox.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a54615845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openslides/core/templates/core/chatbox.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+
+{% if chat_messages != None %}
+    <div class="hidden well" id="chatbox">
+        <div>
+            <h1>Chatbox</h1>
+            <button class="btn btn-mini pull-right" id="close-chatbox"><i class="icon-remove"></i></button>
+        </div>
+        <div id="chatbox-text">
+            {% for message in chat_messages %}
+                <p>{{ message.html_time_and_person|safe }} {{ message.message }}</p>
+            {% endfor %}
+        </div>
+        <hr />
+        <form class="form-inline" id="chatbox-form">
+            <div class="input-append">
+            <input id="chatbox-form-input" type="text" />
+            <button id="chatbox-form-send" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" title="{% trans 'Send message' %}">
+                <i class="icon-ok icon-white"></i>
+            </button>
+            </div>
+        </form>
+    </div>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/openslides/global_settings.py b/openslides/global_settings.py
index b95e225a8..e72824234 100644
--- a/openslides/global_settings.py
+++ b/openslides/global_settings.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
     'django.core.context_processors.static',
     'openslides.utils.auth.anonymous_context_additions',
     'openslides.utils.main_menu.main_menu_entries',
+    'openslides.core.chatbox.chat_messages_context_processor',
 )
 
 CACHES = {
diff --git a/openslides/utils/tornado_webserver.py b/openslides/utils/tornado_webserver.py
index 2558f141a..a74b4d6fc 100644
--- a/openslides/utils/tornado_webserver.py
+++ b/openslides/utils/tornado_webserver.py
@@ -79,17 +79,20 @@ def run_tornado(addr, port, reload=False):
         url_string = 'http://%s:%s' % (addr, port)
     print _("Starting OpenSlides' tornado webserver listening to %(url_string)s") % {'url_string': url_string}
 
-    socket_js_router = SockJSRouter(ProjectorSocketHandler, '/projector/socket')
-
-    # Start the application
+    # Setup WSGIContainer
     app = WSGIContainer(Django_WSGIHandler())
-    tornado_app = Application(socket_js_router.urls + [
+
+    # Collect urls
+    projectpr_socket_js_router = SockJSRouter(ProjectorSocketHandler, '/projector/socket')
+    from openslides.core.chatbox import ChatboxSocketHandler
+    chatbox_socket_js_router = SockJSRouter(ChatboxSocketHandler, '/core/chatbox')
+    other_urls = [
         (r"%s(.*)" % settings.STATIC_URL, DjangoStaticFileHandler),
         (r'%s(.*)' % settings.MEDIA_URL, StaticFileHandler, {'path': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}),
-        ('.*', FallbackHandler, dict(fallback=app))
-    ], debug=reload)
+        ('.*', FallbackHandler, dict(fallback=app))]
 
+    # Start the application
+    tornado_app = Application(projectpr_socket_js_router.urls + chatbox_socket_js_router.urls + other_urls, debug=reload)
     server = HTTPServer(tornado_app)
-    server.listen(port=port,
-                  address=addr)
+    server.listen(port=port, address=addr)
     IOLoop.instance().start()