Webinar Quick Tips

When I was on my first teaching practice, I planned interesting, exciting activities for the class. However, when I was actually in front of the children, I abandoned the plans in favour of safe activities I knew would keep them ‘busy’. The lessons were fine, the children learned but it …

In this first ever episode of The Webinar Show I talk to Mike Agron from Web Attract about his approach to Webinars. He kindly shares a huge amount of detail about his Webinar methodology including explaining what he calls the ‘Webinar Life Cycle’ which is split up into 5 ‘Acts’. …

Recently, I saw some new trial e-learning materials by a company. They were fine but I couldn’t help thinking – what’s the audience and purpose of these? They were essentially a cut-down version of one of the main products sold by the company. I suppose the intention was to use them …

If you use a webcam for your Webinars, it can add a great personal touch as your audience can see the presenter, host or even in some cases, other participants. It’s as close as you can get to a face-to-face meeting, especially with today’s cheap HD cameras and Webinar software …

This tip is from Cliff Ravenscraft of podcastanswerman.com who got it from a public speaking course he attended. I always try to follow this general approach when I plan Webinar Quick Tips. A lack of structure in presentations usually makes them less successful than they could be. The presenter can …

I was hosting a Webinar some time ago in which the audience were all from countries where English is not the first language. All attendees spoke excellent English, however. For the digital ice-breaker, I used the traditional world map. I asked the participants to add their pointer to indicate where …

When I started using Webinar software back in 2001, I taught children who were isolated at home because of medical needs and we always recorded the sessions so that the children who were unable to attend could watch the recording later and catch up on what they had missed. It …

In an attempt to drive adoption, many people – particularly managers – have been given the wrong idea about Webinars and web conferencing technology. Of course, web based meetings are ‘greener’ than face-to-face ones and can reach audiences it would not be possible to reach any other way. There are …

If you are using Webinars, then I’m sure you want to make a personal connection with your audience – otherwise why not just send a video or a pdf out to your mailing list? However, how can you make this personal connection most effectively when you are using a webcam …

It may come as a shock to you, as it did to me, but you might not be the only person in your organisation who can host Webinars. That’s clearly a joke but just because you do host most or all of the Webinars for your organisation doesn’t mean that …