We all like to know how well our Webinars have gone by receiving feedback from the audience. We might need this information as part of our reporting process to managers or for our own, more personal reasons. Clearly, this kind of data helps a great deal when planning better events …

Whether you have 5 or 500 in your Webinar, breaking the ice by using an activity of some kind generally leads to better engagement and a more successful experience for all. A little like a warm-up act for a comedian, a good icebreaker can warm up your Webinar audience, ready …

So you’ve hit the start button and names are popping up on participant list – now what? In my experience, if hosts are not pro-active in managing the attendees from the first moment they arrive, the text chat will start filling up with questions such as: Is there anyone there? …

I have yet to find Webinar software of any kind which has no text chat facility. Text chat is such a simple, yet powerful tool. So I am always amazed to see that some Webinar hosts restrict the text chat in their sessions, or even turn it off. For me, …

When I was a teacher, I used to take whole-school assemblies, so I had an audience made up of hundreds of children. Sometimes I was the only adult in the room. I used to lead the singing, tell a story or give out messages. Obviously, I couldn’t see what all …

It might sound obvious but in my experience, not all Webinar hosts help the audience to join the session – or not in the most helpful ways. Of course, this all comes back to knowing your audience really well. How confident with and knowledgeable about technology are your audience? How …

When you set up your webinar, most software allows you to send automatic participant email invitations. As part of this email, there is usually a link to join the Webinar. This is a great service – it’s really simple and one of the best features of dedicated Webinar software. However, …

As well as yourself, you might have a moderator, a co-host, a presenter or maybe even a panel in your Webinar. You might be tempted to have them all in one location – which is completely logical. However, this can create a single point of failure. If everyone is in …

One of most important and useful tools in any Webinar is the ability to share. You can share presentations, websites, documents, images or practically anything you have on your computer with your audience. However, it’s also possible in most webinar systems to share your computer desktop and this is where …