Roger Courville

About Roger Courville

Roger Courville is author of The Virtual Presenter’s Handbook , contributing author to Business Expert Guide to Small Business Success. Roger is Principal at 1080 Group, and internationally sought-after speaker/teacher on the use of web seminars, virtual presentations, and virtual classrooms to affect change and deliver results.

A veteran of the web seminar industry since 1999, Roger has reached tens of thousands live online, and he’s reached tens of thousands more with writing appearances for Workshifting.com, SpeakingAboutPresenting.com, Training Australia Magazine, Presentations Magazine, eLearningGuild, and more. His 2008 white paper “Five Keys to Moving Training Online” won TrainingZone.co.uk’s Reader’s Choice Award for “Top Download of the Year.”

Curriculum Vitae

Awards

  • Regional champion – Toastmasters (2012)
  • “So You Think You Can Speak” – National Speakers Association – Chapter Winner, National Finalist (Apr 2011)
  • “Best Conference Session” – Northwest Job Seeker’s Conference (Jan 2009)
  • “Best Download of 2008” – TrainingZone Reader’s Choice Award (Jan 2009)
  • “Best Conference Session” – Microsoft Airlift (Oct 2003)

Board Positions

  • The Schey Sales Centre at Ohio University – Professional Sales Advisory Board
  • National Speaker Association – Oregon – Program Co-Chair
  • Toastmasters – Gresham, Oregon – Vice President of Communications

 

Public Presentations and Workshops

Learning and Development

Training, Business

  • What Will They Pay? Determining the Value of Your Webinar Training Program (Jun 2011)
  • Expanding Your Freelance Training Practice (Dec 2010)
  • Building a Compelling Business Case for Online Training (Sept 2010)
  • Marketing for Trainers: How to Promote Your Training Programs (Jan 2010)
  • Training ROI: Attaching a Real Dollar Figure to Moving Training Online (Jan, Mar 2009)
  • How to Market Online Training: Four Principles of Effective Online Promotion (Apr, Aug, Sept 2008)
  • Reach Customers with Online Training, (May 2007)

Planning, Designing Live, Online Training

  • Harness the Power of Story in the Virtual Classroom (Apr 2012)
  • How to Get and Keep Attention When You’re Not in the Same Room (Mar x2 2012)
  • Secrets to Delivering Online Classroom Presentations (Feb 2012)
  • Designing a Virtual Learning Experience (Jan x2 2012)
  • Instructional Design for Live, Online Training (Apr x2 2011)
  • Creating Interactive Exercises for Live, Online Training (Aug, Nov 2010, Mar 2011)
  • Rapid PowerPoint Design for Attention, Cognition, and Retention (Aug, Dec 2010, Apr 2011)
  • Developing Dynamic Training Webinars (May 2010)

Delivering Live, Online Training

  • Tips for Getting Virtual Learners to Participate (Feb, Mar 2012)
  • Creating a Sense of Presence (When You’re Somewhere Else) (Feb 2012 x2)
  • Webinar Presentation Skills for Training Professionals (May 2011)
  • Raise Your Training EQ: 10 Tips for Accelerating Live, Online Training Results (May 2011)
  • The 7 Deadly Sins of Online Training Presentations (and How to Avoid Them) (Jan 2011)
  • 10 Practical Tips for Live, Online Training Sessions (Sept 2010)
  • Engage your audience – 10 Webinar Best Practices for Trainers (May 2010)
  • How to Make Online Training as Interactive and Effective as In-Person Training (Feb, Mar, May, June, Aug 2009, Jan, Feb, May, Jun 2010)
  • Beyond the Basics: Optimize Training Webinars for Maximum Impact (Apr, Nov, Dec 2008)

Blended and Social Learning

  • Blended Learning: How to Add Online Training to the Mix (Feb, Mar 2012)
  • How to Use Twitter and Social Media with Training Webinars (Apr, May 2010)
  • Incorporating Live Webinars into Blended Learning (Sept, Oct 2009, Mar 2010)
  • How to Build an On Demand Training Program (Oct 2008)

Training, General

  • How to Market Live, Online Training (Mar 2012)
  • Using the Virtual Classroom as a Catalyst for Change (Jan 2012)
  • Live, Online Training and Events: Best Practices, Trends, and Challenges (Feb 2011)
  • The Non-Trainer’s Guide to Online Training Success (Jan 2011)
  • 10 Tips for Getting Started with Live, Online Training (Jan, Feb x2 2011)
  • Live Online Training – Best Practices, Trends and Challenge (Dec 2011)
  • Live, Online Training: the Master Class (Oct x6, Dec 2010)
  • Getting Started with Interactive Online Training (Jul x2 2010)
  • Five Keys to Moving Training Online (Apr 2009)
  • Train Smarter, Not Harder: Move Training Online and Win (July 2008)
  • Getting Started with Online Training (Mar, Jul, Aug 2008, Oct 2009)

Human Resources

  • Understanding and Motivating Your Trainees from a Distance (May 2010)
  • Cut Through the Noise: Using Online Training to Reach Employees (Sept 2008, Oct 2009)
  • Never Unemployed, Always Self-Employed (Feb, Mar, Apr 2009)

Virtual Presentation Skills

Design for Webinar Presentations

  • Designing Virtual Presentations that Wow an Audience (Dec 2011, Jan 2012)
  • Design for Non-Designers: How to Design Engaging Webinar Presentations (Mar 2011)
  • Rapid PowerPoint for Attention and Impact (Oct x2 2010)
  • Slide Makeovers: Real Examples and Practical “How To” (Oct 2010)
  • Design for Non-Designers: How to Design Engaging Webinars (July, Aug, Sept, Nov, Dec 2009)

Delivery of Webinar Presentations

  • Attention! How to Get and Keep It in a Virtual Presentation (Jan, Feb 2012)
  • Five Secrets to Delivering Engaging Online Presentations (Jun 2011)
  • Offline to Online:  How to Engage that Audience You Can’t See (Nov 2010)
  • How to Deliver an Effective Virtual Presentation (Nov x3, Dec 2010)
  • Webinar Presentation Skills: The Next Professional Development Requirement (May 2010)
  • Honing Your Webinar Presentation Skills: The Latest in Professional Development (Mar, May 2010)
  • Raise Your Webinar EQ (Engagement Quotient) (Apr, May 2010)
  • Present Like a Pro: How to Deliver Engaging Webinars (July, Aug, Sept, Nov 2009, Jan 2010)

Webinar Presentations, General

  • 8 Things You Can Do NOW to Improve Your Virtual Presentation Skills (Oct 2011, Jan 2012)
  • Webinar Presentation Skills for Business Professionals (Jan, May 2011)
  • Honing Your Webinar Presentation Skills: The Latest in Professional Development (Jan 2011)
  • From Aargh! to Zen! Plan, Design, & Deliver Engaging Virtual Presentations (Jan 2011)
  • Design and Deliver Engaging Webcast Presentations (Dec 2010)
  • Seven Success Factors from The Virtual Presenter’s Handbook (Dec 2010)
  • Ask the Experts: Roundtable with Veteran Webinar Presenters and Producers” (Sept 2010)
  • The 7 Deadly Sins of Online Presentations and How to Avoid Them (Jun 2010, Sept 2010)
  • How to Avoid the Seven Sins of Presenting Online (July, Aug, Sept, Nov, Dec 2009)

Marketing

Lead Generation

  • How to Promote and Deliver Engaging Webinars (Sept 2010)
  • Generate Webinar Leads and Conversation with Twitter and Social Media (Jul 2010)
  • How to Gain More Leads and Sales in the New Web 2.0, Social Media Economy (Jun 2010)
  • Getting Started with Webinars for Lead Generation (Aug 2010)
  • Increase Market Reach: Why Webinars are an Effective Lead Generation Tactic (July, Aug 2008, Sept 2009)
  • Indispensible Webinars: Going from “Online Slideshow” to Killer Lead Generation (Mar 2007, Apr 2008)
  • How to Kill a Lead Generation Web Seminar (Aug 2006)

Lead Nurturing

  • When Leads are Not Enough: How to Accelerate Lead Nurturing with Webinars (May 2011)
  • Power of Allegiance: Attracting and Retaining Customers (Apr 2010)
  • How to Attract and Retain Customers with Webinars (May 2009, Dec 2009)

Webinars as Content Marketing

  • How to Turn Webinar Programs into Content Marketing Strategy (May 2011, April 2012)

Webinars as Social Media

  • Transform Your Marketing Webinars into a Social Medium (Apr 2011)

General

  • Engaging Webinars: How to Avoid Big Mistakes as You Get Started (Sept 2010)
  • How to Plan and Produce Engaging Webinars (Mar 2010)
  • How to Promote the Unique Value of Web Seminars (Nov 2006)
  • Planning Effective Web Seminars (Aug 2006)

Sales

  • Beyond PowerPoint: Delivering Effective Virtual Sales Demos (Oct, Nov 2011)
  • Mastering Sales Cycles: Four Online Presentation Strategies (June, Nov 2011)
  • Accelerate the Buying Cycle with Web Conferencing (Oct 2010)
  • Webinar Best Practices for Financial Advisors (Oct 2010)
  • Plan, Design, Deliver Effective Online Sales Presentations (May 2010)

Voice Skills

  • The New Virtual Body Language: Using Your Voice for Impact in Online Meetings and Presentations (Nov 2010, Jan, Mar, July 2011)

Meeting /Collaboration Skills

  • Best Meeting Ever! How to Lead Virtual Meetings Your Attendees will Love (Jan x2 2012)
  • Mastering Online Meeting Skills (Nov 2010)
  • Conference Call Makeover: How to Use Web Conferencing to Accelerate Meetings and Communications (July 2010)
  • Effective Online Meetings: 7 Ways to Boost Your Virtual Meeting IQ (Sept, Oct 2009, Jan, Feb x2, Mar 2010)
  • Five Tips for Moving Green Meetings Online (Jan 2009)

Business, Other

Leadership

  • Virtual Leadership Development: Mastering the Seven Impact Points (Apr 2011)

Entrepreneurship

  • The Global Entrepreneur: Five Easy Ways to Appear Bigger than You Are (Apr 2011, Feb 2012)
  • Giant Killers: How Small Business Can Use Web Conferencing to Compete and Win (Nov 2006)

Coaching

  • Mastering the Art of Coaching Remotely Using Web Conferencing (Nov 2011)

General

  • Insights from the Latest Webcast Research (Oct 2010)
  • Managing Multiple Projects, Objectives, and Deadlines (May x5, June x2 2007)
  • When Web Seminars Do, and Don’t, Threaten Traditional Events, (and How to Use Them to Your Advantage) (Nov 2006)

Moderation

  • The Speed of Trust with Stephen M.R. Covey (Apr 2011)
  • A Phased Approach to Increasing IT Productivity and Efficiency (Jan 2011)
  • Unlocking the Potential of Professional Services and Support (Oct 2010)
  • Engaging for Influence: Delivering Virtual Training with Impact (Oct 2010)
  • Using Cognitive Apprenticeship to Navigate the Interactive Workplace (Sept 2010)
  • A Facilitator’s Guide to Training and Collaborating across Generations (Aug 2010)
  • Measuring and Managing First-Contact Resolution: Challenges & Techniques (Aug 2010)
  • Effectively Growing Your Key Sales and Service Talent (May 2010)
  • Placeholder – mcgarahan 4/11 (Apr 2010)
  • A Facilitator’s Guide to Training and Collaborating across Generations (Apr 2010)
  • Essentials of Using Twitter (Apr 2010)
  • Winning the Professional Services Sale in Any Market (Mar 2010)
  • The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience with Carmine Gallo (Mar 2010)
  • Introducing GoToTraining: Online Training Made Easy™ (Feb x2, Mar x2 2010)
  • Driving Customer Loyalty through Improved Service Performance (Feb 2010)
  • Strengthening the Business Case for Web Commuting (Jan 2010)
  • Strategies for Driving Down IT Support Costs with ITIL-Based Best Practices (Oct 2009)
  • The Perfect Agent: Tools and Technology for Coaching Your Support Team (Oct 2009)
  • How to Market and Sell with Webinars (Oct 2009)
  • Think Like a CEO: How to Align Training and Communications with Business Strategy (Sept 2009)
  • Audio Conferencing That Won’t Break the Bank (Sept 2009)
  • How to Craft and Deliver Winning Value Propositions (Sept 2009)
  • Enhance Your Business Continuity Strategy With Remote Access And Online Meetings (Sept 2009)
  • Best Practices for Optimizing Inside Sales (Apr 2009)
  • Getting Started on Twitter Twebinar (Mar 2009)
  • The Virtual Support Centre: Delivering Anytime, Anywhere Support (Mar x2 2009
  • Can You Hear Me? The Value of Communicating Effectively with Your Employees (Mar 2009)
  • Sneak Peak at GoToMyPC Corporate (Feb, Mar x2 2009)
  • Move Beyond Break-Fix Support into Value-Added Services (Nov 2008)
  • Optimal Product Pricing through Competitive Modeling (Nov 2008)
  • Must-Ask List Rental Questions Every Web Seminar Promoter Should Ask (Mar 2007)

 

Writing

Author

  • Successful Webinars with GoToWebinar (Nov 2011)
  • The Business Expert Guide to Small Business Success (July 2010) (Contributor)
  • The Virtual Presenter’s Handbook (July 2009)
  • Web Seminar Producer’s Toolkit (May 2007)

Research Survey Papers

  • Global Best Practices When Using Video Conferencing (July 2011)
  • How to Financial Advisors Can Promote and Deliver Engaging Webinars (Oct 2010)
  • How to Promote and Deliver Engaging Webinars (Aug 2010)
  • Training Trends: Web Conferencing in Australia and New Zealand (Aug 2008, Aug 2009, Aug 2010)
  • Training Trends: Web Conferencing in North America (Dec 2009)
  • Training Trends: Web Conferencing in Europe(Dec 2009)
  • Engage! How to Avoid the Seven Deadly Sins of Presenting Online (July 2009)
  • Online Training Attitudes and Practices (Mar 2007)
  • Web Seminar Metrics Survey (Jan 2005)

Whitepapers

  • Cut Costs with Computer-Based Audio Conferencing (Mar 2009)
  • How to Move Training Online – A Global Shift in Practice (July 2008)
  • How to Market Online Training (July 2008)
  • Beyond the Basics: How to Optimize Training for Optimum Impact (July 2008)
  • Five Keys to Getting Started with Online Training (Mar 2008)
  • Reach Customers with Online Training (May 2007)
  • Planning, Promoting, and Producing Effective Web Seminars (May 2005)

 

Other Appearances

Articles, Guest Blog Posts, Quotes, Interviews

  • Georgia Business Development Network (Feb 2012)
  • National Speakers Association – Georgia Chapter (Feb 2012)
  • Fill the Funnel (Jan 2012)
  • Speaking Practically (Aug 2011)
  • American Management Association (May 2011)
  • Web Conferencing Accelerates Training and Development in Australia (Dec 2009)
  • Seven Sins of Online Presentations, Training Australia Magazine (Fall 2009)
  • Presentations Magazine (2009)
  • Beginner’s Guide to Webinars: Blending Webinars with Face-to-Face Instruction (Part 3 of 3), The eLearning Guild (Jun 2009)
  • Beginner’s Guide to Webinars: Engagement Above and Beyond “The Usual” (Part 2 of 3), The eLearning Guild (Jun 2009)
  • Webinars: A Beginner’s Guide (Part 1 of 3), The eLearning Guild (Jun 2009)
  • 98 Tips for Selecting and Working with eLearning Service Providers, The eLearning Guild (2009)
  • Synchronous E-learning, Trainers Talk Tech (Feb 2009)
  • 239 Tips for Producing and Managing Flash-Based eLearning Content, The eLearning Guild (May 2008)
  • Warriorpreneur (interview)
  • Imagine Your Reality (interview)
  • Plannerwire (article series)
  • Workshifting (guest blog posts)
  • SpeakingAboutPresenting (guest blog post)
  • Management Consulting News (interviews 2010, 2011)
  • Online Marketing with RSS Ray (interview)

 Associations/Conferences/Higher Ed – Speaking & Classes

  • American Marketing Association (multiple)
  • American Society for Training and Development (multiple)
  • Australian Institute for Training and Development (Australia)
  • Bellevue College
  • Chartered Institute of Marketers (Europe)
  • Direct Marketing Association (Europe)
  • LearnX (Australia, multiple)
  • Global Learning Summit (Singapore)
  • Information Technology Alliance
  • National Speakers Association (multiple)
  • Northwest Job Seeker’s Conference (multiple)
  • Ohio University – Schey Sales Centre Symposium
  • Outdoor Power Equipment Association (Australia)
  • Portland Community College
  • Product Management Consortium
  • Silicon Valley Marcom Resource Group
  • Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals
  • Sage Insights Conference (multiple)
  • Training Zone Live (UK)
  • Webcast To Learn (Poland)
  • South Bay Organizational Development Network
  • Web 2.0 Conference