Design – Page 5 – The Virtual Presenter

Posted in Content, Delivery, Design, Presentation Planning, Strategy

What does it take to “engage” a webinar audience?

TheVP
posted on March 21, 2011December 1, 2011
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Engagement is a hot topic. Web site developers, human resources & L&D folk, and even webinar presenters…all realize that in today’s change-the-channel world, we’ve got to get and keep attention. Or we lose. Here’s the bad news: As I’ve addressed many times,

Posted in Ask, Design, Presentation Planning, Strategy

What do I do if partners use PowerPoint like documents?

TheVP
posted on March 18, 2011December 1, 2011
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If you can believe it, my new partners insist on writing consulting proposals in PowerPoint, and then using the proposal for the presentation. Any suggestions on how I can convince them to avoid this practice? -Steve H. Steve, I do believe it. A couple thoughts: Pick the right battles The reality

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Q&A: What if I have no control over design?

TheVP
posted on January 18, 2011December 1, 2011
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In a recent webinar, Judy Z asked, “What about those of us who have no control in the design of the class?” Judy, unfortunately there are always limits imposed in most organizations…and you have to pick your battles. It’s a bit simplistic, but I suggest drawing a line down the

Posted in 2010 Appearances - Public only, Content, Delivery, Design

Special event + paper: Promote/deliver engaging webinars

TheVP
posted on September 21, 2010December 1, 2011
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This is a two-for-one… The opportunity, when you register for this webinar, is to get both the first-copy-anywhere results of recent study I conducted with Bob Hanson at Quantum Leap Marketing and a best-practices webinar based on that research. UNLIKE many studies-turned-events, the two are

Webinar: How to plan, design, and deliver an effective virtual event

Just this weekend I got an unsolicited email from a fan: “I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for that fabulous webinar. It made my first webinar extremely successful. I traveled to several schools that attended my first webinar and was greeted by staff members who told me they