On the business, strategy, and impact of webinars, webcasts, and virtual classrooms
In my last post I took a step back to ask, “What do I wish I knew waaay back then that I’d share with a webinar/virtual classroom newbie?” Now, based on some questions from a recent webinar I delivered, here are 6 ideas for taking the next step (and, frankly, many experience presenters still need 😉 ). […]
The Virtual Presenter’s Backstage Pass (Beta) started as a way to capture anything and everything from me for my tribe… those who want access to me since I can’t otherwise respond to every question that comes in. If you ever wanted to go deep with virtual presentations and classrooms, this is the place. There’s more […]
Compared to 14 years ago when I started, the success/failure rate for webinars and virtual classroom sessions today is a breeze. Still, when something doesn’t go right, it’s stressful. Remember: Professionalism isn’t what happens when everything goes right. It’s what happens when everything goes wrong. (click to tweet) Here are a few thoughts for taking the […]
In part one of this three-part series on using polls to better engage webinar, webcast, and virtual classroom participants we looked at how to write a brain-friendly polling question. Now let’s look at the art of planning polls as a uniquely powerful communication tool. 2 golden rules Use a poll only when it’s the right […]
In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath make a compelling case for six key qualities of sticky messages. Since webinars, webcasts, and virtual classrooms are “rooms” where distraction is but one click away, besides using various techniques for getting and keeping attention, it’s worth working to make our ideas – the content itself – […]