PowerPoint from my NCCL 2014 breakout session.

1. HOW TO HOST ONLINE
MEETINGS WITHOUT BREAKING
YOUR BUDGET OR SANITY
Jonathan F. Sullivan
National Conference for Catechetical Leadership
May 22, 2014

2. OPENINGPRAYER

3. JONATHAN F. SULLIVAN
Director of Catechetical
Services, Diocese of
Springfield in Illinois
Blogger at
www.JonathanFSullivan.com
Twitter: @sullijo

4. “A Conference Call in Real Life”
http://youtu.be/DYu_bGbZiiQ

5. OVERVIEW
 Why Bother with Online Meetings?
 What You’ll Need
 What to Do
 Demos
 Google Hangouts
 Skype
 GoToMeeting
 Questions and Conversation

6. WHY BOTHER?
 Saves time
 Saves money
 Geographical
diversity

7. WHAT YOU’LL NEED
 Device
 Computer
 Tablet
 Smart phone
 Front-Facing
Camera
 Headphones

8. WHAT TO DO
 Send the agenda in
advance
 Use personal video
 Don’t mute!
 Unless…
 Don’t pray aloud
together
 Use visual aids

9. GOOGLEHANGOUTS
google.com/hangouts
owned by Google
Free; requires Google
account
Free iOS and
Android apps
10 video attendees
Live broadcasting,
records and uploads
to YouTube
Many add-on
features, including
screen sharing

10. SKYPE
skype.com
owned by
Microsoft
Free
Free iOS and
Android apps
25 audio or 10
video attendees

11. GOTOMEETING
gotomeeting.com
owned by Citrix
$19/month, 5 video
attendees
$49/month, 25
video attendees
Free iOS and
Android apps
Records in .wma
format (easy to
upload to Vimeo,
YouTube
Screen sharing

12. RESOURCES
 Effective Teleconferencing podcasts
(Manager Tools)
 bit.ly/teleconferencing1
 bit.ly/teleconferencing2
 bit.ly/vidconferencing

13. QUESTIONS?

14. handouts and additional resources at
www.JonathanFSullivan.com