60-minute webinar introducing seven strategies to increase the effectiveness of webinars and web workshops.

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Seven Strategies
to Elevate the Virtual Classroom

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Webinar Objectives
• Apply 7 strategies to elevate the virtual
classroom
• Ensure your company’s successful transition to
virtual learning
• Leverage best practices for virtual design and
delivery
• Bring the Virtual Facilitator
Trainer Certification (VFTC)
course to your organization.

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About Cynthia Clay
• 25+ years of talent development
experience
• Author of Great Webinars
• Chief Architect of the Virtual
Facilitator Trainer Certification
program

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Opening Question
What trends are impacting the way you
develop talent in your organization?

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Training
• 46% of training is delivered in traditional
classroom setting
• 32% of training is delivered using blended
learning techniques
• 26% of training is completely
online (including VILT)

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Hopes, Dreams, and Promises

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Challenges
What has been your
organization’s biggest
challenge in adopting
virtual learning?

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Seven Strategies
People
Platforms
Practices

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What can you do to be more
strategic about the people designing
and delivering virtual learning?

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Strategy #1
Identify competencies for
virtual instructional designers
and facilitators

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Competency

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Define “Great”

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Strategy #1
What is an example of a
specific competency for a
virtual instructional
designer?
For a virtual facilitator?

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Strategy #2
Ensure all instructional designers and facilitators
are well trained in virtual practices

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Strategy #2
What is your organization doing to ensure that
people are well-trained in virtual learning
techniques?

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Strategy #2 Basics
• Facilitators attend hands-on training with
practical application
• Instructional designers know how to use
interaction tools in creative ways
• Both understand how to gain learning transfer

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Evolving Tools

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Strategies
People
• Identify competencies for virtual designers and facilitators
• Ensure all virtual designers and facilitators are well-trained
Platforms
• Invest in a robust, flexible web conferencing platform
• Blend synchronous and asynchronous
Practices
• Provide technical support (host/producer)
• Avoid mixing audiences
• Document best practices and provide templates

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What web conferencing
platform(s) have you
implemented in your
organization?
What’s your best
advice for others
making this decision?

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Strategy #3
Invest in a robust, flexible web conferencing
platform.

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Strategy #3
Chat
Polling
Annotation Tools
Emoticons
Web Cameras
Breakout Rooms
File Sharing
Application Sharing
Audio (VOIP and Teleconference)

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Strategy #3
Layouts
Laboratory
Registration and Reporting

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Multiple Chats

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Polls and Chats

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Linear and Boring
Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Poll Blah Blah Blah Blah
Chat Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Chat Blah Blah Blah
Blah Blah Poll Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Chat

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Strategy #4
Blend synchronous and asynchronous learning.

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Strategy #4
What social or collaboration
platforms are you using?

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Collaboration Platform
• Reinforce learning
with text,
multimedia, and
social interaction
• Connect with class
blog and comments

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Mobile-enabled
• Accessible on any device
• Use mobile device’s voice
recognition to dictate
responses to online
assignments
• Add photos from mobile
device
• Interface similar to
Facebook or Yammer

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May Be Co-branded

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Seven Strategies
People
• Identify competencies for designers and facilitators
• Ensure all designers and facilitators are well-trained
Platforms
• Invest in a robust, flexible web conferencing platform
• Blend synchronous and asynchronous (collaboration tools)
Practices
• Provide technical support (host/producer)
• Avoid mixing audiences
• Document best practices and provide templates

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Strategy #5
Provide technical support (host/producer) for
every virtual classroom event.

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Strategy #5
What are the
advantages and
disadvantages of using
a host/producer?

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Strategy #6
Avoid mixing your audiences (physical and
virtual).

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Level the playing field

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Facilitator F2F Virtual
What is the experience of
everyone when you mix
your audiences?

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Strategy #7
Document best practices and provide templates.
Give us an example of a
documented best
practice for the virtual
classroom?

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Interact
every
3 to 5
minutes
Use large
font size
(28 pt.+)
Log in
15
minutes
early.
Download our webinar production checklist.

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Seven Strategies
People
• Identify competencies for designers and facilitators
• Ensure all designers and facilitators are well-trained
Platforms
• Invest in a robust, flexible web conferencing platform
• Blend synchronous and asynchronous (collaboration tools)
Practices
• Provide technical support (host/producer)
• Avoid mixing audiences
• Document best practices and provide templates

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Insights and Actions

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Virtual Facilitator Training
• Deep dive, comprehensive course
• Focused on virtual design and delivery
• Public courses offered six times/year
• Customized for private delivery in your web
conference platform

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Take Our Survey
• Discount Code: $345 off the Virtual Facilitator
Trainer Certification course (September)
• Bring a private VFTC to your organization (15%
discount by October 1)

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Q & A
cclay@netspeedlearning.com
1-877-517-5271