The best practices for hosting a webinar
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Hosting webinars can be extremely beneficial for sharing a message throughout your community and extending your reach. Learn the best webinar practices to ensure that your next webinar will live up to its fullest potential!
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- 3. Agenda Before webinar • Choosing a topic, title, description • Set a price • Choosing your technology (and learn it) • Appoint a moderator • Promote! • Plan your agenda During webinar • Interactive experience After webinar • Follow up • Share recording • Plan next webinar!
- 4. Before your webinar • Choosing a topic, title, description • Set a price • Choosing your technology (and learn it) • Appoint a moderator • Promote! • Plan your agenda
- 5. Topic, title and description • Choose a topic that your are an expert in (find someone who is) • First impressions count! • Clear, concise, detailed • “How to” or “learn to” • Strong description
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- 8. Price 8 • While most webinars are free, option to set a price • Private webinars, private tickets • Chip-in
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- 10. Technology platform • Many to choose, limited features • Interactivity • Capacity • Price
- 11. Learn the technology (BEFORE) 11 • Be prepared for technical issues • Learn your platform before the webinar occurs • Be able to help attendees with any problems • Remind attendees to test before also
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- 16. • Moderate, keep things running smoothly • Manage timing and agenda • Answer attendees’ questions in chat • Transition between speakers, topics, Q&A Moderator
- 17. Promoting your webinar • 2 weeks prior, 2-3 days before, 2 hours before • Email invitations • Social media • Rotate sites
- 19. Plan • Reasonable length (45-75 min including Q&A) • Organized • Interactive • Allocate time for multiple speakers (if applicable)
- 20. During your webinar • Interactive • Keep on schedule
- 21. Interactive • Engage and include your audience • Poll the attendees, ask them questions, listen to their comments (co- presenter/moderator )
- 22. Stay on schedule • Start on time • End on time • Keep each topic to your designated time • Switch between speakers efficiently • Remember to allow time for Q&A
- 23. Proper etiquette • Good posture • Be respectful to questions • Be patient with the technology • Act professional
- 24. After your webinar • Follow up with guests • Share recording/promote • Plan your next webinar
- 25. Follow up • Build relationships and network • Continue conversation in community • Further engagement • Thank you!
- 26. Share recording/promote • In the follow up, encourage attendees to share the recording • Post recording on social media • Promoting after event, furthers the conversation
- 27. Plan your next webinar • Improve and learn • Get feedback from attendees • Host more to grow your community
- 29. Recap Before webinar • Topic, title, description • Price • Technology • Appoint a moderator • Promote! • Plan your agenda During webinar • Interactive After webinar • Follow up • Promote • Plan next webinar!
- 31. The Future of BigMarker • We have some exciting news • A new webinar and web conferencing room is coming! • And it is gunna be awesome • Built for FireFox and Chrome
- 33. Well, that’s awesome. How do I get in on it? • Go to: http://blog.bigmarker.com/webrtc-and- the-future-of-bigmarker/ • Add your email. • We will let you know when you can start trying it out.
- 34. Follow BigMarker • Help.bigmarker.com • Blog.bigmarker.com • YouTube.com/bigmarkervideos • Facebook.com/bigmarker • Twitter.com/bigmarker