how to run memorable webinars
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How to prepare webinars behind the scenes and tips on presenting online: slide deck from a brown-bag lunch at UNDP Headquarters in 2012.TRANSCRIPT
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How to run a memorable webinar
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1. What’s covered today 2. Facilitators & presenters
3. Clarifying objectives4. Engaging your audience5. Identifying main messages
Today’s agenda
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Webinars: learning events that pursue specific learning objectives: pre-prepared content is shared by one or more presenter.
Webcasts: live-streams of events. Webcasts pursue mainly information-sharing purposes and are usually one-way communication modules.
Web conferences: meetings that bring together colleagues from different duty stations using online technology. Web conferences pursue process goals.
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Technology Engaging webinarsNot covered today
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Define clear objectives
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Engage your audience
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Know your main messages
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1. What we will cover today 2. Facilitators & presenters
3. Clarifying objectives4. Engaging your audience5. Identifying main messages
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The facilitator The presenter
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Important facilitator tasks: before, during and
after webinars
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Choose a platform
Know the system
Train presenter
Before
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Coordinate promotion
Organize other logistics
Before
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Open webinar
Work behind the scenes: technical issues, questions and polls
During
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Close webinar
Ensure follow-up
After
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I-Design
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Technology
Lack of audience feedback
Energy drain
Online presentations: some common issues
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1. What we will cover today 2. Facilitators & presenters
3. Clarifying objectives4. Engaging your audience5. Identifying main messages
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Define clear objectives
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Define the outcomes – what is going to change:
- knowledge- skills- attitudes
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Most adults don’t learn much from a 40min PowerPoint presentation.
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1. What we will cover today 2. Facilitators & presenters
3. Clarifying objectives4. Engaging your audience5. Identifying main messages
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What do you do to engage your audience?
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Who is your audience?
Prior knowledge – pre-readings?
Balance between what the audience wants to know / what the presenter has to say.
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Sounds familiar?
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People remember the beginning and the end.
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Can you share a memorable opening of a presentation?
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What is your starting question?
What is your last statement; your last slide?
Questions for the presenter
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Design for interaction
• Ask open questions throughout the webinar.
• Facilitator reads (selected) responses – presenter reacts.
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Design for interaction
• Design polls with presenter; facilitator launches polls.
• Design short exercises for the webinar. Ask for feedback on task.
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Visualize main messages
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For your main messages: change the pattern
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Telling stories
Telling Tales: Steve Denning on storytelling
Storytelling Guideline on Teamworks
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Some last tips:
Have more than one presenter.Design the webinar as a dialogue.Refer to slide content without reading.Speak slower than usual.
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Some last tips:
Build engagement elements in script.Build pauses in script.Use gestures.Have fun.
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1. What we will cover today 2. Facilitators & presenters
3. Clarifying objectives4. Engaging your audience5. Identifying main messages
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Define clear objectives
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Thank you!
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Let’s get there first where others will get eventually.