MFLN’s Emergent Tips for Online Best PracticesBrigitte Scott, Evaluation and Research Specialist, MFLNNAEPSDP 2014, San Antonio

Presenters• Show a picture of yourself• Work the crowd, chat, be social while you wait for the webinar to begin• Animate your voice, avoid monotone• Ask content questions throughout the presentation

o Don’t wait until the endo Have questions ready ahead of time

Content Don’t read slides

o Have a conversation Cut down on text on slides

o Add lots of visuals• Provide key takeaways

o Learning outcomeso Applied tips participants can use TODAY in their work

• Frame content to your audience

Engagement• Use participants’ names; make interaction personal• Repeat questions as you answer them • Use polls! (Or quizzes, maps, whatever your technology allows for….)• Share links to additional resources during webinars; and ask participant to

share as well• Be social! Share your Twitter handle, create a hashtag, and keep the

conversation going online

Support• Use a communication backchannel for support• Support presenter by monitoring chat pod and managing tech issues• Make recordings and slides available online

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Karen Jeannette @kjeannetteBrigitte Scott @4ed_eval