NetSpeed Fast Tracks | Where your training ends, Fast Tracks begin. 26 Tips for Designing Great Webcasts & Webinars | Meeting Support Institute. It seems like webcasts at conferences are popping up all over the place. I believe that webcasts are going to become an important virtual component of face 2 face meetings in the future. Why? Webcasts open a "window" to your event and allow people who could not attend your event to join the experience. In some webcasts, the experience is only listening and watching event content.
Standards and best practices are still emerging in this area. . (1) 18 Tips to Make Your Event Webcast Rock! (2) 8 Design Principles for Effective Webinars: This PDF document outlines 8 design principles to consider when designing a webinar. Over the next months and years, we are going to continue to learn more about building the "best" webcast experience for Face2face events. Good Luck with your next event! 18 Tips To Make Your Event Webcast Rock! | Interactive Meeting Technology. Are you thinking about adding a webcast to your next conference? I feel like “live” webcasts from conferences are popping up everywhere. Just last week, three webcasts caught my attention. I watched the presentations and engaged in discussions about the content. Though, I was surprised by the lack of standards and best practices. All three webcasts had different formats, used different technologies and created three different experiences for me (the virtual attendee).
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The Process There were a few things that made this event enjoyable. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The Content The content was also very interesting. Quotes from the day There were some memorable statements. Martin Weller – ‘Openness is a state of mind’. I couldn’t agree more. Lindsay Jordan – ‘Teaching should be done with your mouth shut’. Wonderful.
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