{"id":1055,"date":"2015-03-17T14:40:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T14:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfice.wordpress.com\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2015-03-17T14:40:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T14:40:35","slug":"technique-of-the-week-5-webinars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/2015\/technique-of-the-week-5-webinars\/","title":{"rendered":"Technique of the Week #6: Webinars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What you need to know<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Webinars use the internet to share knowledge with people in different cities, countries, or even continents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>People can access them from anywhere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Webinars can be interactive including polls, question and answers, and dialogue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Participants can also connect and contribute through chat forums.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Presentations can be saved and made available for additional users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resources, time, and skill<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Although not required, you may want to have an opt-in registration page. Registration is useful because it gives a sense of the size, and diversity of the audience, and may connect with them later to provide follow-up resources, or to participate in on-going conversation. Freeware such as wordpress may be used to build this page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>There needs to be a mail-service that allows for participant tracking and to send out details about the webinar (e.g., freeware such as Mailchimp).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Lastly, a webinar platform is needed in order for participants to hear, see, and interact with the presenter. Webinar software can either be free (Anymeeting), or paid through a subscription model (e.g., GoToWebinar and Adobe Connect are the most popular paid version. Typically, paid versions offer more features such as custom branding, better security, webinar recording abilities, etc).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Considerations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be mindful of your organization\u2019s use of technology. Some people may not be experienced with using webinar software or technology in general. Weigh the pros and cons of using webinar<\/p>\n<p>software. Ask questions such as \u201cwill webinars benefit our organization?\u201d \u201cWill implementation be met with a negative response?\u201d \u201cHow big will the learning curve be?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Incorporating webinars in your KMb<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Webinars can be a great way to keep your organization up-to-date if there are difficulties trying to arrange in-person meetings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Webinars can be used as a training tool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Webinars can be a way to present research findings to different people across cities or countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Webinars can be used to support collective thinking for a geographically dispersed group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0The take away<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Webinars are a great way to engage participants from different locations all over the world, when face-face communication is not feasible due to time, travel, and\/or costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Webinars can be created with freeware and takes little time to set up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><em>Resources<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightmixmarketing.com\/webinars-and-public-speaking\/how-to-do-webinar-tools\/\">How to Do a Webinar Using Free or Inexpensive Tools<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisegeek.com\/what-are-webinars.htm\">What are webinars<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minitex.umn.edu\/Training\/Webinars.aspx\">Webinars<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Examples<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrcouncil.ca\/CSLWebinars.cfm\">Putting Community Service-Learning into Action- CSL and career development<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/60481706\">Canadian Environmental Grantmakers\u2019 Network Sustainability Network <\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Software Examples<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anymeeting.com\/Free-Web-Conferencing-Features.aspx\">Any Meeting<\/a> (freeware)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/ca\/products\/adobeconnect\/webinars.html\">Adobe Connect<\/a> (subscription)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What you need to know Webinars use the internet to share knowledge with people in different cities, countries, or even continents. 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