Creating Engaging Webinars

#Headset and microphone # Reliable internet connection #Quiet space

The basics #Template library #Photo library #Cartoon and character file

But technology and tools are not the challenge

88% of participants multi-task during a webinar

The average attention span of your audience is 25% of what it is in the classroom

A new medium demands a new approach

Step 1

Decide the Focus

Inform? Inspire? Influence?

Step 2

Make a

Plan

Step 3

Adapt your

Content

Start with pen and paper

Before moving to Powerpoint, Keynote or Prezi

Make sure it is fresh and crisp

Think in dot points

Use charts

first second last

And tables A B C

Yellow 10 20 7

Blue 30 15 10

Orange 5 24 16

Split your content WHITE Is the color of milk and fresh snow, the color produced by the combination of all the colors of the visible spectrum.

BLACK Is the color of coal, ebony, and of outer space. It is the darkest color, the result of the absence of or complete absorption of light.

In 2 or 3 columns

YELLOW Is the color of gold, butter and ripe lemons. In the spectrum of visible light, yellow is found between green and orange.

BLUE Is the colour of the clear sky and the deep sea. It is located between violet and green on the optical spectrum.

RED Is the color of blood, and because of this it has historically been associated with sacrifice, danger and courage.

Step 4

Design the Experience

Choose a template with

Wow!

Add

Colour

And personality

Make it big and visual

Add some humour

Use anecdotes

#Polls #Questions # Chat

Plan for interaction

We love a guest speaker!

Step 5

Make it Memorable

Put a smile in your voice

#Pace #Colour #Tone

Consider

M o v e m e n t

And Rehearse it …

Credits ∎ Presentation by Pamela Murray-Jones www.focusbusinesscoachingandtraining.com ∎ Template courtesy of SlidesCarnival ∎ Photos and cartoons from Adobe Stock

https://stock.adobe.com/au/ ∎ Webinar Fishbone Plan adapted from Tom Drews, What Works!

Communications www.whatworks.biz/