Many of you may remember the Nike ad where Michael Jordan explains (in a longer quote), "It's doing what they say you can't. It's not about the shoes, it's about what you do in them." I should add here that…
Yesterday I attended another factory webinar - this is my new term for formulaic, one-way, markety, hype webinars. Apparently the presenter makes a six figure income and if we pay her a chunk of change, by golly, we could be…
I recently sent a long email to a well-known expert in the wellness industry in response to his webinar I attended. Just like everyone else, I love attending webinars to learn new things. But man, the bar for webinar standards…
Many independent coaches, consultants and other service professionals are joining the ranks in growing their business through webinar courses. There is a lot of talk out on the web that webinars are easy. Just subscribe to webinar software, put a slide…
If you've been presenting for any length of time, odds are you've experienced minor and major glitches...and had to deal with them on the spot. In January 2014, news was buzzing about Michael Bay's nervous (?) exit after a teleprompter…
While designing highly engaging, rockstar training takes a little more work than what's outlined here, below is the quick and dirty to get you started. Use this worksheet as you go through the process. Identify learning objectives The first step…
You've just spent 60-75 minutes providing valuable learning through your webinar course. The question then becomes: Will learners use what they learned? And now that you don’t have their immediate attention, how can you reinforce the learning? One way is…
Webinar marketing pros make delivering one look easy. Don’t be fooled. Marketers have a team behind them. They also often have a partner to help them manage the webinar while they focus on presenting. Now throw in a training component…
Just because you are delivering your course through a webinar doesn’t mean you have to give up interaction! We all know adults learn best by participating. Not only is engagement important for retaining information but it also serves to keep…
No one wants their training referred to later as "death by PowerPoint." When this slow and cruel form of punishment happens, it's not from using a PowerPoint deck during training, but from using it ineffectively. It cautions not to make your…
