Webinar Reflection
When I first learned that my group and I would have to conduct a webinar via Google Hangouts and stream it live I was intimidated. My group and I narrowed down our presenter choices to Stacy, Phil, Keith, and Holly. My group and I tried Google Hangouts On Air several times before the actual webinar so we could familiarize ourselves with it. In one of our practice sessions we created a detailed script for the webinar. We forwarded our script to the presenters and asked for their feedback on it. We offered to do a practice run with the presenters on Google Hangout On Air. However, only one presenter took us up on the offer.
The day of the webinar we met with our presenters about a half an hour before we were to go live. This helped a great deal because we had problems with the emailed URL link. This buffer time allowed us to get the kinks worked out and still start the webinar on time. During the time before the live webinar we were able to establish a rapport with the presenters and clarify any questions they had before we got started. With input from the presenters, we established talking norms to adjust for the lag time due to the live feed. During the webinar everything seemed to go well with the exception of having to cut out a few questions due to time. The Twitter backchanneling allowed the viewing audience to participate and have their questions answered by the presenters. Once we ended the webinar we sent the presenters a thank you note and received positive feedback from them about the organization and usefulness of the webinar.
If I were to do another webinar, I would do everything the same except I would require the presenters to do a test run with Google Hangouts On Air so everyone knew how to get into the hangout and use the tools like the name tag.
The day of the webinar we met with our presenters about a half an hour before we were to go live. This helped a great deal because we had problems with the emailed URL link. This buffer time allowed us to get the kinks worked out and still start the webinar on time. During the time before the live webinar we were able to establish a rapport with the presenters and clarify any questions they had before we got started. With input from the presenters, we established talking norms to adjust for the lag time due to the live feed. During the webinar everything seemed to go well with the exception of having to cut out a few questions due to time. The Twitter backchanneling allowed the viewing audience to participate and have their questions answered by the presenters. Once we ended the webinar we sent the presenters a thank you note and received positive feedback from them about the organization and usefulness of the webinar.
If I were to do another webinar, I would do everything the same except I would require the presenters to do a test run with Google Hangouts On Air so everyone knew how to get into the hangout and use the tools like the name tag.