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Estimating the size of your webinar audience

April 13, 2012 · 0 comments

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A frequent concern of webinar hosts and producers is estimating attendance. It’s easy to get carried away with high hopes of an email campaign or a promise from a top influencer with a large list. The cost to you of estimating incorrectly could have an impact for several months before and after your event is [...]

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Let’s Keep It Legit – FTC Rules

November 10, 2011 · 0 comments

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Legal Resources Here’s a directory of Federal Trade Commission documents, laying out what is required of advertisers and those using webinars to promote products and services: FTC Latest List Of Rules & Regulations FTC Advertisting & Marketing Rules Of The Road Dot Com Disclosures: Information About Online Advertising Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act CAN-SPAM Act [...]

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Webinar Hosts Use Surveys to Measure Response

March 28, 2011

Which is better at the end of a webinar – feeling good about the event or having data and responses from the audience? While most webinar hosts say that you want both, there is something about having the data to point to, and to learn from, in case there are problems that need to be [...]

The Best Presentation Graphics Yet

December 15, 2010

As a graphic designer for online presentations and speaker support, I’ve always been on the lookout for alternatives to “Death by Powerpoint Slides.” Whether it’s in a physical meeting or during an online webinar, I cring at the thought of boring slides read to me by monotoned presenters. I’ve been using and reviewing a Flash-based content creation [...]

Powerful storytelling uses Prezi in webinars

November 29, 2010

Presenters and webinar hosts are always looking for an alternative to Powerpoint slide presentations. New graphic presentation software called “Prezi” could change the nearly religious use of slides in online meetings, by introducing a new way of visual storytelling that is much less boring. Prezi’s functions and uses are easy to understand, because menus are [...]

Online Meetings with Avatar Hosts

November 24, 2010

Live Animation via Web Cam On the CHOPS.com website pages, you might have noticed our offer to invite CHOPS or another one of our characters to have a visit with you. You can do this by hitting the “Click” button on the upper left. Let’s tell you a little bit about what happens – a) when we [...]

Ready – set- GO! for “Let’s Face It” with CHOPS

November 22, 2010

All the details and preparations are in their final stages for the introduction of the Web’s most new and exciting online quiz show – “Let’s Face It,” hosted by CHOPS, the live, interactive avatar who hosts this one-of-a-kind event. The quiz show is the brainchild of Gary Jesch, a live animation pioneer who has worked [...]

Conference calls improve webinar quality

November 2, 2010

While the use of VOIP within the webinar environment is becoming more and more common, using conference call bridge lines as the primary audio source is still the preferred method. During webinars, the host or coordinator still needs to mute the guests’ audio during certain portions of the event, to eliminate interfering background sounds. Unmuted [...]

Great presentations without Powerpoint

October 23, 2010

Presentation for FSU and Verizon To start the presentation, click on this link first - Florida – Turning the Tide on Prezi  When you arrive at the Prezi website, where the show is hosted temporarily, click on “More” and select “Full-screen. The presentation will fill your computer screen. You may now click on the [...]