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Re: Zoom Webinar tips?

 

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?hi Amanda , seems that you have almost all your bases covered.

I'd recommend:
  • Do a tech checkup, you can use it just before the webinar starts to verify lighting , camera settings, audio volume, etc.,?
  • Make sure the waiting room message is related to the current webinar
  • Decide if you will be using chat as a way of interacting with the audience, I highly recommend it, is a good way to get real time feedback. You can still use other ways of interacting (Menti, Wooclap, etc.) using the chat.
  • Practice the Q&A feature, and ensure the questions are recorded there and not the chat, with so many people? good questions can get lost pretty easily.
  • Add people to the stage as needed, is pretty weird to see a panelist to talk for 10-15 minutes straight and the other 3-4 panelists just there looking at one another (once a panelist even yawned for everyone else to see, poor guy couldn't help himself).
  • Ensure you enable "join from a browser" feature so participants who don't have zoom installed can join from whichever browser they have installed.
Hope this helps! Have a great session!

Hector



---- On Sat, 01 Oct 2022 20:41:29 -0400 Amanda Fenton (she/her) via groups.io <amanda.fenton@...> wrote ---

Hello folks!

I extensively use Zoom Meetings for my online facilitation/tech hosting, and haven't used Zoom Webinar yet. I'll be helping a client with a Zoom Webinar for a specific design + audience that is better suited for the Webinar (e.g. no participatory elements/breakout rooms, or for participants to be on video/microphone). I welcome any tips/things to be aware of/horror stories to learn from! Some context bits that might be helpful to know:?
  • We won't be using Zoom's registration process (they have a specific invitation list, it isn't an 'open to the public' event, and we don't need to know who is coming in advance). ?
  • There will be quite a few "panelists" (in Zoom Webinar-speak) over the course of the event, and some screensharing.?
  • There will be no ASL interpretation, but we will use Zoom's automated closed captions.
  • They anticipate up to 200 people, likely fewer.?
  • We'll also be recording the session.
  • One of the things that is important to this client is that the webinar is very very easy to join, for both participants and the "panelists".?
  • I plan to get the one month Webinar add-on right away so I can play around with it before the live event.

Thanks in advance for your wisdom - things you wish you knew before you hosted a Zoom Webinar - including if you'd avoid it entirely!?

Cheers,
Amanda
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