Webinar Tips #3: Be Prepared, Make a Checklist
When delivering a presentation in a classroom or office you want to appear cool, confident, and collected, right? Well a webinar is no different and if you start your webinar unprepared you might appear unprofessional to your audience. By making a checklist or a “to do list” you can ensure your webinar will start smoothly. You may even want to create several checklists for your event. Here are some examples:
Day before delivery - Make sure presentation fits allotted time:
- Practice session - Run through your presentation to make sure it is deliverable in the right amount of time.
- Make any necessary changes - make any changes to your presentation to make it fit the time frame for delivery. Don’t forget to leave time for Q & A.
- Double check any polls for mistakes
30 min before delivery - Ensure that your office space is ready for your presentation:
- Close windows
- Turn ringer on cell phone to vibrate or off
- Put a webinar in progress sign on your door
- Close all applications you don’t need open on your computer i.e. Instant Messenger, Outlook, etc
- Glass of water
15 min before delivery - Final preparations:
- Open your web conferencing software
- Load presentation
- Check audio
- Check recording
- Start webinar
Obviously these are very basic checklists; you should carefully think about everything that needs to be done prior to the start of your webinar when creating your checklist(s). With any technology you are bound to encounter a problem every once in a while, so you will want to be prepared for any surprises. Using checklists will allow you the necessary time to fix any issues that may arise before you start the webinar.
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