Although webinars are tougher to get the hang of, and they can make nervous speakers even more nervous, they create a tremendous opportunity in the business world. When I’m teaching the Fearless Presentations ® class, I often tell my class members that if they want to be a great speaker, the bar is set pretty…
One of the things that our instructors reinforce in our 2-day Fearless Presentations ® classes is that one of the best ways to reduce public speaking fear is to “look for the friendly faces” in your audience. Most often, when you are communicating well in front of a group, you can look around the room…
If you are nervous speaking to groups of people, then you may not want to cut your teeth on digital meetings. Online presentations are dramatically more difficult to deliver than regular live presentations. You are likely to be exponentially more nervous conducting one than you would be just standing up and speaking at a staff…
If you keep your online sessions to around 30 to 60 minutes in length, you will get better results. For every additional five minutes, though, you will either need to be very compelling and entertaining, or you will see a dramatic drop-off in attendees. WorkCast conducted a statistical analysis of the optimal time for the…
Yes, there are a LOT of advantages to digital meetings, but there are also a lot of extremely important disadvantages as well. The main disadvantage is that webinars are not the best medium for certain types of skill-based programs. For instance, I don’t think it would be a great idea to teach a teenager how…
“Electronic communication makes possible what has previously been excluded: namely, active, simultaneous and reciprocal contact between individuals across all frontiers constituted by countries, religions and continents.” — Ulrich Beck. The major benefit of webinars is that anyone who has a smartphone or internet connection can access them. As a result, you have an incredible reach…