Webinars with WOW Factor: Tips, Tricks and Interactivities for Virtual Training

As our workforce is distributed, our learning and training must also go virtual. Becky's book provides the tools to design and deliver webinars the right wayûinteractive, creative, and engaging. Using these tools, you can match the learning that takes place in an instructor-led, participant-centered classroom.-ELLIOTT MASIE CHAIR, THE LEARNING CONSORTIUM

Death by webinar is rapidly replacing death by PowerPoint!

But it doesn't have to. Make webinars effective and engaging!

Teaching online is a different animalùrequiring different skills and a different energyùthat completely exposes any weaknesses in your material and preparation. Don't get caught with your training pants down!

Budget cuts and a business focus on everything "green" makes human resource training via webinars a really attractive optionùif you can do it effectively. Here is the resource you NEED for designing and delivering training that justifies your investment and gets the job done WELL.

In this book, you will discover the answers to:

-What are the top sins of webinars? How can I avoid them?

-Can I connect with learners online? How?

-What are best practices for webinar design, execution and follow-up?

-What tips can I use to energize my audience?

-How can I make a powerful impact with my slide design?

-How do I use the basic webinar software tools to best advantage?

-What activities can I use to ensure participant involvement?

-What techniques can I implement to make the webinar enjoyable for both host and participant?

-How do I increase retention of the training material?

Implementing these techniques and activities are guaranteed to better prepare you to involve your participants, maize your training memorable and ensure participant action planning.

<DIV>Over the past five years, Becky Pike Pluth M.Ed. has designed and delivered more than one hundred interactive webinars on a variety of topics including sales, customer service, product training, and compliance. Her sessions on how to conduct interactive webinars have included standing-room only audiences for the American Society for Training and Development and Training 2009. With more than thirteen years of experience in training delivery and design, project management, and business operations, she has worked with sixteen of the Fortune 100 companies. In designing these interactive webinar tools, Pluth has utilized sustainable change and adult learning principles. Her methods are transferable, immediately applicable, and highly effective. She is also the author of 101 Movie Clips that Teach and Train. Pluth is Vice President of Training and Development at The Bob Pike Group, which consults on participant-centered training.</DIV>