[or: What’s an Unconference?] No plenary speakers. No opening speech. No PowerPoint lectures. No panel discussions. No publisher exhibition. Sound like a conference? Hopefully not- it’s an Unconference! An unconference is a f2f event which is participant driven, and I had my first taste of one as a facilitator in Moscow last week. And what [...]
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Four ways with webinars
[4 formats for running webinars] Have you ever attended an online seminar or ‘webinar’? If so, did it follow this pattern? introduction by moderator talk by presenter (with PowerPoint slides) question-and-answer time Chances are that it did. This is a common format for a webinar, and an example of the chalk and talk presentation style, [...]
Tips for the online conference moderator
Do you need to give a conference presentation online? Don’t panic — you’ll find some tips about how to give an engaging presentation online in my last blog post. Make sure you read the comments too, there is some good advice in there! But what about if you need to moderate a webinar or conference [...]
Tips for the online conference speaker
Gone are the days when a synchronous online conference was a rare event. These days it seems that everybody is doing it. From publishers to teachers associations, from companies to individuals, there are a host of online events that one can attend, from short one-hour online presentations (or webinars) to synchronous events spanning several days. [...]
