[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 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. [...]
