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          Webinars – What, When and How Long? With today’s multitasking work styles and short attention spans, it’s essential to plan meetings and presentations so you grab and hold your audience’s attention. You need to allow enough time for each section, as well as for the entire event. This is especially important to avoid those “drop outs” who become bored quickly. It’s your job to make your event interesting and interactive, with enough breaks to keep the energy high. Before we give you some proven ClickMeeting tips and tricks, let’s check out… What the Experts Say. We asked Marta Eichstaedt, webinar expert, business coach/consultant, and certified online trainer, how she determined the proper length. This is what she advised us: “The length of a webinar depends on the goal we want to achieve. There are, however, some rules and techniques that apply. In general, when used as marketing tools, webinars should last between 30 and 60 minutes. This length should take into account time for interaction with your audience. Training events can last longer. For example, I organize online workshops for trainers who want to run their own online training series. These workshops take 90 minutes and the whole course includes 7 meetings. The attendee group is really small (maximum 6 people) and there is a lot of interaction and activities performed by the attendees themselves. However, even with highly interactive workshops, I wouldn’t recommend exceeding two hours per session. Another example is an extended conference like the Social Media Success Summit which comprises 4 weeks of training in weekly or biweekly webinars, each lasting about 45 minutes. They hold three webinars a day, with 20-minute breaks. The whole event is about 20 different webinars altogether and this format turns out to work best for this topic and audience.” After hearing from the experts and, based on our own experience, we can conclude that webinars typically last around 60 minutes – about the length of an installment of your favorite TV series. This also makes it easy to fit in most of your attendees’ calendars. What should a webinar include The crucial thing is to plan your content so that it’s interesting and allows enough time to cover the essential topics and activities. And practice! Here are some tips to consider: Polling. This tool provides both feedback and interaction. And the best thing is you can continue speaking while your attendees answer the questions, then quickly sum up and present the results with an animated chart. Alternate tabs. Use tabs to quickly switch between content (just make sure to upload the documents etc. before the webinar). This will keep your audience entertained without wasting your time (and there’s nothing worse than making your attendees wait until your PowerPoint uploads). Pace yourself. Don’t rush, making it difficult for the attendees to follow you. Try to find that perfect balance whereby you cover all the material, capture feedback, and make some decisions. Now this may take some practice. But it’ll be worth it. Hold a Q&A session at the end. Wrap up at least 15 minutes early to let people ask questions. Don’t forget to put this in the meeting agenda as this is a popular item with attendees. Then they’ll be sure to stick around till the end. When to schedule a webinar? There are as many date/time preferences as there are people, so it’s best to use your own judgment and follow a few common-sense rules. And always think about your audience first. Think of when you like to attend webinars – Monday is usually when people are busiest after the weekend and a lot of unexpected projects pop up. The same can be said about Fridays, plus you have the “TGIF” factor. So sometime around the middle of the week is probably best but, as I said, this is not a strict rule. As for time of day, one factor to keep in mind is that if your audience is international, you obviously need to pick a time when the greatest number will be able to attend, regardless of time zone. Of course this, again, depends on your audience so the best thing to do is place yourself in their shoes. If you run a series of webinars, you can always poll your attendees or prepare an online survey and ask your audience what days and times they prefer. This is likely to be true for other people who might join your webinar, too.
       

How to compare the various MP3 devices on the market?

How to compare the various MP3 devices on the market? There is so many options out there, how can you compare the options and choose what will work for you. This is easier than you think. The reason is that each of the MP3 players out there have options that will be more important to your, or will not matter as much. So either way, there are 5 key factors to keep in mind, making it easier to compare the various MP3 players out there.

Factor #1 use and ease of use


The first factor that will make a world of difference in the comparison-shopping you do, will be what you will be using the MP3 player for. The reason is that different MP3 players have more room, longer battery life, or more convenient size and functions.

With this in mind, the first thing to do is to know what you will be using the MP3 player for. Then you will need to know what the ease of use will be that you are looking for. Do you want a larger screen, more inner functions or simply the smallest size available for your exercise sessions?

Factor #2 hard drive, memory and capabilities

The size of the memory or hard drive is the main focus of many people who are searching the market. This is because the larger hard drive, or memory means more music. More music means more listening freedom, and in some cases more clout in the gaming or music world.

In fact, if what you are looking at has less then 1 GB capabilities, then you will likely fin that you want more. 1GB will give you the ability to store roughly 250 songs. Most of us want more than that. What if you could store 10,000 songs? Well the technology is out there. Why not look at that option when you are comparing those MP3 players on the market.

Factor #3 Size

The size of the MP3 player makes difference to some as they are shopping the market. They want to be able t have the smallest MP3 player with the options they are looking for possible. They may need to use the MP3 player for jogging, or other exercise. Therefore, wanting the item to be as small as possible. Or, on the other hand, they may be looking for the largest screen size possible. This way it is easier to see what they are looking for. The choice is simply that, a preference. Keep in mind while you are out there comparing MP3 players, that if you do not see the right size for you, you should keep looking as the size is available in most cases.

Factor #4 Look

Since so many MP3 players come in many different sizes, colors, and shapes. It can become a bit of a task to find the one you like the most. When you are comparing what is on the market, you can see that each of these shapes and sizes have their own functions. Some are smaller; some are shaped with bigger screens. Find the size that fits what you will be using the MP3 player for.

As far as colors go, this is important to some and not to others. For the most part the color is something that you will have to decide on your own preference.

Factor #5 Cost

When you are comparing the different MP3 players on the market, you will find there is a wide variety in the cost. This is because of the fact that technology comes in different levels and costs. However, for the most part the overall prices of the MP3 players has now dropped so dramatically that it is much easier to purchase the MP3 player that will fit your needs. In time these prices should continue to drop.

These factors should help in your comparison of the MP3 devices that are on the market. Good luck in finding what will work for you.