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How I learned to stop yawning and love the Zoom Room

Candid

Yawns are contagious, and nothing makes an audience sleepier than to see that you are fighting not to slip into unconsciousness. . If you are lecturing, showing slides, otherwise not engaging the audience for more than 10 minutes, something needs to change. Launch a poll, ask for feedback, switch speakers, turn off the slides.

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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention and application. I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect again on a decade of experience of designing and delivering interactive webinars. Three Ways to Think About Content.

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7 Video Conferencing Tips To Get You Through Social Distancing—And Beyond

Global Giving

If you have multiple speakers, make sure you are prepared by having everyone’s slides on one person’s account, to help with the flow, and to minimize the chances of technical difficulties in switch screen sharing constantly. Use more slides than you think you need, and think visually.

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4 steps to successful virtual events for your association

Nimble AMS

For example, how can you make the online learning experience interactive? Your members are the audience for your learning courses, so be sure to ask for their input. Collect slide decks and/or pre-record content. One of the key elements that makes an on-site event appealing is interactivity. Get feedback.

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22 Ways to Stay Connected with Your Schools Alumni on Facebook

NetWits

Schools have a unique opportunity to build their Facebook following and stay connected with alumni due to the captive audience and deep relationships that are built with students, families and faculty. From the first time you interact all the way through graduation – take every opportunity you can to get them to engage with you on Facebook.

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What is Simulive and How to Use it for Your Virtual Event

AccelEvents

One of the biggest challenges event planners face when hosting a virtual event is ensuring high levels of audience engagement. They provide lower overhead costs which means a greater return on investment and they can be marketing to a wider audience, meaning attendees can be drawn from a global pool.

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5 Instagram Story Stickers Every Nonprofit Should Be Using

Achieve

introduced Stories to compete with the rising popularity of Snapchat Stories, and the way we interact with social media has never been the same since! people use Instagram Stories daily and 2 out of 3 users say that the feature fosters brand interaction. 13 interactive stickers. The slide after explains the correct answer!

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