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Games for Change 2011: Channeling Our Collective Power

Tech Soup

Playing games has pushed into the primetime market, and with that statement, Chris Swain , CEO and Founder of Talkie, displayed a slide that showed weekly audience numbers for the wildly popular social game, FarmVille, towering above primetime television shows such as Dancing with the Stars , NBC Sunday Night Football and CSI.

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A Really Cool Thing I learned from Reading Scott Berkun's Confessions of a Public Speaker

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm focusing on these areas now: The presentation itself - the slides, the storytelling, the content. For example, how to deal with different physical environments in a chapter called "How to Work a Tough Room.". I wave my hands when I talk and I was advancing slides when I wasn't suppose to. The delivery. Really embarrassing.

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10 Top Virtual Events from the Tech Industry

AccelEvents

Key Takeaways: The event divided topics into four navigable channels: innovation, IT leadership, possibilities, and IT heroes. Hosting a virtual event is no easy feat, especially when so many brands in your industry are competing with not only your competitors but every industry to garner engagement in the online environment.

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Top 21 Virtual Event Ideas for Your Next Online Event

AccelEvents

If you make it clear that winners will be announced on social media, you will not only get engagement during the event but will benefit from attendees checking your social channels regularly. . Engaged and Augmented Virtual Environments. Some virtual environments look cool and keep your team engaged. Guest Speakers.

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10 Top Virtual Events from the Tech Industry

AccelEvents

Key Takeaways: The event divided topics into four navigable channels: innovation, IT leadership, possibilities, and IT heroes. Hosting a virtual event is no easy feat, especially when so many brands in your industry are competing with not only your competitors but every industry to garner engagement in the online environment.

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What I Learned About Online Donor Engagement from Fundraisers in Brasil

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The moderator, Marcelo Jamberio, organized a set of questions that other Marcelo and I responded to with slides and audience interaction. The challenges: Explosion of online media channels. Fundraisers need to be trend watchers and adapt their engagement strategy based on larger understanding of the environment emerging trends.

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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Depending on the learning objectives, you could even skip the slides altogether, or adapt them for a pre-work activity. As part of the planning, it might be a good idea to have the slides so participants can organize their thoughts and prepare, but then transform it into an conversation by ditching the slides for the actual webinar.