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How I learned to stop yawning and love the Zoom Room

Candid

So do everything you can to recognize the attendees as they join: say their names, ask them to share where they’re from, have an interesting icebreaker , play music—whatever makes them feel welcomed and human, not just a square box there to receive a lecture. . Launch a poll, ask for feedback, switch speakers, turn off the slides.

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What Have We Learned About Creating Engaging Meetings from Virtual Conferences?

The MatrixFiles

BeSpeake clients have: Paid closer attention to the content and slides. Worked with their speakers to add interactive elements, from polls to contests. Polls and contests to add sparkle to a session or break. In person, ask your speakers to show pre-roll, play music, and start the conversation early. Better Wayfinding.

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Guest Post: Maintaining a connection with pandemic-inactive volunteers

Twenty Hats

I make a point of varying the format , sometimes using polls or breakout rooms for smaller group discussion and brainstorming. Interestingly, a follow up poll gave the event relatively low marks. This addition is a slide show of photographs that the volunteers email to me. Each presentation was about 8 minutes long.

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Top 21 Virtual Event Ideas for Your Next Online Event

AccelEvents

Polls and Q&As. Polls and Q&As are not new virtual event ideas but they are highly effective for getting the audience to think about the content presented. of virtual event organizers use polls to increase interactions. Polls and Q&A force attendees to pay attention to each session. . Virtual Musicals.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you didn't have a chance to participate, you'll find the slides, resource materials, and an archived recording over at the webinar wiki. However, some webinar platforms have a real-time polling feature, the virtual equivalent of asking people to raise their hands if. What: The art of social instructional design.

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Reflections on Extension 2.0 Webinar

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Someone on the call had moderator access and was able to flip the slides (I had them memorized) and they also read any of the questions in the chat line to me. I wanted to use more video examples, but only selected one that was more of a music video in case the audio didn't work. We got started about a half hour late. No problem.

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[VIDEO] The Early Bird Guide to Epic End of Year Fundraising

Bloomerang

I just want to let you know that we are recording the session, and we’ll be sending out the recording as well as the slides later on today. Rachel, you can pull up your slides, and then the floor will be yours. . You can grab today’s slides. Take my poll, fundraising friends. You will not miss anything.

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