18 Simple, Fast Cures for Healing Your Boring Webinar

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18 Simple, Fast Cures for Healing Your Boring Webinar Presentations

Published on Nov 18, 2015

Tired of attendees leaving your webinars early? Or not showing up at all? These 18 simple, quick cures for boring webinar presentations will get your attendees coming back for more!

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boring webinar presentations

18 simple, fast cures for healing your

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Are you guilty

of boring your webinar attendees?

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Or giving a sales pitch when you said the webinar was an "educational experience?"

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Have you ever

read straight from your slides?

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Or droned on and on for 30 minutes without a break?

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have you ever asked for Questions

only to answer fake ones?

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Or forced attendees to submit to a 15-minute software download?

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Here are 18 Sure-Fire Simple Ways

to Cure your boring webinar presentations.

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1. deliver what you promise

Avoid ticking off your guests by giving them what they signed up for.

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2. no sales pitches

help them improve their work lives - not your pocket book.

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3. Choose no-download webinar tech

Seamless entry means they're happy when they join.

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4. avoid slide overload like the plague

Choose powerful images - not death-by-powerpoint.

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5. your slide deck is your sidekick

not your teleprompter. please, please, please don't read off them.

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6. short and sweet, people

A single presenter should speak for a max 20 minutes.

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7. dangle the carrot

avoid early exits by promising a goodie if they stay 'til the end.

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8. ban boring

choose presenters based on their speaking prowess - not their titles.

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9. opt for a panel

Multiple presenters for point-counterpoint make engagement a breeze.

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10. we all love freebies

every 5-10 minutes, send schwag to one luck attendee.

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11. Poll 'em

Use polling features to boost engagement.

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12. brand it - don't spray it

use tech that allows you to brand the webinar, so you don't have to sell.

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13. Be honest in Q&A

don't know? just say it - and offer to follow up with an answer.

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14. start and end with a bang

start with a disruptive insight and end with an inspirational "we can do it!"

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15. let 'em see your pretty face

turn on your webcam for a >70% increase in attention spans.

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16. Smile, for heaven's sake

No one wants to hang out with a gloomy gus. Make 'em like you!

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17. reel 'em in

yummy content in follow-up efforts guides them down the nurture funnel.

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18. elicit real feedback

get serious about the attendee experience - and always work to be better.

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Make the heart grow fonder.

Great webinar presentations

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Just follow these 18 tips ...

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And join our blog community for more webinar presentation tips, guides and inspiration.

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Happy presenting!

love, Your friends at blog.pgi.com

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