Had a few people ask how to do a good online demonstration when showing your product off. I’m not talking presentation skills but more the technical details to have it feel and look clean. I told them I’d put together a quick little screencast showing my setup, in a Mac world, on how to do it. So here’s what I do, nothing super complicated but small steps add up to alot!
How to prepare for an online webinar/demo
November 11, 2009
NOTE: MY SITE IS NOW AT HTTP://BLOG.BRADGARLAND.NET, THANKS & PLEASE UPDATE!
Tags: demos, presentation, riskkey, speaking, webinars
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Denis ONeil
November 11th, 2009
Great Stuff.
Maybe I can add some helpful hints about GoToMeeting, since this is what we use here:
Always check first that the meeting you are setting up does not conflict with a meeting that has already been scheduled. The way we use GTM here can cause 'unpredictable results'.
When you set up the meeting, use GTM Audio Services and provide only conference call capabilities. VOIP works well but the attendees need a head set or an echo can occur.
When an attendee has a question that make you open something unplanned, PAUSE the screen. The screen freezes for the attendee and you can go rummage around looking for what you need, like a stealth.
If you start the scheduled meeting from the GTM Web site, you will not have to minimize the GTM window. This helps because you can continue to watch people sign on and Chat. But the attendees do not see a Big Black block on their screen. This is not possible when you start the meeting from your PC, for some reason.
Any other hints would be welcome, so keep the conversation going.
James Robert Lay
November 11th, 2009
I use Adobe Connect Now which includes screen share, chat, video and some other cool features.
bradgarland
November 11th, 2009
We started using Adobe Connect back in the Macromedia Breeze days but the Flash was really slow and got pricey quick. If we keep doing more and more webinars, might be worth another look again.
bradgarland
November 12th, 2009
So curiousity got the best of me and I looked in to our old Connect account. Note to Mac peeps, it doesn't like Firefox much, had to use Safari. Just FYI!