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Best Practices: E-conferences. Scott Bradshaw – BeaconLive Earnestine Murphy – American Bar Association Monday August 4, 2014. Agenda. Best Practices for webinars, webcasts and all CLE programs Program Type Content is still King Marketing Speaker Training
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Best Practices: E-conferences Scott Bradshaw – BeaconLive Earnestine Murphy – American Bar Association Monday August 4, 2014
Agenda • Best Practices for webinars, webcasts and all CLE programs • Program Type • Content is still King • Marketing • Speaker Training • Preparation – technology, logistics • Interactivity • CLE services
About the Presenters Scott Bradshaw – BeaconLive • 20+ years of sales, marketing and customer service experience • Deliver thousands of events every month • Millions of attendees every year • Hope to deliver info today that can be implemented immediately • Novice to Expert
About the Presenters Earnestine Murphy - ABA • One of five associate directors of programming at the American Bar Association Center for Professional Development. • Responsible for approximately 50 webinars yearly • Manages 8-10 in-person (2 to 2 l/2 day) • Topic and speaker selections for ABA monthly member benefit webinars
Content is King • Topic is still the number 1 driver of attendance • Offer credit • Make sign up process easy • Expand beyond usual list if content is national vs local • Topic must be of benefit to audience
Content • National • International • Regional
Marketing • Allow proper time; 3-5 weeks is standard • Email invites – fill the seats • Charging enough • Offer credit • Make sign up process easy • Other methods
Registration Process • Online • Phone • Mail
Marketing Mix • 80% of attendees come from event promotions via email, website, personal emails from sales/team members, 3rd party (content syndication, newsletters, list rentals) • 20% of attendees come from Partner invitations, Banner Ads/ Text messaging, SEM or Social Media
Webinar Statistics • 56% of attendees will attend the event • 55 Minutes – average webinar length • 64% of attendees will register the week of the event(21% register the day of the event) • Tuesday is the best day to send an email invitation • 25% of of your webinar viewings will occur OnDemand
Speaker Training • Speaker recruitment • Welcome e-mail • Arrange planning and tech call • Order of presentation • Faculty Guide • Course materials (PowerPoint and additional resource papers
CLE Credit • Of the 50 states, the ABA MCLE Director and staff work with approximately 35 in either pre-approved status or submit an application.
Preparation • Dry Runs • Technology Training • Power points and presentations well in advance • Beyond standard ppt delivery • Program script
Interactivity • Surveys, Polls • Q&A – chat • Desktop Sharing • Evaluations
Webinar Feature Usage • 100% of webinars have streaming option • 96% utilize the live moderator in some fashion • 86% use the conferencing materials to deliver handouts • 38% use surveys/polling tools • 25% use chat • 2% use twitter/social media
Execution • Video or no video, that is the question • Flawless delivery • Mobile accessible • Capture event through recording and re-purpose
CLE Services • CLE options • Know the rules (different for live vsondemand…) • Deliver evals no matter what • Tracking mechanisms • Getting content accredited • CLE administration
Summary • Content • Faculty • Timing • Course Materials • Credit • Technology • Evaluation