- webinars
Posted by andrea  on 3/13/2009, 2:57 pm
I recently took a webinar on how to put on webinars from library guru Karen Schneider (http://freerangelibrarian.com/about/). She said that best practices in the area includes having sound access from the computer with headphones or speakers, with telephone audio as a backup for those without as much technology. She used Go To Webinar (https://www2.gotowebinar.com/), which I liked much better than Windows Live Meeting. Last time we had a FC webinar, patrons complained that they couldn't hear the speakerphone, while this webinar was easy to hear through our external speakers in the training room. Is there any possibility the Foundation Center would consider changing software? Otherwise, we are looking at spending $400 on a conference phone that could adequately fill our ten-person training room, and I don't know if I can get it authorized with the current budget situation.
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- Re: webinars
Posted by Kief Schladweiler on 3/13/2009, 4:09 pm, in reply to "webinars"
Hello Andrea,
We have already switched to computer audio although we're going to leave the telephone option in place for those that don't have the right technology. Right now, we're wedded to LiveMeeting, since we have a contract with them (as well as a freeze on new software purchases). We would definitely look into other webinar software options for the future and would welcome suggestions from any of our CC supervisors who have positive experiences with a different service.
Thanks and I hope this helps!
Kief Schladweiler
Coordinator of Cooperating Collections
The Foundation Center
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- Re: webinars
Posted by Andrea on 3/13/2009, 4:25 pm, in reply to "Re: webinars"
Thanks for the info! I will double-check our training room to make sure we are accessing the updated version of Live Meeting, maybe we are missing some software that will allow us to get the computer audio.
--Andrea
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