This is an interview with Dr. Michele Petry, president of the Glia Group, an Internet consulting and web strategy firm, and editor of BankersOnline.com, an onsite training resource for the banking industry.

• Discover how BankersOnline transitioned from doing audio webcasts to an
  all-day video webcast

• Learn how current events have created the opportunity to charge more for a
  pay-per-view webcast attendee than an onsite attendee

• Hear about the thought processes that were behind this revenue model

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Earlier this week, we had Nicholaos ‘Coach Nick’ Papadopoulos, founder at Sky’s the Limit, speak at our Virtual Conference site. Coach Nick conducted a sales psychology and negotiation workshop with the goal of helping participants better understand their communication style, focus on their strengths and become stronger negotiators. The idea is to match/mirror your behavior to your prospects/clients’ style and close more deals.

Coach Nick has a saying, “All things being equal, people buy from those they like and those that are most like them.” Hey Coach Nick, how do I become more like my prospects and contacts? Look to DiSC®, a methodology to help you tune into your prospect’s communication style – their tonality, speed, words they use, whether their approach is primarily visual, auditory or kinesthetic. The feedback is designed to:

• Enhance your communication with those that possess a differing style than
   yours
• Increase your sales due to your ability to match/mirror all types of buyers
• Improve your negotiation because you’ll learn strategies that motivate each
   of the four styles to buy

Please listen to the archive and be prepared to think, learn, explore alternatives, and leave with fresh ideas for increasing the new business results of your company and the performance of your entire team. Packed full of thought-provoking sales management strategies, you will take away ideas to implement immediately.

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What goes into putting on a successful webinar? The presentation is only a small piece according to Wayne Turmel, author of “6 Weeks to a Great Webinar.” Wayne took part in our Virtual Conference yesterday and provided us with lots of information.

You’ll learn:

• The project steps to putting on a webinar and
   who does what with which and to whom

• Tips for getting the right people to attend

• Tips to be a better online presenter

• Why you’ll get better reaction after the event than during

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We had Sandra Johnson participate in our Virtual Conference site yesterday. Sandra is a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP, one of only eight MVPs in the U.S. She provided plenty of great advice and examples on how to build PowerPoint slides to make the most of your time with your audience.

Here’s some highlights:

• Understand how simple humans are limited in their aiblity to absorb information.

• Grasp why audiences easily become frustrated and overwhelmed by most presentations.

• Learn how to create great PowerPoints to your advantage!

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I recently took part in a webcast with Michael Benidt and Sheryl Kay of Golden Compass, a computer training company. They are a very entertaining duo that speak on the Hidden Treasures of the Internet.

Here’s a recap:

• What is technology doing to us? Is it making us stupid? Learn the amazing things brain researchers are discovering about just how much we can take. The results of those studies will surprise you.

• The vast amount of misinformation on the internet is really a crime. Learn who’s trying to pick your pocket. We’ll name names and take prisoners so that they don’t take you to the cleaners.

• Discover what is starting to make Google nervous and why it’s a cautionary tale for you as well. It’s not what you think.

Yesterday morning I took part in a webcast with Albert Maruggi, social media expert and president of Provident Partners, on Twitter and its use in the corporate environment.

Here are some highlights:

• Discover how Twitter can be used in the corporate environment, focusing
on the three areas of public relations, customer service and marketing.

• Learn about the new tools that are used to monitor multiple profiles
by corporations and brand awareness.

• Find out the many different uses of Twitter from the 100% advertising
opt-in network to relationship building.

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Please listen to the archived webcast: “The Amazing Technicolor Symposium: Video-enabling an Online Conference.” It was presented by Stacy Austin-Li, analyst and China consultant for Wainhouse Research, and Dr. Rebecca Clothey, assistant professor of education and director of the higher education program at Drexel University.

At the same time as travel budgets are tightening and discretionary spending is being cut, the imperative for educators and academics to collaborate and connect with peers across the country and across the world is growing. This has given rise to a new brand of academic conference that happens completely or mainly online… a virtual symposium. This presentation examines the possibilities for using video to help establish a sense of community including: user generated video, on-demand video presentations, real-time video conferencing, and live streaming video based on the presenters’ experience co-hosting such an event in November of 2008.

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We launched our Virtual Conferencing site yesterday! The first webcast is now available on-demand. It discussed how you can save money by utilizing a virtual conference to replace or augment an on-the-ground conference.

In the webcast, I highlighted three companies we have worked with conducting virtual conferences. One event was presented by Wainhouse Research in conjunction with Drexel University and the World Bank’s Global Development Learning Network and focused on the theme “Building Virtual Global Communities.” Another event was with Agility and helped them save over $1 million. A third event was with Lawson Software to augment their CUE 09 conference.

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Netbriefings is launching its Virtual Conferencing site. I invite you to register for the inaugural webcast…

Introduction to Virtual Conferencing
Thursday, June 25th at 11 AM central

• Learn how to save time and money with a virtual
  conference!
• Check out our site for a sneak peek at of our
  upcoming speakers!

Register today at www.successfulwebcasting.com

I want to share with you an example of how webcasting technology can greatly impact the lives of so many people.

Netbriefings has helped the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation with webcasting and producing their onsite events since 2007. These events which are presented by leading experts in the field are intended to provide participants with the most up-to-date information about Parkinson’s disease.

This short video gives you some insight of what their experience with webcasting has been and how it has helped them reach a global audience.