ALCTS Webinar on "Creating Effective Webinars"

Earlier in the summer the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) approached Maurice Coleman and I were asked to present a webinar for ALCTS members on how to create an effective webinar.  After giving the one-hour webinar last week (Aug. 17), it is now available for anyone to view.  All of the materials are available at http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/081716 and below:

• Webinar Recording on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpF__ZFebtg
• Handout for Note-taking and Remember Key Points: http://downloads.alcts.ala.org/ce/Creating_Effective_Webinars_Handout.pdf (142KB) - This also contains a list of resources.
• Presentation Slides: http://downloads.alcts.ala.org/ce/20160817_Creating_Effective_Webinars_PPT.pdf (2 MB)

After attending the webinar, it is hoped that ALCTS members might be inspired to give webinars and to:

• Design better presentations
• Understand how to prepare for delivering the presentation (producer/tech support)
• Better engage the audience
• Prepare for the unexpected, technical and otherwise, during the webinar
• Understand some of the basic features of “web conference” software and how to use them to your advantage

You will notice - even if you look at the handout - that we covered a wide range of topics. Throughout the webinar, we encouraged people to tell us what questions they had.  One of the questions was about sample speaker agreements.  Every speaker agreement may be slightly different.  Be sure to look for text that acknowledges that the content belongs to you (the speaker).  If that text is not in the agreement (or in a series of communications between you and the organization), state that the materials are yours.  (You might do this by saying that you are confirming your assumption.)

Here are links to two SAMPLE speaker agreements:

• LITA Sample Agreement Letter (with modifications for webinar),
  http://connect.ala.org/files/MW%20DOC%2016-25%20Asynchronous%20Sample%20Contract%20Language.pdf 
• AHEC Veterans Mental Health Project, SAMPLE SPEAKER AGREEMENT LETTER, http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/grants/areahealtheducationcenters/ta/Files%20for%20Veterans%20Mental%20Health%20CE/speakeragreement.docx 

In addition, this article may be helpful: "Speaker Agreement Essentials", http://www.chicagolawpartners.com/6EA515/assets/files/News/forum-law-review-feb.pdf

Maurice and I really enjoyed giving this webinar! We are both passionate trainers and we want to help others excel at providing webinars.  If you're interested in giving a webinar and don't know how to construct one, please give this one-hour webinar a listen.