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Welcome to our webinar!
We’ll begin shortly!
6 reasons why your business needs to go virtual
David SmithGlobal Managing Director and
Founder of Virtual Gurus
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Your speakers today…
Julia LehwaldCorporate Marketing Manager EMEA
GoToMeeting
www.gotomeeting.co.uk
David SmithGlobal Managing Director and Founder
of Virtual Gurus
www.virtualgurus.com
6 reasons why your business needs to go virtual
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Our VUCA World
UUncertaintyFrequently disruptive
changes; past is not a
predictor of the future.
VVolatilityFast, unpredictable
changes without clear
patterns or trends
AAmbiguityLittle clarity about what is ‘real’
or ‘true’ and difficult to predict
impact of action and initiatives
CComplexityMultiple, complex, intertwined technological, societal, geo-political and ecological evolutions
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…. a world that has gone global
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…. a world that has gone digital
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…. a world where people are names on a screen
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Many organisations remain very traditional
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Time: 6.5 hours
Distance: 318 miles
A personal experience
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What are we thinking!!
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It’s time to make a change to what we do
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Run easy
online meetings
Host engaging
online events
Conduct
interactive training
We can do so much more with web conferencing
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Reasons why your
business needs
to go virtual
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1. We can save time – become much more productive
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2. We can save money – much more cost effective
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3. We can reach further – new clients and markets
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4. We can connect more often – improve customer intimacy
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5. We can be more mobile – becoming more agile
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6. We can reduce carbon footprint – more eco-friendly
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Meet Virtually
Present Virtually
Sell Virtually
Train Virtually
We have 4 purposes for our virtual events
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The same reasons we meet face to face
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Providing the technology alone is not enough
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Your people need virtual mindset and skills
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Town Halls
SME events
Video conferences
Team meetingsMarketing webinars
Sales Pitch
Virtual presentationProject meetings
Product launchVirtual training
Customer support
All hands meeting
Client meetingsLunch & Learns
Virtual events come in many different guises for us
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PLATFORM FLUENCY
A Virtual Guru has the ability to leverage
the virtual platform toolset purposefully
VIRTUAL PRESENCE
A Virtual Guru has the ability to a deliver an
engaging impactful virtual performance
EVENT CHOREOGRAPHY
A Virtual Guru has the ability to choreograph
the virtual event for maximum impact
Virtual GuruA Virtual Guru is someone who can leverage the full potential that web
conferencing technologies bring to a virtual event, be that a meeting,
presentation, webinar, or virtual training session.
Your people need to become Virtual Gurus
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Developing new skills that help with the new world
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Take care of your
environment
Take care of the
technology
Take care of your
audience
Take care of your needs
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TAKE CARE OF THE TECHNOLOGYTake care of the technology
Test your setup
USB Headset for VoIP
Ideally wired connection
Understand the toolset
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TAKE CARE OF YOUR ENVIRONMENTTake care of your environment
Try to avoid open plan
Minimise distractions
Notify colleagues
Manage your own audio
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Take care of your audience
Introductions
Rules of the game
Controlling Audio
Starting on time
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Between you as meeting leader and
your attendees
1
Between the attendees
2
Between the attendees and the
technology
3
Interact verbally with participants
Put questions in the chat
Get them to respond via the
feedback icons
Use the webcam
Build upon previous comments
Step back and allow discussion
Collaborate within the toolset
Bring them on webcam
Chat tool is simple to use
Annotations great for brainstorming
Polls/Surveys allow delayed
responses
Screen sharing – all on same page
3 ways interaction occurs virtually
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Audience size affects interaction
Audience size
increases
Interaction
decreases
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Take care of your own needs
Plan breaks
Refreshments at hand
Everything you need
Test materials twice
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Leverage the recording feature
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Using webcam – think DABL
D = Distance
A = Angle
B = Background
L = Lighting
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Take care of the
technology
Take care of your
environment
Take care of your
audience
Take care of your needs
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Julia LehwaldCorporate Marketing Manager EMEA
GoToMeeting
www.gotomeeting.co.uk
David Smith,Global Managing Director and
Founder of Virtual Gurus
www.virtualgurus.com
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Get in touch with usLet’s stay in touch
David Smith
Global Managing Director
Phone: +44 20 3289 8095
Mobile: +44 7841 910 095
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @dsvirtually
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