Webinars and topic lines

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing, Sara.

It is true that a few seconds of changing a topic line does help. It

will not always highlight something that may be of interest to a

person, but it does help.

Regarding conference calls,web meetings, and webinars. I understand

that not everyone enjoys the internet for communicating and education.

However, from a program point-of-view, it is a powerful way of

gathering people all together to glean information or to teach. It's

not different from a " chat room " concept, it is just visually and

auditorily more rich. When mining for informatoni and stories, the

beauty of these tools can be the documentation they provide so that

facts are reliable. Most meeting tools allow recording if desired.

FreeConferenceCall.com (I think that's it) offers a transcription

service of the conference call for a fee. If I were planning

programming, I would want that documentation to keep myself accurate,

know who to ask for permission for use or for further information, and

so on.

It's good to know what one can and cannot tolerate. I've almost

completed my M.Ed completely by distance from the University of

Massachusetts. I " ll be done this spring or summer. (two more classes).

And I've found it a very rich learning experience.

For those who are interested there are free tools out there, though

they are often more difficult to manage the technology for.

In no way did I mean to suggest that webinars or web meetings can

replace this medium. It cannot. The 1-1 coaching provided on our list

is priceless. It can, however, add another dimension for those who are

interested.

FWIW,

Joan