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• Make sure everybody can see the screen.
• We recommend using speakerphone, even if you are the only person from your office participating. Test out your speakerphone to make sure you can hear callers.

For larger groups

• Use a projector and screen so everyone can view the presentation.
• Make sure everyone will be able to hear the speakerphone. Don’t forget to account for background noise- the more people in the room, the harder it will be to hear the presenter through a phone speaker. If needed, set up a microphone to amplify sound and test how it sounds combined with the speakerphone.
• Have somebody designated as your "keyboard input" person the day of the webinar. The webinars will often include poll questions that will ask the participants to respond. Some questions will be as simple as "Can you hear me OK?" and others may be more involved. You'll also want to be able to input any questions. The Q&A is done by submitting a question through an easy to use "chat" interface, but does require keyboard entry.
• You may want to give some thought as to how you're going to handle taking questions from your audience. For example, if there are 15 people in the room listening to the webinar, and 3 of them have questions, how will they let your “keyboard input” person know their questions without distracting the remaining participants in the room? You might want to have pens and paper on hand so they can write their questions and pass them to the keyboard person. Or, make sure the keyboard is easily accessible to anybody that may have a question.
• If you have a group from multiple offices and find the webinar beneficial, consider making a donation to the NCDC Education Fund. The Fund allows NCDC to continue to offer cost-effective meeting alternatives like webinars.