Webinars with WOW Factor 2nd Edition

Product Description Almost overnight, webinars became the go-to for all training worldwide. However, so few webinars are effective or enjoyable. Be different. Stop creating ZOOMBIES! In the second edition of Becky Pike Pluth’s Webinars with WOW Factor, Pluth walks you through how to design online training or convert classroom training to the online realm effectively. While Pluth, a virtual training pioneer, covers the need-to-know of effective webinars from curriculum and slide design to technology evaluation and stage presence, the incomparable value of this book is in its interactivities which increase learner involvement with the content and one another and boost retention up to 80 percent. The last chapter also features more than 40 activities you can implement to create connection, energize learners, and keep the life in your learning. With endorsements from Ken Blanchard, Elliott Masie, and Elaine Biech, you owe it to yourself and your learners to pick up this book and discover how to make online learning fun. Review It’s no secret that virtual training is here to stay―and so is the challenge of keeping digital learners engaged. Webinars with WOW Factor offers practical assistance for design and delivery of invigorating webinars that emphasize learner engagement, retention, and application. With hundreds of tips and 44 detailed interactive designs, this book is one that trainers will keep handy as a reference for years! --Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The New One Minute Manager® and Leading at a Higher LevelAs our workforce is distributed, our learning and training must also go virtual. Becky’s book provides the tools to design and deliver webinars the right way–interactive, creative, and engaging. Using these tools, you can match the learning that takes place in an instructor-led, participant-centered classroom. --Elliott Masie, Chair, Learning CONSORTIUMYou can always count on Becky Pike Pluth for the best ideas and current tips when it comes to training design and delivery. And Webinar with WOW Factor is no exception! In addition, the book couldn’t have arrived at a better time. --Elaine Biech, Author of Skills for Career Success and the #1 bestseller The Art and Science of Training About the Author With more than 15 years as a training professional and two training industry best-selling books on the market, Becky Pike Pluth, The Bob Pike Group president and CEO, does not rest on her laurels. As proof of her desire to continuously strive for great, Becky was named one of Training magazine s Top 40 under 40. She is the author of the award-winning 101 Movie Clips that Teach and Train and Webinars with WoW Factor.