Is your business looking to build better customer relationships, launch exciting new products or strengthen your brand? Although many companies know these are vital components of any business, they don’t know how to do it successfully. So, what’s the trick? Webcasting is an extremely effective tool – but make sure you follow the tips below:
- Build Awareness: while webcasts are great tools for reaching a large number of people without spending a fortune, having the right audience is key. Building awareness will help optimize your success and ensure that your target audience is reached. You may want to consider building a pre-event website and sending pre-registration emails.
- Create a Checklist: make sure your webcast runs smoothly by creating a pre-event checklist. You’ll need to have the proper internet infrastructure, find out what audio visual equipment will be required and carefully plan out your business objectives.
- Quality Streaming: without the right equipment, it’s going to be difficult to put on a quality webcast. The audio visual equipment is only one step, but you also need to make sure you have a quality encoder, the right software and streaming support infrastructure – that’s where we come in!
At CitiView Audio Visual, we have what it takes to conduct a webcast that leaves a lasting impression. From Multi-Camera Switching to Picture-in-Picture and Content Delivery systems we’ve got you covered. Give us a call today at 212-632-5196 to learn more.
How To Make Your Presentation A Success
Get the sweats? Clammy palms? Can’t stop tapping your foot? If you have a fear of public speaking or presenting you know all about how stressful getting up in front of an audience can be. And while they may not completely cure your nervous symptoms, these three secrets can help make your presentation a successful one.
Make It Understandable
Have you ever listened to somebody speak to an audience where you weren’t able to understand their message? Your crowd will be much more engaged if your presentation is free of jargon, buzzwords, complexity and confusion. So how can you make it happen? Think of it like Twitter, you only have a 140 character limit (although this won’t actually be the case).
Make It Memorable
How can you say your presentation was a success if the audience can’t remember what you spoke about? Try to incorporate the rule of three. We tend to only remember three to seven points in the short term so if you can limit your presentation to three major points, or group your content into threes, there’s a much better chance they will be able to recall what you said down the road.
Make It Emotional
We don’t mean that you have to make every member of the audience leave in tears or have them laughing at everything you say. But you should appeal to their emotions – it’s a great way to get them to lock in on what you’re presenting. You can do this by telling a story, but make sure it relates in some way to a main point of your presentation.
While we can’t write the actual script for you, the experts at CitiView Audio Visual can supply you with everything else you need. From staging and lighting to screen rentals and audio/visual equipment – we’ve got you covered! Give us a call today at 212-632-5196 to learn more about our services.
PowerPoint Presentation Tips
When it comes to PowerPoint presentations a little bit of preparation goes a long way. After all, who wants to sit through another boring slideshow? Want to learn how to add a little pep to your presentation? See below for a few tips:
- One Step At A Time: in order to keep your audience focused on what you are saying, it’s a bad idea to display multiple bullet points at once. If you put up the entire slide at the beginning, they will likely read the entire thing before you hit on each point. Stick to showing one topic or focal point and move on to the next only once you have finished the previous thought.
- Keep It Short And Sweet: stay away from paragraphs. Big chunks of text will cause your audience to lose attention and become bored. The slides are there to highlight important points, not to display your entire presentation.
- Ask Questions: provoke some thought, arouse interest and keep the people engaged. There’s no better way to do this than by asking questions. Give them a short quiz to test their knowledge.
Need a projector or HD projection screen for your next event? At CitiView Audio Visual we offer projectors from 2.5k lumens to 20k lumens and screens from 5ft to 20ft wide so give us a call today!
How To Get The Most Out of a Business Meeting
Don’t waste your time and energy with a lousy business meeting. When nothing gets accomplished not only is it frustrating for you, the company wastes valuable resources. How can you get the most of your next business meeting? See below to find out:
- Have a clear-cut goal in mind: it’s vital to understand why you are having the meeting and what you want to accomplish during it. Write down a few goals beforehand and don’t leave until you get the answers you are looking for.
- Come up with a plan: once you have a list of goals, you need to create a plan on how you will communicate these goals to the audience. Be as straightforward as possible and be willing to answer questions.
- Encourage participation: try to make everyone feel involved. Nobody likes when one or two people take over. Ask questions and provide handouts if you think it will help the audience stay focused.
- Change it up: if you always use the same items during your meetings, it may be time to switch it up. Try using projection screens to display slides and consider using audio equipment if the people farthest from you will have trouble hearing.
At CitiView Audio Visual, we understand that meetings pop up and presenters’ needs change on-site. Our staff will respond quickly and professionally with any audio/visual service you may need so you can accomplish your goals!
Daniela Adams
I like your comment about creating a checklist. I agree with you, having a checklist and a plan can help you stay on track and organize your event properly. Also, when it comes to technology, it always helps to test the equipment beforehand to ensure it works properly.
Zequek Estrada
I really like that suggestion to make a pre-event checklist for your webcast. That way, you can ensure not to forget anything. I imagine it also helps to speak to experts of some kind about their experience.
Michael Robinson
I love what you had to say here on how to build awareness with your webcast. The most important thing that you have said here is that you have the right audience. My wife really wants to start recording a children’s show online so we need to invest in some equipment. Thanks again!