Wednesday, 17. May 2006
13.05.06 Moderating in a Live-Conference
ligi kodiyat, 03:23h
Today Ms. Ress will be showing us how we can moderate a live-conference session on vconference.de
The session started with a presentation of the additional moderator functions, on which we had to focus today. The moderator, who has the function of leading a session, has special rights over the microphone and the whiteboard. The participants can use these functions only if the moderator grants them the permission. Functions such as application sharing or web safari (explained in the weblog of 12.05.2006) can only be used when the moderator activates it.
Then we also had a discussion about the differences in presenting live in front of people and in presenting live per Internet. The major difference is that the moderator has to be aware that the presentation should be simpler as in a one to one communication. The participants have to focus on the screen and on the sound. If the presentation tends to get too complex or maybe even monotonous then it is difficult for the participants to follow the subject. Furthermore being physically in different geographical locations tends to be a temptation to engage oneself in other activities as well. So the moderator should frequently involve the participant actively in the session to keep them engrossed in the conference. Lively slides with pictures or animation also help to grip the attention of the participants.
Next we all went to our workstations to create a 15 min power-point presentation, which we would then present as moderators to the class. I chose to talk about the firm Blacksocks because I thought it is a very interesting business idea (created by a HSG-Alumini Samy Liechti) and not too complex for Saturday morning!!!
All the participants presented very interesting topics. It was interesting to hear everybody speak without seeing them…some always kept checking if we were attentive by asking us questions and bringing up polls…..but it was sometimes difficult to concentrate when the topics became very complicated.
I was nervous when it was my turn to be the moderator. Even after using the tools so intensively I felt that there was too much to focus on while moderating. The polls and questions that I had integrated in the presentation made the others to participate actively. But I was so focused on the matter that I wanted to eyplain that I forgot to ask them if they could follow what I was explaining or if they had any questions in between.
I need to pratice more......
The session started with a presentation of the additional moderator functions, on which we had to focus today. The moderator, who has the function of leading a session, has special rights over the microphone and the whiteboard. The participants can use these functions only if the moderator grants them the permission. Functions such as application sharing or web safari (explained in the weblog of 12.05.2006) can only be used when the moderator activates it.
Then we also had a discussion about the differences in presenting live in front of people and in presenting live per Internet. The major difference is that the moderator has to be aware that the presentation should be simpler as in a one to one communication. The participants have to focus on the screen and on the sound. If the presentation tends to get too complex or maybe even monotonous then it is difficult for the participants to follow the subject. Furthermore being physically in different geographical locations tends to be a temptation to engage oneself in other activities as well. So the moderator should frequently involve the participant actively in the session to keep them engrossed in the conference. Lively slides with pictures or animation also help to grip the attention of the participants.
Next we all went to our workstations to create a 15 min power-point presentation, which we would then present as moderators to the class. I chose to talk about the firm Blacksocks because I thought it is a very interesting business idea (created by a HSG-Alumini Samy Liechti) and not too complex for Saturday morning!!!
All the participants presented very interesting topics. It was interesting to hear everybody speak without seeing them…some always kept checking if we were attentive by asking us questions and bringing up polls…..but it was sometimes difficult to concentrate when the topics became very complicated.
I was nervous when it was my turn to be the moderator. Even after using the tools so intensively I felt that there was too much to focus on while moderating. The polls and questions that I had integrated in the presentation made the others to participate actively. But I was so focused on the matter that I wanted to eyplain that I forgot to ask them if they could follow what I was explaining or if they had any questions in between.
I need to pratice more......
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wzwm2006,
Thursday, 15. June 2006, 00:45
e-Moderation is demanding
Very much so -without lots of practice it is hard to be a naturally perfect moderator or presenter. In very important settings, therefore often two people are moderating so the talking one has less responsibilities.
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ligi kodiyat,
Friday, 7. July 2006, 22:28
Source
The sources of the figures used in this blog entry is:
http://centra75.live-place.de/main/Tutorial/de/DE/index.html
http://centra75.live-place.de/main/Tutorial/de/DE/index.html
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