Ask HN: What do you think about webinars?

Our team is putting on a webinar around performance management.

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2823701271786120962

Wondering what you think about webinars. Are they effective? What are things that work and don't work? Any examples of great ones you've attended?

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Honestly, I feel that webinars (the ones I've attended at least, mostly from work) can be executed better. Countless times have I have attended a webinar where there was at least on technical difficulty that occurs in which at least 5min of everyone's time is taken up unproductively. You would think that people would at least test or rehearse these things before hand, but I don't know. (As a Software QA Intern for a year and some months, I take pride in testing).

Other than those negatives, I have seen that webinars that are put on by big name companies such as Microsoft, are pretty amazing and interactive. I would like to attend more webinars from the likes of Microsoft. These webinars are interactive and there is an active chat where the presenters are able to show care for the virtual audience in real time.

If you have anymore specific questions, please don't hesitate to ask here or through PM.

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