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Virtual events are augmenting and/or replacing on-site programs in organizations around the world. Come back here often to read about EO success stories – and how we help make them happen.

Nursing Society moves to online training
A national nursing society wanted to conduct their distance education programs remotely, rather than the traditional face-to-face meetings that they have had in the past. There were several reasons for the decision, including the rising costs of travel and hotel accommodations for both members and speakers.

This was a new undertaking, so they asked for our assistance with both online meeting technology and participant registration. Two web sites for their two different program series were created. The sites helped provide information about the programs, technical information about the Web Conference itself, and a way to register for any, or all of the programs.

We then trained their staff as well as their speakers on the Web Conferencing technology. Since this was a free seminar series for participants, the society needed to cut the registration off at 200 participants; however there were many more that wanted to participate. Therefore, we recorded all of the meetings and made them available for playback on the Website for those that were not able to attend.

The program was a huge success. They are planning to conduct a number of Distance Education meetings like this in the future. They found the service so easy that they’ll be using it for other meetings, such as Board and committee conferences, as well. Here’s feedback from some of the participants:

“What a great use of technology! I am so excited to be able to participate in conferences without leaving my rural city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.”

“Easy to connect and very clear via the phone - technology worked very well.”

“Very helpful! A great way to train via conference call and ….get walked through applications. I look forward to participating in more of these sessions in the future.”

“This was an AWESOME in-service. I loved that the screen could split and you could answer poll questions and ask questions on phone line afterwards. Very easy to access. User friendly.”

From Onsite to Online: An Association Success Story

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