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Відео-Челендж

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Відео-Челендж

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Запропонуйте студентам створити короткі відео, де вони пояснюють важливість медіаграмотності. Батьків можна запросити для оцінки відео та участі в голосуванні за найкраще відео.

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Практичний Семінар

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Практичний Семінар

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Інтерактивні Вебінари

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Інтерактивні Вебінари

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Організуйте серію вебінарів, де батьки і студенти можуть взяти участь в інтерактивних заняттях, робочих групах і обговореннях. Використовуйте платформи, що дозволяють реальний час взаємодії та участі.

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3-2-1 you're live.

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No interaction. It's the number 1 fear of people that host webinars.

Making your webinars interactive is one of the hardest challenges you'll face when running webinars. But with the right playbook and webinar platform everyone can succeed.

Interactive webinars lead to better engagement throughout and makes people watch your webinar until the end. Giving you a lot more data to work with. This will of course help your marketing and sales efforts after the webinar is over.

You'll leave your audience with the feeling they gained new knowledge from your webinar. And hopefully managed to build a connection with them along the way. Everything in place to help you close deals faster.

This article explains how to run more engaging webinars and build those connections. If you're completely new to webinars, this is a better starting point. And don't forget to improve your webinar setup to look more professional.

1. All tips summarized

2. Understand your audience

3. Choosing your webinar subject

4. Choosing your speaker

5. Choose an interactive webinar platform

6. Highlight trending messages

Tips to run more engaging and interactice webinars, TLDR;

1. Understand who your audience is so you can create more valuable content for them. People will interact more.

2. Choose a webinar subject that resonates with your audience and is specific enough. Apply the 80/20 rule.

3. Get an external speaker to help you build brand authority, avoid it being salesy. People will open up and participate more.

4. Focus on the people that interact to kickstart your interaction flywheel

5. Hosts are the secret sauce to to guarantee interaction until the end.

6. Use Chat, Q&A, Polls, Scary Question and trending messages to create an interactive webinar experience.

7. Choose wisely. Webinar platforms like Contrast help you engage and interact with your audience in unique and new ways.

5 tips to run more interactive webinars

Understand your audience

Alright, this sounds logical. We know. But it's oh so important you understand who your audience is. Most marketers that are promoting their webinar are looking to get large audiences. We get it, it's an easy to track metric. You want to expose your brand to as many people as possible.

But it's much better to have 100 people that you intimately know. If you understand who you're talking to, it becomes a lot easier to adjust your message to them. Deliver content they care about (problems they face or opportunities) and answer specific questions. This way, you create a closer connection with your audience. Of course, this all leads to more interaction during your webinar.

Choosing your webinar subject

Now that you understand who will be your webinar's target audience, let's focus on the subject and speaker. You'll want to create a webinar topic that helps your audience expand their knowledge. At the same time, you don't want to feed them 100% new information. As with everything in life, aim to deliver 80% new content.

The reason for doing this is that you don't want people to struggle to follow along. If it's too hard, people will drop off. They need a touch of familiarity with what they're learning throughout the webinar. So keep the remainder of your content about something they're already familiar with.

Choosing your speaker

If you can score a guest speaker that's known within your industry or about the subject of your webinar, hire them. There are a couple of reasons why you should consider working with a guest speaker.

If you find the right speaker, they will likely already have a following or email list. You can put these to use to get extra registrations for your webinar. Bonus points if these are people that were not yet familiar with your brand.

By associating yourself with a subject expert, you build brand authority as well. Without doing any extra work.

We hear you think. How does this help me interact with my audience?

When we were just getting started with webinars. And literally had zero brand authority. We hired Dean Waye. He runs over 200+ B2B Webinars per year. We designed a webinar series for people that were already running webinars but were looking to improve theirs.

We talked about:

1. How to grab your audience's attention in the first five minutes?

2. What does your audience think and feel?

3. How to get the audience to fulfil your CTA?

We found that people engage a lot more with an external guest. Because in a lot of cases, if it's just you talking about your brand - people will quickly feel it's a sales call. Getting somebody external into the room helps you avoid that.

Guests can also help you bring a touch of novelty to your webinars, giving people a reason to come back again and again (and not seeing the same speakers).

The 1% Rule

Yes, this as actual internet rule. We're quoting Wikipedia here

So this will also apply to your webinar. The trick is to focus on the people that are interacting instead of focusing on the people that are not yet interacting.

By doing so you'll make them feel heard. They will probably start interacting even more! These are often people that drive conversations forward, so it's best to use them for that. It's going to show others that it's okay to interact and that somebody will talk back. In the end, it's mostly people's fears of being judged or ignored that make them not participate during your webinar.

Invite a host to your webinar

We already discussed inviting a guest speaker. You should add at least one person from your team to the webinar. Have them be your side-kick. Two people in total on-screen. And this is where most people stop.

Add one more person. The Host.

Our customers with the most interaction all have one. You can compare them to the director of a movie. They manage the audience interaction from A-Z.

Think chat, Q&A, polls and more. We recommend to reply to every single message. React with emojis. Ask the audience questions. Simply keep them busy during the webinar. This always leads to people participating more which then inspires other people to participate as well. Win-win.

Choose an interactive webinar platform

Most people brush over this because they think every webinar platform is the same. They're not. So choose a webinar platform that helps you engage in a way that works best for your audience. It's smart to check out the feature pages of the webinar platforms you're looking at before making your choice.

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Encourage your audience to chat

This is a must-have. And ideally, it supports emojis too. It may sound silly, but emojis have quickly become an easy way for people to say something or react to something without putting in a lot of effort.

When we launched emojis earlier this year, we saw an increase in chat messages sent of 46% for every webinar. That's huge.

Next to that, try dropping a link into the chat and see what they look like. Often you'll have something to share with your audience. If your webinar platform just shows a raw URL.. people will likely not interact with it.

But a URL that looks like this is a lot more enticing to click on.

We recommend all our customers to already post a message in the chat before the webinar starts. This gets the conversation going from moment one. It also leaves people the opportunity to ask questions beforehand. You should then use these questions to create targeted content for your audience.

Throughout the webinar it's important to keep on chatting with your audience. We prepare different messages for during the webinar in advance.

And don't worry about answering questions that you were thinking of saving for the Q&A session. Answer them briefly in the chat and go more deeply into answering it during the Q&A session.

Don't forget to emoji-react to messages and upvote their questions!

The Scary Question

Remember we mentioned Dean Waye before? He loves using the scary question as a way to interact with your audience. It's the one question that makes you uncomfortable. Like "Your competitor just launched this feature. What do you think about it?"

By answering the scary question as the first question during a Q&A, you show two things:

1. You're transparent about your product's shortcomings (in reality these matter a lot less than you think, as long as you have a good answer)

2. You show others that they can ask their real questions. Instead of having to put a filter on them.

If you don't want to rely on the audience to ask this question. We recommend simply planting the question yourself in the chat. There's no shame in doing so.

Conduct polls

Polls are a great way to get more information from your audience. This helps you better qualify them. Trust us, your sales team will thank you.

But they're also a great way of engaging your audience. We recommend running 3-4 polls for a 1-hour webinar.

Start off with a poll that help you break the ice.

Make sure to talk about the result live. This way, people are more likely to vote. Simply because they understand you're actually doing something with the poll results. It's again about making your audience feel understood.

And do this for every poll. Don't make them just live somewhere on the side. Discuss them live, during the webinar. There's no better way to drive interaction.

We don't have to tell you to make the polls specific to your audience. Hopefully, they learn something too.

Host engaging Q&A sessions

The Q&A. Hated and loved.

Hated if nobody answers. Loved when you run out of time with still questions to answer. We'll help you do the latter.

Alright, first off. Make it clear when the Q&A section will be. For most webinars this is at the end. But while you do that, tell your audience they can already drop questions in the chat.

You do this because very often people don't immediately have a question top of mind. Or they simply don't want to look stupid in front of others. By making it possible for people to drop a question at the very beginning. You give others the opportunity to build off from the first question that's posted.

Remember the scary question? That's right. Use this and drop that first question yourself in the chat.

We often see that during the Q&A that speakers want to answer every question in a lot of detail. This often kills the momentum of the Q&A and gives people the feeling that there question will not be answered anyway - because they're running out of time. This is why we recommend keeping your answers to about 1 minute so that you've plenty of time to answer questions and keep the momentum high.

We always have a couple of messages prepared for during the webinar to remind people that the Q&A is coming up. This one works great:

Oh, and please don't put a slide with just the word "Q&A" on it during it. Better use that valuable space for a powerful CTA. Or the question itself of course.

Highlight trending messages

Alright, there's not one webinar platform that helps you do this but Contrast. A bit cheeky, we know.

By highlighting the trending messages, you show what's happening in the chat. Some of our customers even stop talking and switch to reacting to the trending message. It's a breathe of fresh air for the audience because the webinar suddenly feels a lot more like a real conversation - instead of a webinar that's planned from minute 1 to minute 60.

Conclusion

Now you know how to run more interactive webinars. This will help you boost engagement and get more data about your audience - ultimately helping you generate more revenue.

We mentioned it before. The webinar platform does matter. Contrast is the most engaging and interactive webinar platform on the market.

Try it out yourself now. No credit card required.

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Master the art of hosting an interactive webinar with our comprehensive guide. Learn how to make a webinar interactive, discover engaging platforms, and boost your webinar interaction.

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Проектні Дослідження

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Запропонуйте студентам та їх батькам провести спільне дослідження на тему медіаграмотності. Кожна група може обрати свій підхід та представити результати у вигляді презентації зі слайдами або постеру.

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Цифровий Детектив

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Цифровий Детектив

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Проведіть гру-змагання, де студенти та батьки в командах мають розслідувати і виявити фейкову новину або підроблену інформацію. Надайте їм інструменти та поради, які допоможуть у розслідуванні.

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Кар'єрні Дні

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Запросіть до школи професіоналів у сфері медіа, щоб вони розповіли про свої професії та важливість медіаграмотності в їх роботі. Сприяйте обговоренню та питанням від студентів та батьків.

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Створіть цифрову бібліотеку з ресурсами, книгами, статтями та відео щодо медіаграмотності, до якої батьки та студенти матимуть доступ. Організуйте обговорення або рекомендації книг для спільного читання та аналізу.

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Media consists of the images, video, recordings, and files that you upload and use in your blog. Media is typically uploaded and inserted into the content when writing a Post or writing a Page. Note that the Uploading Setting in the Settings Media Screen describes the location and structure of the upload directory (where your media files are stored). If you do need to upload Media, even if that Media is not related to a Post or Page, then you need to use the Media Add New Screen.

Visit the Media add new screen to install new media by clicking the Add New link at the top of this screen or Select from the left side menu.

The Media Library Screen allows you to edit, view, and delete Media previously uploaded to your blog. Multiple Media objects can be selected for deletion. Search and filtering ability is also provided to allow you to find the desired Media.

Media Library provides two type of views. One is simple visual Grid View and another is conventional List View. Switch between these views using the icons to the left above the screen.

In Media Library Grid View, thumbnails of image, Audio icons and Movie icons are arranged in the grid.

At the top of Grid View, you can filter the media by media type and date:
All media items
This dropdown allows you to select, by media types such as Images, Audio and Video or Unattached to any Posts nor Pages, which Media are displayed in the Table of Media. By default, "All media items" are selected and all of your Media are displayed.
All dates
This dropdown allows you to select, by date, which Media are displayed in the Grid View. By default, "Show all dates" is selected and all of your Media are displayed.

To the right, is a Search box where you can enter a word, or series of words to search and display all the Media meeting your search words. The search results will be updated as you type.

To delete media items, click the Bulk Select button at the top of the screen. Select any items you wish to delete, then click the Delete Selected button. Clicking the Cancel Selection button takes you back to viewing your media.

In Media Library Grid View, clicking an Image thumbnail, Audio icon or Video icon will display an Attachment Details dialog, which allows you to preview media and make quick edits. Any changes you make to the attachment details will be automatically saved. You can also delete individual items and access the extended edit screen from the details dialog.
Use the arrow buttons at the top of the dialog, or the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard, to navigate between media items quickly.

Attachment Details changes its appearance and information by media type. The left side of this dialog shows the Image, Audio player or Video player. The right side lists the following media file attributes and optional data. Some of them are editable from this dialog.

Uploaded on - The date when the media file was uploaded

Uploaded by - author who uploaded the Media.

Uploaded to - Title of the Post or Page that contains this Media. Click on the title to view that Post or Page in an edit Screen. If the Media was unattached to any Post or Page, this line does not appear.

File name - The name of the media file

File type - The MIME Type of media file

File size - The file size of the media file

Dimensions - (Image files only) The dimensions of image media

Alt Text - (Image files only) The alt text for the image, e.g. "The Mona Lisa" to describe the media. Used for accessibility.

Title - The name of the media. A title is often shown on attachment pages and galleries if themes or plugins are designed to display it.

Caption - A brief explanation of the media.

Description - An explanation of this particular media.

File URL - Read-only display of a direct link to the media file.

Copy URL to clipboard - Click to copy the URL of the file into the clipboard.

Artist - (Voice files only) Singer, composer or producer of this media.

Album - (Voice files only) Album title that includes this media.

At the bottom there are three link menus:
View attachment page
Shows the media in a simulated view of how the image would look when displayed in your Theme.
Edit more details
Displays the Edit Media Screen. See the Edit Media for details on editing Media information.
Download file
Makes it easier for users to download their uploaded media by providing a download link on the attachment details screen and in the media modal.
Delete permanently
Deletes the media.
Edit image
(Image files only) Allows you to make edits such as rotate, scale, and crop. See the Edit Image Screen.

In Media Library List View, a table lists all of your Media, by row. The Media are listed with the newest uploaded Media first.

The table of Media contains the following columns:

[ ] - This checkbox, when clicked (checked), 'selects' that particular Media to be processed by a Bulk Action.

"thumbnail" - There is no column heading for "thumbnail", but a small image of the actual media is displayed in this column

File - Displayed in the form of a link, this is Title, the name of the media. Clicking the title link opens Edit Media Screen. See the Edit Media for details on editing Media information. Below the Title, the actual name of the file that holds this particular Media is displayed.

Author - Displayed in the form of a link, this is the author who uploaded the Media. Clicking the author link causes all the Media authored by that user to be displayed in the Table of Media (thus allowing a Bulk Action to be applied to all Media for a given author).

Uploaded to - Uploaded to describes the title of the Post or Page that contains this Media and the date of that Post or Page. Click on the title to view that Post or Page in an edit Screen. If the Media was unattached to any Post or Page, an "Attach" link will appear and when clicked this Media can be attached to selected Posts or Pages. For more detail about selecting, see Find Posts or Pages. If the Media has been attached to more than one Post or Page, only the details of the first Post or Page will be displayed.

Comment bubble - Each Media row has a comment bubble with the number of comments for that Media. If a Media has any comments, then the number of comments is displayed in a bubble. Clicking on a blue comment bubble causes the Comments Screen to be displayed to allow moderation of those comments.

Date - The date the Media was uploaded.

Some column headings, such as the File, Author, Uploaded to, and Date headings, can be clicked to sort the Table of Media in ascending or descending order. Hover over the column title, e.g. File, to see the up arrow or down arrow. Click the heading to change the sort order.

Under the Screen Options, the number of Media displayed per page is determined. If more than one page of Media is available, two double-arrow boxes to move to the first and last page are provided. Also two single-arrow boxes are displayed to move one page backward or forward. Finally, a box showing the current page number can be used to enter a page to directly display.

The Screen Options allow you to choose which columns are displayed, or not displayed, in the underlying Table. Clicking on the Screen Options tab shows a list of the columns with a check-box next to each column. Check the box for each column you want displayed in the Table, or uncheck the box to not display that column. In addition, the number of Media items to display in the Table of Media can be set. Click the Screen Options tab again to close the Screen Options.

Above the Table, to the right, is a Search box where you can enter a word, or series of words, and hit the Enter key to search and display all the Media meeting your search words.

At the top of List view, you can filter the media by media type and date:
All
This dropdown allows you to select, by media type such as Images, Audio and Video or Unattached to any Posts nor Pages, which Media are displayed in the Table of Media. By default, "All" is selected and all of your Media are displayed.
All dates
This dropdown allows you to select, by date, which Media are displayed in the Table of Media. By default, "All dates" is selected and all of your Media are displayed.
Filter
Clicking this button applies the settings you select in the dropdown.

This Screen allows Bulk Actions to be performed on one or more Media selected in the Table. For Bulk Actions to be performed on multiple Media at once, those Media must be first selected via one of these methods:

Select one Media at a time - To select a Media, the checkbox to the left of the Media entry must be checked (clicked). It is possible to keep selecting more Media by checking their respective checkbox.

Select all Media in given Table - All Media in a given table can be selected by checking the checkbox in the Table's title, or footer bar. Of course, unchecking the header or footer title bar checkbox will cause all entries in that Table to be unchecked (NOT selected).

Reverse Selection - A Reverse Selection means checked items become unchecked, and unchecked items become checked. A Reverse Selection is accomplished by holding the Shift key on the keyboard and clicking the header or footer title bar checkbox.

Actions describe the process to be performed on particular Media. There are two styles of Actions that will be referred to as Bulk Actions and Immediate Actions. The follow describes these Actions:

Bulk actions - These Actions can be performed on one, or more Media, at one time, if those Media have been previously selected. Bulk Actions are available, when appropriate, as choices in the Bulk Actions pulldown box, above the Table. The only Bulk Action allowed is Delete Permanently.

Immediate actions - Immediate Actions are performed immediately, on an individual Media. Hovering the mouse cursor over the Media row reveals the Edit, Delete Permanently, and View options under the File column, in that Media row. Clicking on a Media Title will also initiate the Edit Action.

The available Actions are described below:

Edit - This Immediate Action displays the Edit Media Screen. This Action can be initiated by click on the Media Title. See the Edit Media for details on editing Media information.

Delete permanently - This Action deletes the Media. Delete Permanently is available both as a Bulk Action, and an Immediate Action.

View - This Action presents the Media in a simulated view of how the image would look when displayed in your Theme. View is available only as an Immediate Action.

Copy URL to clipboard - When clicked, copies the absolute URL to clipboard. Tooltip will appear on success.

Download file - Downloads the original media file to your device. This makes easier for users to download their uploaded media by providing a Download row action to the Media List Table.

Attach - In Unattached filtered view, "Attach" action is displayed. By clicking this link, the media can be attached to selected Posts or Pages. For more detail about selecting, see Find Posts or Pages.

Clicking Attach link in the "Attached to" column or "Media" column when Unattached filtered view appears Find Posts or Pages dialogue box. From this dialogue box, you can select a Posts or Pages that the media should be attached to. Follow the steps:

1. Search posts or Pages by keyword.

2. Select the post/Page one wants to attach the media.

3. Click the Select button.

After one or more Media are selected, and after a Bulk Action is specified, the Apply button performs the given Action on the selected Media.

Apply - Click the Apply button to execute the Bulk Action, specified in the Actions pulldown, on the selected Media. Remember, prior to executing Actions, one or more Media must be selected, as described before.

Updated on 2023-06-27
Changed the photo of media library grid view and the GIF for Actions

Updated on 2023-06-25

Updated screenshots for media library grid view [because it was showing WordPress 4.0], Attachment details, find posts & pages.

Updated GIF for Actions

Added alt tag and caption for Media library list view image

Added the paragraph Download file to the edit media page section

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Батьківські Клуби

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Батьківські Клуби

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Організуйте клуби для дискусій, де батьки та діти збиратимуться для обговорення різних аспектів медіаграмотності, ділитимуться власним досвідом та практичними порадами.

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Проведіть інтерактивне заняття, де студенти разом з батьками обговорюватимуть, як вони можуть застосовувати навички медіаграмотності в повсякденному житті. Розгляньте приклади з новин, соцмереж та інших медіа.