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Can Webinars and eLearning replace Face-To-Face?

Andrew Banks
If, at the start of the year, you'd have told me that I would only attend two conferences, but present a long list of webinars and attend even more, I would have suggested you were pulling my leg. Sadly, that has been the reality of 2020 (and may well be the future, for 2021)


As a presenter, I really miss the audience interaction you can muster during a face-to-face session... this is impossible within an online/virtual webinar - especially if pre-recorded. Talking to a screen does not have the same buzz.  Is it just me?


Likewise, as a webinar attendee, while I gain the information shared, I feel that we are really missing the interaction - both within the Q&A but in the face-to-face chats afterwards that a Conference encourages.


But given the current restrictions, both Governmental and Corporate, what is the future of the face-to-face conference/workshop?
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    I'm hoping for a mixture of both.


    I believe that face to face conferences have a lot to offer, as Andrew points out, though there are some virtual networking platforms out there that could help with the Q&A and after conference gatherings. 


    Virtual webinars have enabled me to attend more events and learn more things than I would have been able to if I could only attend in person.


    Also, I mentor entrepreneurs and the move to virtual has meant that often the meetings have been able to be held such that the entrepreneur has had two mentors on the call.  This has given the entrepreneur added benefits (and has helped me too).

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    I'm hoping for a mixture of both.


    I believe that face to face conferences have a lot to offer, as Andrew points out, though there are some virtual networking platforms out there that could help with the Q&A and after conference gatherings. 


    Virtual webinars have enabled me to attend more events and learn more things than I would have been able to if I could only attend in person.


    Also, I mentor entrepreneurs and the move to virtual has meant that often the meetings have been able to be held such that the entrepreneur has had two mentors on the call.  This has given the entrepreneur added benefits (and has helped me too).

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