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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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    As both a presenter and trainer i think there is room for both and I really hope we can get back to the mix we had started before the lockdown in the future,  The IET was already running a blend of online webinars, eclasses and face to face training and events but I think there is more appetite in lockdown for both contact and information as well as the opportunity for some to access this.  I think zoom has certainly opened up alternatives, and certainly make the opportunities more global but I still miss classroom based activity and networking opportunities that these bring.


    I hope that the future brings the best of tech from 2020 and the opportunity to get back to what we used to do well as well in terms of the award winning events, conferences etc that the IET are known for.
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    As both a presenter and trainer i think there is room for both and I really hope we can get back to the mix we had started before the lockdown in the future,  The IET was already running a blend of online webinars, eclasses and face to face training and events but I think there is more appetite in lockdown for both contact and information as well as the opportunity for some to access this.  I think zoom has certainly opened up alternatives, and certainly make the opportunities more global but I still miss classroom based activity and networking opportunities that these bring.


    I hope that the future brings the best of tech from 2020 and the opportunity to get back to what we used to do well as well in terms of the award winning events, conferences etc that the IET are known for.
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