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14 Importance of Participation
Without participation, you run the risk of your off-site video viewers watching something so dull that they will stop paying attention.
On-site audiences will more easily maintain their attention because they are watching a live event, not a broadcast. The off-site viewers are the ones on whom to focus the following tips.
- Give people a task. Prearrange comment sessions from off-site groups after a presentation or panel discussion.
- Use breakout sessions. Ask participants at each location to go offline for discussion or brainstorming sessions that will be reported back to the entire multipoint conference. Make sure group leaders are assigned for ...
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