Managed webinars vs. unmanaged webinars

The world of live webinars can at times be a very confusing one. Figuring out what features are absolutely necessary, the level of technical support that is needed for the day of the webinar and how to transfer recorded webinar content to your Learning Management System, are all questions many associations struggle with daily.

At ScholarLab our definition of a live webinar is an online event that has the following: 

1. A presenter or a group of presenters sitting at a computer
   
2. The presenter(s) are usually sharing information to a group of individuals located in multiple locations. We will call these individuals attendees
   
3. The presenters may choose to have the attendees see them via video or just hear their voices
   
4. Attendees can communicate with the presenter via a text chat feature
   
5. Both presenter(s) and attendees must be online at the same time
   

We offer what we call Managed Webinars. So you may ask, what is a managed webinar vs. an unmanaged webinar? 

A managed webinar has the following characteristics: 

ScholarLab 

1. Manages the setup of the webinar
2. Designs the marketing or communication emails
3. Trains your presenters
4. Acts as moderator during your live webinar
5. Provides technical support during the live webinar
6. Administers a survey at the end of your webinar
7. Provides you with a summary of the survey results

An unmanaged webinar is simply- you do it all yourself.

Benefits of a simple managed webinar:

1. For many of your presenters who are either busy or not tech savvy, figuring it out all by themselves is a daunting task
2. You may have a small staff, and training presenters on how to use your webinar platform takes them away from critical day to day activities
3. Our webinar platform is simple and easy to use
4. You get the important technical support that is often needed during a live webinar. Let’s face it- many of the large webinar companies do not provide technical support during a live webinar
5. After your webinar is over, the recorded content is quickly transfered to your ScholarLab Online Learning System