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Go Mobile with Mediasite

Sometimes it’s gratifying to take a break from the to-do list and appreciate what’s already been accomplished. Each month we present best practice webinars for lecture capture, hybrid events and online video. In December we realized that the 150+ webinars we’ve hosted over the years have surpassed 100,000 views, and those numbers are still growing. Before 2011 gets too far away from us, we’re counting down the most popular webinars of 2011, breaking them down into fun categories, and of course gathering all the links in one handy place for you.

Without further ado, presenting the best of the best from 2011.

Most Viewed Overall:
Interesting enough to bring in a live audience? No problem. Staying power to garner views on-demand? Absolutely. Introducing the most-watched webinars of 2011.

1. How to Create Slides that Don’t Suck (and Help Others Do the Same)
   
2. Go Mobile with Mediasite: What’s New in Live Streaming for Today’s Employees and Learners
   
3. Lights, Camera, Action: Fool Proof Tips to Produce the Most Polished Webcasts on the Planet
4. The Streaming School of Business: How the University of Minnesota Leverages Lecture Capture Technology for Online Courses, Webinars and Special Events
   
5. 5 Reasons Faculty Shouldn’t Fear Lecture Capture
   

Most Viewed in Lecture Capture

1. The Streaming School of Business: How the University of Minnesota Leverages Lecture Capture Technology for Online Courses, Webinars and Special Events
   
2. 5 Reasons Faculty Shouldn’t Fear Lecture Capture
   
3. Choose Your Own Adventure: Using Lecture Capture and Social Media to Customize Learning Experiences
   
4. Evaluating Lecture Capture’s Impact on Student Outcomes
   
5. The Future of Capture on Your Campus: Lessons Learned in the First Ten Years of Lecture Capture
   
6. Lecture Capture Systems in the Cloud: Why New York Law School Outsourced Hosting for Campus-Wide Capture

Most Viewed in Hybrid Events

1. Event Webcasting Road Map: Using Online Content to Fuel Face-to-Face Meetings and Community
   
2. The Hybrid Event Strategy Quiz: Real-Life Answers for Virtual Event Questions
   
3. Hybrid Events: Choose Your Own Adventure
   
4. 10 Resolutions for Recording Large Events
   
5. Fortune Telling: 5 Predictions for Funding Hybrid Events
   
6. Strategic Planning for a Successful Hybrid Event
7. High-Tech, High-Touch: Making New Connections Between Hybrid Meetings and Sustainability

Most Viewed in Online Video

1. How to Create Slides that Don’t Suck (and Help Others Do the Same)
   
2. Go Mobile with Mediasite: What’s New in Live Streaming for Today’s Employees and Learner
3. Lights, Camera, Action: Fool Proof Tips to Produce the Most Polished Webcasts on the Planet
4. Webcasting for the Enterprise: High-Quality Production for High-Profile Events and Execs
5. How to Engage Members, Attract Partners and Generate Revenue: The ROI of Webcasting for Associations
6. Building the NASA University for Safety Virtually Overnight Through Course Capture Technology
7. Why You Don’t Have to Be an Enterprise to Webcast Like One

Most Lively Q&A:

The interactive question feature on Mediasite was abuzz when these presenters took the mic, with viewers asking for more on how to get the best out of their webcasting experience.

1. Evaluating Lecture Capture’s Impact on Student Outcome
2. Go Mobile with Mediasite: What’s New in Live Streaming and Lecture Capture for Today’s Students, Employees and Learner
3. Webcasting for the Enterprise: High-Quality Production for High-Profile Events and Execs
4. The Hybrid Event Strategy Quiz: Real-Life Answers for Virtual Event Question
5. Classroom Capture and the Community College CIO: Effects on Student Satisfaction, Performance and Retention

Most Likely to Inspire Webcasting Awesomeness:
Whether you’re a webcasting pro or about to fire up Mediasite for the very first time, these presenters have tried and true tips on going mobile, keeping your audience engaged, lighting the room and more.

1. Go Mobile with Mediasite: What’s New in Live Streaming and Lecture Capture for Today’s Students, Employees and Learners
2. The Educational Technology Shopping List for Pain-Free Lecture Capture
3. Lights, Camera, Action: Fool Proof Tips to Produce the Most Polished Webcasts on the Planet
4. Webcasting for the Enterprise: High-Quality Production for High-Profile Events and Execs

Happy viewing!

3 months, 5 days, 10 hours and counting until UNLEASH 2012, the annual Mediasite User Conference May 7-9 in Madison, Wisconsin.

Feeling pressure to stand out, get ahead, find an edge? At times like this, we’re all digging deep to do more – faster – better. But if you have Mediasite, you already have an advantage, a secret weapon. The question now is how to leverage your webcasting powerhouse to outperform, outhustle and ultimately outrank your competition?

UNLEASH 2012 is how. It’s the unrivaled venue to get the skills, make the connections and devise your strategy for world webcasting domination. Here’s how:

Sessions of unlimited inspiration: We don’t let just anyone take the mic. Our enterprising slate of speakers, more than half from the Mediasite community, always bring their A game and stealthy tips for you to make your own.

Coaches with clout: Need some 1:1 time with a Mediasite Guru? Schedule yours early because these coveted – and limited – sessions fill up fast.

Workshops for Mediasite mastery: Whether you need a head start on your first Mediasite deployment or a leg up on Mediasite 6, our pre-conference workshops are second to none. Beat the rush and claim your spot now.

Networking opportunities that put other conferences to shame: You’ll never, ever, meet more like-minded webcasting pioneers in one place at one time.

Feedback to finish first: Come to UNLEASH Onsite and you’ll get a no boundaries, all access pass into the minds of the Mediasite engineering crew in our new collaborative round tables and ever-popular listening sessions. It’s an unprecedented opportunity to influence our engineers, product managers and executive leadership with your point of view.

Awards for those who rise to the occasion: Applying for the 8th Annual Rich Media Impact Awards could earn you a free ticket to UNLEASH, industry recognition, the respect of your peers and the ultimate trophy – more Mediasite.

UNLEASH Online to conquer the distance: Can’t make it Madison? Don’t give up. UNLEASH Online.

And here’s the best way to get your edge with UNLEASH – take advantage of Early Bird Registration now through February 26. Or if you prefer the opportunity to earn a free conference pass, submit a speaking proposal or apply for an Impact Award.

There’s no better way to get a jump start on your UNLEASH experience than with pre-conference workshops designed for you to master Mediasite. This year, at the annual Mediasite User Conference May 16-18 in Madison, Wisconsin, choose the training path that’s right for you:

A day packed with step-by-step tutorials, hands-on exercises and plenty of best practice advice will give you the expertise to:

• Setup, configure and use your Mediasite Recorder
• Optimally stream live or on-demand to any device, including mobile
• Customize presentations and catalogs
• Automate recording with schedules
• Manage your Mediasite content
• Import external video content into Mediasite
• Leverage analytics to assess viewing activity and system use
• Understand Mediasite security basics
• Plan for your Mediasite 6 upgrade

Learn more about both Mediasite 101 and 201 workshops. Then be sure to register early as training seats at UNLEASH always fill fast. Early Bird conference rates are available through February 26.

Sonic Foundry is proud to an InfoComm International CTS Program Renewal Unit Provider. Attend either Mediasite training course at UNLEASH and earn renewal units (RUs) toward your CTS certification. Learn more about InfoComm’s CTS program.

See you in class!

LSU uses Mediasite to webcast fitness videos and healthy lifestyle tips online.

The holiday season is a time to relax and reminisce with family and friends, but with that comes endless snacking, gigantic meals and leftovers. If you are guilty of spending your entire holiday in front of the dips, fudge, cookies, and mashed potatoes – which, be serious, you are – then it’s time to work off those calories and get back into shape in 2012.

Lack of time to get to a gym is not an excuse anymore, because Baton Rouge’s Louisiana State University Recreation (UREC), is streaming workout videos from their popular UREC GroupX series, as well as healthy lifestyle tips from professionals online via Mediasite by Sonic Foundry. With more than 26,000 students on campus trying to get into dance, yoga, cardio and resistance classes, UREC realized it made sense to stream them to reach a wider audience.  That not only increased the number of classes offered, but also the number of participants. Students can access the classes via the UREC home page, and an instructor takes them through a 30-60 minute workout, each including a warm-up, a specific style of workout, and a cool down.

For this unique use of Mediasite, LSU UREC was a Rich Media Impact Award Finalist in the ‘Prolific Use’ category in 2011.

“Mediasite has allowed LSU UREC to create an online environment that enables students and the public to participate in fitness programs and learn about a healthy lifestyle from any computer with Internet access,” said Scott Belanger, coordinator of marketing and public relations at UREC. “Mediasite has enhanced our ability to engage students in today’s hectic world.”

Since 2008 more than 6,100 hours of exercise have been webcast. They’ve received over 24,000 views.  In fact, the Mediasite content has been so well received that the university plans to re-brand its online content and add significantly more in the coming months. It is upgrading its webcasting technology to Mediasite 6, which will allow students to access workouts right from their iPhones, iPads and BlackBerrys.

So if you don’t want to make that seemingly long trek to your local gym, think of the GroupX online classes. You’ll get a great workout from the comfort of your own home. What can be better than that?

Eric Wunderlin, University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, UNLEASH 2011

Incredible! It was only 12 short months ago that I wrote a similar post for UNLEASH 2011. And here we are, fresh off the new year and kicking off our sixth annual Mediasite User Conference to be held May 7-9 in Madison, Wisconsin. This year we’re Unleashing the Edge at the best networking and learning venue for Mediasite enthusiasts around the globe.

It’s individuals like you that make it all possible – readily sharing best practices, how-to’s and practical advice gleaned from your successful Mediasite implementations for lecture capture, enterprise webcasting and event webcasting.

Our call for speakers is now open, and I invite you to submit a speaking proposal (or two). But don’t delay. The deadline for submissions is February 3.

UNLEASH attendees have told us the sessions they value most are those which provide concrete examples of how to take their Mediasite implementation – whether basic or advanced, large or small – to the next level. They want to learn from others that have been there. They want the edge that your expertise and lessons learned can provide. Our ultimate goal is to ensure every attendee leaves UNLEASH with a collection of proven processes, step-by-steps and real-life examples that can be applied in their own organizations. Learn more about the specific session topics we’d like to feature at UNLEASH 2012.

Remember Pecha Kucha, the new presentation format that debuted at UNLEASH 2011? It’s back this year by popular demand! (Who can forget last year’s percussion-based Pecha Kucha by Sonic Foundry’s on-staff drummer, John Pollard.) This unique presentation format – with or without drums – lets speakers convey their most important ideas in succinct 7-minute bursts. Make a resolution this year to give it a try.

John Marinaro, NASA Safety Center, UNLEASH 2011

The best part of being an UNLEASH speaker? One complimentary conference registration is provided for each accepted track session ($795 value), or a $300 discount is provided for each Pecha Kucha participant. Pick the format that best suits your presentation style and Mediasite experience and submit your proposal today. For more inspiration, check out catalogs of select 2011and 2010 presentations.

If speaking is not your thing, contribute to UNLEASH 2012 by letting us know what you want to learn or take away from this year’s conference. Share your input online in the UNLEASH discussion group of the Mediasite User Group Community. (Not a MUG member yet? Join here.)

“Looking forward to all the creativity and information being UNLEASHED in May. Great experience, great connections, great location. One of the best-organized events to attend.” – Jim Jorstad, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse

Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite Events crew is about to descend on San Diego en masse for Convening Leaders 2012, the annual conference of the Professional Convention Management Association, and the co-located Virtual Edge Summit.

We’ll spend the better part of next week networking, learning and, as you’ll see in this lengthy list, presenting! both onsite and online – spreading the good word about hybrid events, streaming your conference online and the social media buzz that goes hand in hand with event webcasting.

Here’s a quick roundup of our sessions – join us please!

You can follow conference tweets at #PCMA12, and follow our Sonic Foundry tweeps here: @Mediasite | @EricaStAngel, @johnp_sofo, @DonnySonic (be sure to tweet hi to Donny as he’s new to the Twitter and just started tweeting at MPI #WEC11).

As you might guess, we’ve jam-packed our schedules, but we’ve always got time for you. Just send us a note if you’d like to grab a coffee or cocktail and talk hybrid event tips or tech.

PCMA Convening Leaders Conference | San Diego Convention Center | January 8-11, 2012

Social Listening for Meetings | Monday 1.9, 10:30 a.m.

Your event attendees are more engaged with social media today than they’ve ever been. They are using these tools to share their experiences and how they feel — your event may be part of this conversation. If you’re not listening, you are missing opportunities to innovate, solve problems, identify evangelists and prospects and reduce costs. In this hands-on session with Sonic Foundry’s VP Marketing Erica St. Angel, learn how knowing what your audience is saying is integral to building a powerful event.

Social Media Power Hour – Video Chat Session (online exclusive) | Monday 1.9, 12:00 noon

This is your chance to tap the minds and experience of Social Media mavericks and pioneers in the events industry. No topic is off limits, from the basics of creating a hashtag on Twitter (and why, how, when), to creating a comprehensive social media marketing strategy that drives attendance and engagement. If you’re just dipping your toes in the social media waters or you’re fully immersed you can interact with experts like Erica St. Angel, VP Marketing for Sonic Foundry and winner of the Forrester Groundswell award for her use of social media and Elizabeth Glau, owner and Chief Foundation Strategist at Building Blocks Social Media.

The Great Debate: Social Media Etiquette – Old Fashioned Construct or Time Honored Tradition? | Tuesday 1.10, 1:15 p.m.

Is there a need to extend the rules of etiquette to social media interactions or is this an old fashioned construct from a bygone era? Differences in the approach to openness and anonymity in cyberspace is raising the question of what is proper to share publically and what is inappropriate. Where should lines be drawn in terms of anonymity v. openness, between thoughtful comments and offhand remarks, between what most might consider constructive v. what some feels is sniping or “who cares” comments?
Join Erica St. Angel, Sonic Foundry’s VP Marketing, to discuss how your comments can impact your personal/professional life, your organization and your event and whether there is a need for social media etiquette and how the new parameters could be generally agreed on and constructed…or are we all just taking the whole conversation too seriously?

Virtual Edge Summit | San Diego Convention Center | January 9-11, 2012

Need to sit for a bit? Stop by our booth any time!

Streaming 101 | Monday 1.9, 9:55 a.m. in the Learning Lounge

You hear the word ‘streaming’ all the time, but what exactly does it mean? John Pollard, Sonic Foundry’s Event Services Program Director, explains what streaming is, why it’s needed in today’s digital world and how to hire a streaming company you can trust.

Is Free Streaming Really Free? | Monday 1.9, 10:30 a.m. in the Learning Lounge

What is the difference between free and paid streaming? Get this question answered and more as John Pollard, Sonic Foundry’s Event Services Program Director, gives the pros and cons of free streaming services, what you get and what you may still need.

The Hybrid Move to Mobile | Monday 1.9, 1:30 p.m. at the Sonic Foundry booth

How important is it to give event attendees access to sessions when and where they want it? Both face-to-face and online participants need to be able to get their hands on the information with a quick turnaround time regardless of their location, and with today’s mobile technology it’s easier than ever for participants to find what they need fast. Join John Pollard, Sonic Foundry’s Event Services Program Director, to discuss the importance of accessibility in this mobile world and how to ensure your participants leave your event, whether it’s online or in person, feeling fulfilled.

Make it a Year Round Hybrid Event | Tuesday 1.10, 8:30 a.m. at the Sonic Foundry booth

How do you get the most out of a hybrid event? Hosting one only scratches the surface. You have to leverage pre-show content and messaging and also promote the event after it’s over. In this session, John Pollard, Sonic Foundry’s Event Services Program Director, will discuss the keys to making your event work for you year round.

How to Make Money with Virtual and Hybrid Events | Tuesday 1.10, 2:30 p.m.

While some producers are finding financial success with their virtual and hybrid events, others struggle to sell booths, sponsorships and sessions. Is it their market or their model? Get your monetization questions answered in this important session featuring panelist Erica St. Angel, Sonic Foundry’s VP Marketing.

Hybrids: From Shoestring to Turnkey | Tuesday 1.10, 4:00 p.m.

Hybrid means different things to different people. Some are using very simple and inexpensive methods of broadcasting content from their events with little engagement or production support. Others are designing elaborate user experiences and engaging high-end productions with “on-air talent.” Our panel, featuring John Pollard, Sonic Foundry’s Event Services Program Director, helps you determine what’s right for your organization.

Simple Online Events to Engage Members and Fuel Community | Tuesday 1.10, 4:00 p.m.

Sometimes the simplest virtual events pay big dividends. Come see how the Ontario Hospital Association has created a 280 percent return on its virtual investment, and how University Business has built an archive of virtual content specifically to promote its physical conferences and build its online event community into a year-round destination.

Presented by Todd Hutchings, Director of Distance Learning, Ontario Hospital Association & Stephanie Martinez, CIO, Professional Media Group. Todd and Stephanie have also been featured in our Event Webcasting Best Practices webinar series. You can watch their archives here:

• • Todd Hutchings | “The ROI of Webcasting for Associations: How to Engage Members, Attract Partners and Generate Revenue”
  • Stephanie Martinez | “Event Webcasting Road Map: Using Online Content to Fuel Face-to-Face Meetings and Community”

See you in Pacific Standard Time, and online!

Dr. Jennifer Flatt taught for nine years in a traditional face-to-face way – desks, students, small groups, the occasional PowerPoint. When lecture capture came to the University of Wisconsin-Marinette campus, she was not initially happy about it. The thought of teaching on camera was intimidating, even scary. It was bad enough she’d have the opportunity to watch every second of her instruction, but she also felt like colleagues might judge her and her teaching.

But then she started getting feedback from her students and she realized this was about learning, not judgment. The Mediasite lecture capture technology recorded her and the student questions and conversations, and students were learning from that recorded classroom experience.

Join her on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. Central (convert to your time zone here) as she presents, “5 Reasons Faculty Shouldn’t Fear Lecture Capture.” This webcast, like all our best practices in lecture capture webinars, is free. Just register here before we go live.

Dr. Flatt will discuss how lecture capture shed light on her teaching habits which, in her own opinion, ranged from not-so-great (do I really slouch like that?) to affirming (I actually do look engaged when students ask questions).

In the two years since lecture capture was introduced at UW-Marinette, Dr. Flatt has become one of its most vocal champion among faculty. Join her for a lively conversation as she dispels the biggest objections and faculty fears:

• Classroom technology will make your job harder (it won’t)
• Students will mock your on-camera presence (they don’t)
• Technology will force you to shift your teaching focus (it doesn’t)
• The camera limits classroom creativity (au contraire)
• Students are the only ones who benefit from lecture capture (think again – Dr. Flatt guarantees you’ll be surprised at what you can learn)

Here’s that link again to register – this is definitely one webinar you won’t want to miss!

About the presenter:

It doesn’t matter if you are planning your first, fiftieth or five-hundredth hybrid event, or if you are in the earliest stage of contemplation about taking your event online. Sooner or later we all ask the same big question: what should I charge?

The answer? Well, it depends. What’s the purpose of your meeting – are you out to fulfill your mission as an educational organization, and the hybrid event is just part of that investment? Or do you need to generate additional revenue to support new or ongoing programs? Or will you just need to cover your meeting and technology costs, perfectly happy to simply break even?

I’ve had a premonition for what’s in our funding future after gazing into the proverbial crystal ball to see which pricing structures prove most popular.

Join us for a crash course in dollar divination on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. Central (convert to your time zone here) for “Fortune Telling: 5 Predictions for Funding Hybrid Events.” As ever – it’s free! Just register here before we go live.

First we’ll explore our pricing past lives to uncover the most common models of event funding. And then together, we’ll conjure a formula that will work math magic on your next online event.

After the presentation, you’ll be able to:

• Recognize the difference between hybrid and virtual events, and how those differences impact pricing
• Identify hybrid event deliverables for which you could charge
• Define five different funding models that support hybrid meetings
• Understand how to put each model to work to reach your hybrid event funding goals

Here’s that link again to register, and an early prediction: we’ll be seeing you online!

About the presenter:

Erica St. Angel, VP of Marketing for Sonic Foundry, oversees the company’s community-building initiatives, including its annual user conference, user group and social media strategy. Her unique background blends almost 20 years of corporate, public information and political campaigns, with an emphasis on measuring outcomes and increasing customer engagement. Erica has been involved in hybrid event planning for 5 years, and is a regular speaker on blended meeting tips and tech at events and webinars. Her work has earned both industry and marketing awards, including the Forrester Groundswell Award for the use of social technology at UNLEASH, Sonic Foundry’s user conference – a hybrid meeting that leveraged social media and webcasting to increase attendance by 15 percent and achieve 10-fold conference ROI.

Moderator:

John Pollard, Event Services Program Director for Sonic Foundry

Team Mediasite is headed to Philadelphia next week for EDUCAUSE 2011, along with a few thousand of our closest friends in higher education IT. The events and IT people at EDUCAUSE are top notch, truly leading the pack when it comes to dynamic sessions, exciting exhibitions and interactive hybrid events. If you haven’t booked your ticket, you can still book online!

What will we be up to?

Streaming, live, in HD, and to mobile.
That’s right boys and girls, Mediasite is now even more mobile. We’re showcasing Mediasite 6: the first and broadest live mobile streaming – iPad®, iPhone®, iPod®, Blackberry® and Android® devices – from a professional-grade webcasting appliance and rich media management platform. You can see it in action in our booth #1219. And that’s not all…

Webcasting EDUCAUSE.
We’re proud to be the webcasting partner for EDUCAUSE again (Victoria Fanning, EDUCAUSE Director of Hybrid and Online Meetings gave a stellar presentation this summer, Strategic Planning for a Successful Hybrid Event, in our best practices webinar series). Mediasite will be streaming live from the general and featured session rooms, plus some of the concurrent session. And a few of these will also be streaming live in HD – come by our booth #1219 to see EDUCAUSE online it in all its HD glory.

Platinum sponsor-ing.
As a platinum sponsor of EDUCAUSE, we are firm believers in the contributions of higher ed IT, the contribution of technology to making education more successful and efficient in these unprecedented times.

Speaking.
Our VP of Education Sean Brown takes the mic again this year to present, “The Future of Lecture Capture: What You’ll Worry about When Your Pilot Goes Campus-wide” on Thursday, October 20 at 2:30 ET in meeting room 204B (hashtag is #E11_CORP15).

Giving away iPads.
Come to booth #1219, watch some Mediasite on an iPad2, then look for the QR code to get entered to win. Or if you are attending EDUCAUSE Online, stop by our virtual booth to get your name in the mix.

Meeting up with Mediasite User Group members.
900+ colleges and universities choose Mediasite for lecture capture. A good chunk of them will also be in Philadelphia next week, so we’re meeting up at the Cherry Lounge in the Four Point Points Sheraton right across the street, and right after the show floor closes, on Wednesday, October 19 at 5:00 pm ET. Nothing formal, come as you are – even if you haven’t yet formally joined the Mediasite User Group community.

Taking notes at the Campus Computing session.
We’ve had the pleasure of webcasting Kenneth Green, Founding Director of The Campus Computing Project, at EDUCAUSE, Campus Technology and WCET in the past, and we’re delighted to go live with him again at EDUCAUSE 2011 as he presents the results of “Campus Computing 2011: The National Survey of E-Learning and Information Technology in Higher Education (hashtag is #E11_SESS070).” It’s Thursday, October 20 at 9:00 ET in meeting room 113B/C. As sponsors of both his Campus Computing and Managing Online Education research, we’re anxious to see the results – will lecture capture win another Digital Puck award (a la Wayne Gretsky, “I skate to where the puck is going, not to where it has been)?

It’s going to be a busy and exciting week, if EDUCAUSE 2010 and EDUCAUSE 2009 were any guide. And if you can’t join us there or online, you can catch conference updates on a ton of sites, including via Twitter at #EDU11 and follow us @Mediasite.

Here’s the lovely and talented Kristin Zurovitch (@kzuro), our Product Marketing Manager, with the details, via Mediasite of course.