Webinars

As I have mentioned in one of my previous posts, my current job involves a lot of things I never thought I would be doing after having graduated from law school.  You better believe hosting webinars was one of those "never" things ... and yet ...

On December 20, 2011, I hosted my very first webinar for St. Francis School of Law.  The webinar was "All About Online JD Programs."  I discussed how to go about getting your JD online and then getting licensed in California.  It was my first experience hosting a webinar and I was very nervous, especially since with St. Francis' awesome platform my webcam image is live for everyone to see in addition to hearing my voice.  There is also a presentation component that I had to prepare but that was a simple powerpoint presentation.  The webinar had 9 participants ... not bad for the first one!  I was happy with the way it went despite the initial nerves.

Today, I hosted my second webinar.  This one was a bit more involved and complicate.  Entitled "Learn to Write Like a Lawyer" the webinar was about IRAC including what it is and how it is used in law school and in practice.  This was more of a skills webinar than the first informational webinar so I was nervous about the teaching aspect in addition to the presenting aspect.  But, I prepared my slides and my materials and gave the presentation despite my rising anxiety.  This time we had 16 participants and tons of questions!  It was very exciting that the level of participants practically doubled!  :)

Although I know I will always experience some nerves prior to presenting, it is a great experience and very rewarding when you are done.  If you have never been to a webinar, I encourage you to find one that you are interested in attending as they can be very informative and helpful.  Also, if you have never hosted a webinar, they are actually a lot of fun (despite the initial nerves) and if you have the opportunity, I say go for it!

If you want to view my 2 webinars (because I know you want to see me in action) check out the St. Francis website at www.stfrancislaw.com  or click HERE.  If you go to the website you can also sign up to get notices of upcoming webinars.  I hope you can join me sometime!

Hosting webinars take gumption!