What is the main objective of your event\/meeting? <\/strong><\/h3>\nIf you have a large audience and expect them to mainly listen to what you have to say, a Webinar platform will be the right solution. However, when you need more two-way interactive sessions between the host and audience, or in-depth discussions among the participants, a Virtual Meeting solution will be the better option.<\/p>\n
Webinars are largely used for Town halls, marketing online events and educational lectures, while Virtual Meetings are better used for employee collaborations, customer-facing meetings, sales meetings, and small group training sessions.<\/p>\n
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Question 2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nWhat is the size of your event? <\/strong><\/h3>\nWebinars are ideal for large group meetings and events that are open to the public. Often, an audience size of more than 50 would require a webinar.<\/p>\n
Virtual Meetings, on the other hand, are best suited for seamless one-to-one or small group two-way discussions and require collaborative tools to facilitate a more interactive and engaging session.<\/p>\n
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Question 3<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nWhat level of interaction do you expect from your attendees? <\/strong><\/h3>\nVirtual Meetings are more interactive, with participants able to share their screens and applications with ease. They can co-annotate, whiteboard, and record the meetings. Participants often also have the control to turn on their video and audio, and see who else is in attendance.<\/p>\n
Webinars, on the other hand,\u00a0 have far less interactive functions. The host and moderator have control over attendees involvement, such as choosing who can participate via the mute\/unmute function. Most interactions among attendees are done and limited to Q&A, chat, and polling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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