Did you tune into the MoV (Management of Value) webinar I presented last Wednesday? Like all first times, it was a fascinating experience, so I thought I would share a few of my thoughts.
I presented a rapid introduction to MoV, about 30 minutes for the voice over accompanied by 10 minutes for questions and answers. Firstly, it was certainly a lot to try to cover in the time. Some viewers thought I tried to cover too much too quickly, whilst others really valued getting an overview of MoV and how to apply it. Interestingly other participants thought the webinar should have been longer, with more time for questions. My take away is that it just shows how there are many differing requirements, and satisfying them all means a balance has to be struck in the delivered session, just as for stakeholder groups in MoV studies! I can only hope participants will encourage others to take a look at MoV, with a view to enhancing their projects, programmes or portfolios, and BAU (Business as Usual). Although the time allocated for questions was limited, I’ve answered all the questions in writing after the webinar and these are now available here.
The webinar format is unusual for me as there is no feedback while presenting. I am used to live audiences and teleconferences. These enable people to interject, show interest and you pick up the reactions in one way or another. Webinars are not like that, you just keep speaking. I imagine broadcasters are excellent in this situation!
From my vantage point, this led to knowingly starting and ending the voice over, whilst awaiting the upload for the next slide, with my delivery suffering from quite a few more ‘ums and ahs’ than normal, but it did ensure that I made all the key points planned, without being distracted. I would like to thank Arras People for the benchmark project failure issues I have matched against MoV principles.
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What would I do it differently next time? The common lessons learned approach. Ideally, I will be looking at different software which allows more interaction during the webinar, without descending into chaos! Future webinars could cover key aspects of MoV in more detail, and would possibly benefit from story-boarding. Like many things, practise makes perfect, so I plan to complete a few more sessions later this year, as others start to use this new best practice.
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