Zoom or Teleseminar?

Claire

I find that the big benefit of audio is that I can listen in while doing something else, like making a drink or even eating a meal. Also, I like to walk round my office while listening, so not so convenient with video.

I am not too keen on Zoom because there were problems in the early days, although it works fine now. Teleseminar is always good for me.

I know one thing that holds many of us ladies back from video is the feeling like we have to look “good enough” before we get on camera. That is one reason that although I love the idea of doing video, I do very little of it.

On the other hand, audio is great – IF you learn well that way. I am not an auditory learner, so trying to capture and retain what is said in an audio training is very difficult for me. Is it convenient? Absolutely! Do I remember a lot of what I hear? Not really. And my struggle is that I presuppose that many are like me, particularly because we hear everywhere now how important video is.

I love Zoom, and I think it is great for what it does (allows you to see everyone else, etc.).

Have you thought about Facebook live or YouTube live? I’m using Xsplit broadcaster to deliver YT free training videos as FB live until I see if it’s something I want to do live. I’m curious to see if I get more traffic this way.

I had a strange experience when planning to use Zoom. I was already well into my stretch zone at that point so this was the last straw.

The denture situation became crazy. I was given appointment cards with the time of the end of the appointment not the start on them then my records were marked DNA i.e. did not attend. Too many of those and they refuse to accpet you as a patient. The first attempt was so incredibly painful to wear that it took 3 or 4 days to recover from wearing it for less than an hour. Eventually I got a second opinion and a new denture but then there was the question of what to do about the first attempt. That was when I started to learn about consumer law and how to make formal complaints. It got to the point where I realised that if anything could to go wrong then it would. It was one thing after another for months. People were trying to do things right but things still went wrong and I started to think that there was an invisible hand at work making things go wrong. If nothing else that helped me maintain my sanity and temper. The entire saga took 8 months to resolve at which point I found the denture I had lost hiding in place where I had looked mroe than once.

At first I thought I would wait until things sort themselves out but they took so long that I gave up trying to meet the deadline I had set myself. I was fighting so hard to sort things out on that front that it was easier to retreat out of that stretch zone. So rather than continuing with just audio I abandoned the whole project. Now I am looking at venturing into back into that stretch zone and wondering how to protect myself from things going wrong again.

Susan

I like using Zoom because I usually need to share my screen to help people with a concept or have them share their screen with me there to hold their hand while they walk through the steps. Showing people how to use software would be so much more difficult with audio only.

I personally prefer audio… and I can’t tell you why, but I hate Zoom. That probably means I need to use it more 🙂

I have discovered, with today’s wide range of technology, it’s not always about whether a service is good or not – many of them are – it’s more about – how closely does it fit YOUR need and what YOU want to accomplish?

and if there are several that are close, sometimes you just have to make a decision and let go of FOMO

Sean

I prefer video to audio. I can listen to the video just as well as the audio while I am driving.

I think video also brands you better than audio.