On Monday, Oct. 22, I attended the Elluminati conference as an online participant. I felt like somewhat of a second class citizen as compared to the on site participants. They got lunch and prizes. They exchanged business cards and networked. On the other hand, during the sessions I could IM with the moderators (there were about 4 of them) and get the speaker's attention quickly if I wanted to. I could also slip out to the bathroom or munch an apple or do email on my other computer if the session didn't capture my interest.
Today I was part of the face-to-face presentation for a blended meeting and we did not server our distant participants very well. A couple things I learned:
1. Start setup at least 45 min in advance: sound checks for the room mikes, launching elive, etc.
2. Ask presenters to show up 15 min. early to get their applications open and docs loaded (and so they can grab some lunch).
3. Have a second elive session going on a computer in the room with moderator status so that someone is actively tending the remote crowd.
4. If you're going to application share, share the whole desktop or a region so that when other applications are open (besides Blackboard), the online folks see the Word file, for instance, rather than a black box.
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