Collaborating with others to create a finished product can be fraught with peril. Or, if you are fortunate like me, it can be a joyous experience.

Businesspeople Discussing In Conference Room

A couple of months ago, Paula Adelman, Founder of BoomerSurf, proposed that we collaborate on creating a webinar to help Baby Boomers and those older than boomers to better understand social media.

She wanted to offer a webinar as part of the launch of her BoomerSurf business and she knew that I specialize in tutoring and training Boomers to be more effective in their use of social media. It was a match made in cyber-heaven!

BoomerSurf is all about Baby Boomers helping each other with their challenges around computers, smart phones and other devices, as well as things like Skype and much more.

Their vision is:

BoomerSurf’s vision is to assist you in turning your negative feelings into positive accomplishments. We provide a website with relevant content, step-by-step tips and videos and a caring support community. We facilitate your successes with prompt, compassionate, one-on-one verbal and visual help.

Their mission is:

Our mission is to empower you to accomplish tasks on your devices that you didn’t know you were capable of doing, and by doing so we aim to eliminate any sense of isolation, fear or frustration you may have.

 

Creating the Webinar: Social Media for Boomers+

  1. After brainstorming to determine the basic concepts we wanted to cover, I created a Word document with an outline of those concepts in an order that built from a logical starting point to the conclusion.
  2. The next step was for me to create a PowerPoint of the webinar’s key points for Paula to import into her BoomerSurf-branded PowerPoint template.
  3. We then brainstormed some visuals to help illustrate the points being made in the slides, and Paula added them and did the final edits.
  4. Next it was my turn to write a script to go with each slide and then read the script into a microphone we attached to Paula’s computer. We recorded my voice using QuickTime, a free downloadable media player.
  5. Meanwhile Paula sent the invite to the webinar via Eventbrite and encouraged the attendees to send in questions they wanted addressed.
  6. On the day of the webinar, people logged into YouTube and watched the slides and heard my voice. We didn’t end up getting questions from the attendees, so the webinar just ended with Paula’s closing remarks.
  7. Now that the webinar is completed, a link to both the pre-recorded section and website: www.boomersurf.com, as well as on my website. www.boomerssocialmediatutor.com
  8. Here is the direct link to it, and my section starts at about the six-minute point: http://youtu.be/F77GJpj0PVo

 

How About You?

Have you created a webinar? If so, did you create it on your own or did you collaborate with someone else? It would be great to hear about your experiences with creating webinars and on collaboration in general.

 

About Joyce

Joyce Feustel, Founder of Boomers' Social Media Tutor

Joyce Feustel helps people, especially those age 50 and up, to become more comfortable using social media, especially Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Twitter.

She works with business owners, business development professionals, leaders of nonprofit organizations, job seekers, retired people, consultants, and many others. Find her at www.boomerssocialmediatutor.com.