• Explore features. Most moderators only use a fraction of the options available to them. To get the most out of the rich functionality that a web conferencing solution provides, you may want to use your dry runs and free demo periods to explore the different applications you can use to create a better experience for you and your audience.

• Speed it up. If some attendees are using slower connections such as dial‐up to participate in a web conference that includes video, suggest that they disable video capabilities to save bandwidth.

• Using visual aids. With presentations, use detailed charts and graphs and keep text to a minimum. Remember slides should be a visual aid and you should be able to walk attendees through the presentation so there’s no need to give them a lot to read on screen.

• Partner up. You can share the responsibilities of running the conference with one or more co‐workers. For example, while you talk through the meeting and conduct group edits with your attendees, one of your co‐workers takes questions and runs the live chat.