Comments on: Embarrassing Webinar and Teleseminar Moments

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:59:14 +0000

In reply to Paul B. Taubman, II. Of course! I meant to do that! :)

By: Paul B. Taubman, II

Paul B. Taubman, II — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:42:35 +0000

I did a whole coaching call with live participants on the call. The interaction was great! The whole thing was 2 hours long and I was psyched that it went so well (This was my first coaching call for my first group… ever!)

Part of the coaching program is access to the replays. Well, it turns out that the best recordings are those that get recorded! I did not press the record button!!! D’oh!

The recovery was easy… I just did the same exact teaching 2 days later “Since not all the folks were on the call, I decided to have an extra call for those who could not make it,” Did I seem like a nice guy or WHAT?!?!?

By: Nicole Dean

Nicole Dean — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:09:30 +0000

Thanks so much everyone for the comments. I’m still giggling over this post and I’m glad it was able to make you smile. 🙂

By: Tiffay

Tiffay — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:56:25 +0000

This is such a great post! I work with many people that are doing teleclasses for the very first time and concerned about different hiccups. Goes to show that no matter how experienced you are, things happen. Better to roll with it than apologize. I love the resourcefulness and quick thinking of all you ladies!

By: DeAnna Troupe

DeAnna Troupe — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:28:58 +0000

This post was so funny. It was also encouraging. I’m always worried about background noise with 4 very active kids living with me. I like what Felicia said about reminding people that this is real life.

By: Christine Steendahl - "The Menu Mom"

Christine Steendahl - "The Menu Mom" — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:03:41 +0000

I Love it! What was your goal with this post Nic? To make sure teleseminarphobics like myself never venture to try? Kidding, Kidding – life happens and I love keeping it real!

By: Connie Ragen Green

Connie Ragen Green — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:43:31 +0000

This post is a classic! I will just add that Jeanette Cates is being entirely too kind to me when she says that ‘our timing was off’. The truth is that I did not keep us on schedule on we drove from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, and the result was that we were in the middle of nowhere when it was time for our call. Thank goodness for Peggy Sue’s Diner! We had to stay in the parking lot because the music is too loud inside of that restaurant. Instead of Jeanette being upset with me, we turned it into an adventure we will never forget.

Great to hear that many people have funny or embarrassing stories that also turned out to be positive experiences.

Connie Ragen Green

By: Debi J

Debi J — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:48:23 +0000

This post is awesome! Definitely brought back the days of doing company training calls and presentations when the dog would suddenly realize there was a cat in her back yard & start barking at the top of her lungs, my son yelling from me over the staircase cause he didn’t know the calls had started….got really fast on that Mute button!! 🙂

But the one thing I would NEVER do is apologize for the noise other than a quick, “sorry for the interruption folks but that was one of the 2 main reasons I work from home!.” As it’s been mentioned, it makes it real to people & lets them know that they can do this whole work at home thing regardless of having a family, pets, or a life! 🙂

Debi J

By: The Mom

The Mom — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:37:40 +0000

Oh, Nik… you so threw M. under the bus and poor D. didn’t get off much better, either.

These stories separate the wheat from the chaff. You can sure tell that these experts are not snake oil salesmen, but honest to goodness people trying to make a living.

I can really appreciate this. Thanks for sharing, all ya’ll.

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:23:42 +0000

I totally enjoyed these stories – all of them. Thanks for sharing!