With 492 member banks and approximately 5,279 branches, Texas Bankers Association trains more than 7,500 bankers throughout Texas, 20,000 nationwide. They needed a way to improve their internal processes to meet the various needs of their virtual training business. They turned to omNovia to design and implement a comprehensive solution that would manage registration, reporting and event production. Read and download the TBA Case study.

For Your Eyes Only

The Change Tab for Me Only feature lets moderators privately access media module tabs without affecting what the attendee sees live. Queue up videos, add sites to Cobrowser or pick the survey you want to launch without interrupting the content of your live event. Read the Change Tab for Me Only knowledgebase article.

Checklist for Web Conference Presenters

We often get asked about best practices for setting up web events, what pieces to look at beforehand to ensure a successful live session. Thanks to your input, we created a handy knowledgebase article “Checklist for Web Conference Presenters” with 10 helpful tips on what to test before going live. Save yourself the stress of dealing with issues during an event by going through each piece of the checklist. Read the Checklist for Web Conference Presenters.

Coming Soon: Customer Reference Program

As a way to recognize you, our valued loyal customer, we have created a points-based program for you to leverage your success story into gift cards, charitable donations, free months of service and more.  This reference program is designed to give you the flexibility to decide the frequency of your participation and types of activities. Stay tuned for a full release in July.

Recording API Update

You are now able to programmatically schedule the conversion of Recasts to .mp4s. For those of you who produce multiple webinars a day or week, this API will automatically set them to convert so you won’t have to go in manually for each recording. Learn more about the omNovia APIs.

Better Organize Your Webinar

There are a lot of things that happen in your webinars; you click through a presentation, launch a poll, find and view a YouTube video. With omNovia you can set up scripts for your webinar instead of remembering when to switch between modules. Record those actions and transitions ahead of time and click “play” from the Presentation Manager in the Tools menu at the time of your webinar. Learn more about the Presentation Manager to streamline and take the stress out of your online events.

Snapshot the White Board and Polls

The White Board gives you the option to draw freely in your omNovia room to help convey visual concepts in your online event. Instant Polls help gather information and opinions from your audience. The Snapshot tool, available in both modules, lets you better capture and share your drawings as well as poll results. Simply click the camera to save your work to the Documents Folder so everyone can access and download to his or her own computer. Learn more about the Snapshot tool in our Knowledgebase.

Ten Year Anniversary

May marks omNovia’s 10 year anniversary! We’re proud to be the webinar provider for such valuable organizations and look forward to releasing some great new developments slated for 2014. In honor of our 10 years, we’re offering a 10% discount on new, annual subscriptions when you join by the end of May. Contact Us to learn more about getting started with omNovia!

For Associations

We understand that associations face a different challenge than other types of organizations. Continually growing membership and retaining your audience are crucial to your success. Check out our new webpage dedicated to how webinars and webcasts can help you reach your goals. Visit now at www.omnovia.com/associations.

How to Flag a Feature

How many times during a webinar have you tried to point out something specific and thought “there has to be an easier way.” With omNovia’s Highlighter tool, you can simply put your mouse over the item or icon, and right click. You’ll see a pop-up with the option to “highlight for all” or “highlight for presenter.” This displays a blinking flag directing the viewer’s eye to where you want them to look. View more features at www.omnovia.com/features.

You can now ask customized questions before, during or after your live event. The Survey Module supports your efforts in gathering the thoughts, opinions, and behaviors of attendees.

This is a free technology enhancement that you can enable through the Main Admin Page under Room Settings or through the Layout Manager while in a live room.

Learn more by reading the Knowledgebase article on using the survey module and watch our One-Minute Update below.

While this is an excellent tool for continuing education systems to verify that participants are there and paying attention for the entire duration of a webinar, any industry can leverage it to measure the audience engagement.