Welcome back to Webinars Unfiltered where we're all about answering your questions about online events and webinars, no filters attached.

In this episode, we answer:

"Should webinar presenters be sitting down at a desk like a conference call or presenting standing up like a lecture or TED talk?

We’re having our first webinar this year as a company and there’s a split on the exec team regarding how it should be presented. Some people say a webinar is almost always done like a conference call while others say it needs to look like an interactive TED talk with a whiteboard or green screen and the presenters are standing up when talking.

We don’t have a space to present on a whiteboard or a green screen. My thinking on this is that it’s our first webinar and we shouldn’t overcomplicate production with lapel mics and green screens. Also, most webinars look like conference calls. Also, it’d be weird to attend a webinar where the host is standing up in front of a classroom especially if that room is pretty much empty.

Our VP insists we “do it right the first time” and make it look like a TED talk as if that will boost our legitimacy. Keep in mind our attendance on this will be small."