We Hosted A Webinar: Makematic Behind-The-Scenes Episode 8

If you're like me, a 20-something-year-old who is eager to learn and try new things but at the same time who is terrified to learn and try new things because it's - well - new, then you've come to the right page.

Public speaking. Two words that for some people it's a walk in the park, but for others who don't have that much experience in (a.k.a me) it's a -20C walk in the park with sleet, heavy rain and realising that your coat doesn't have a hood. This year, I decided to take that walk into public speaking, albeit it was online and someone else was there to co-host with me. Besides that, the nerves were there, the pit in my stomach was present and I ran out of breath a lot.

This episode of the vlog explores the journey that Tasha (our Social Media Producer) and I went through when we hosted our first webinar for Belfast Design Week. It was a journey, to say the least. We prepared our content a week before, figured out what we were going to say the day before and mentally preparing ourselves for the pressure two weeks before. So in short, a lot of prepping happened.

To ensure that the webinar ran smoothly, I had to venture back into the office to get reliable WiFi. If you have the same internet provider as me, which fails on a daily basis and consequently makes me appear to freeze during Zoom calls with an unflattering expression, then you know what the frustration feels like. I won't name names as to who this said internet provider is as A) I might get in trouble for legal reasons and B) because I don't want anyone else to suffer the same internet fate as I do.

If you haven't already watched the vlog, have a look at it below!

https://youtu.be/koyyDE9H2Q4

Fun fact about this vlog, we practised the webinar 7 times. Practised social distancing whilst doing the webinar. And learnt that public speaking (virtually) isn't too bad at all. Though I can't vouch for in-person public speaking, I think that's a whole other level of panic.

Watch episode 8 here!

Shameless plug right here, but after you watch the vlog, watch our webinar too called "How To Design Your Instagram Feed To Educate Your Audience". It's now live on the Makematic VOD. It's short and sweet, and you might learn something about how gen Z wants to use Instagram now. If you don't fancy watching and prefer reading, I did write about the webinar in this condensed version. Just to warn you, this doesn't have as much information as the webinar, so you might as well watch the webinar.