ONLINE NETWORKING KITTips for COST Actions
Conferences and webinars Zoom
Conference and webinar engagement Slido
Livepresentations Facebook Live
Teamprojects Slack
Live and sharable presentations YouTube Live
Zoom
A popular tool for video conferencesand webinars. No matter where youare or which device you are connectedto, you will be able to join a meeting. Itis very easy to set up and to use. Youcan download the free version and giveit a try. If you like it, we recommendthat you get the Pro version, which hasunlimited meeting duration and cloudrecording, among other advantages.Zoom.us
Slido
If your priority is to engage with youraudience during a conference orwebinar, Slido is the tool you arelooking for. It offers live Q&A andmultiple poll options. You just need tocreate an event code and share it togive the floor to your audience. Freeversion available.Slido.com
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YouTube Live
Some of you might already be familiarwith the online streaming options ofYouTube Live. One of the advantages ofthis tool is that you can have a verylarge audience and choose who viewsyou by creating an unlisted streaming(only the people with the link can see it).Zoom meetings can also be streamedvia YouTube Live.YouTube.com
Facebook Live
This is a great option for Facebooklovers. A Facebook profile and a camerain your device is all you need. One of theadvantages of Facebook Live is that it ismore interactive than some of the othertools; your audience can react andcomment with emojis and you caninteract with them.Facebook.co m/live/create
Slack
A well known project management tool,which “brings the team together, whereveryou are”. This collaboration software isintended to make remote working easy andefficient. You can organise your projects andconversations through the ‘channels’ inwhich you speak to your colleagues andshare multiple files, photos or documents.It integrates with your other workplacetools and has a great search function.Slack.com
Your ideas
The COST community has over 45,000people in it who are experts at researchnetworking. Let’s use this opportunity toshare ideas and platforms with each other,which we know will be great for otherActions to use. Share your ideas via Twitteror Facebook or email us [email protected]
