The best teleseminar series are the ones that provide useful information in a way that grabs your attention and focuses on direct application so that listeners can immediately introduce what they’ve learned into their practices.
But this is easier said than done.
Thousands of hours of work went on behind the scenes in order to create the nine hours of The New Brain Science Teleseminar Series that we just broadcast.
Let me give you a brief tour of the process.
We start by meeting together on the concepts for the series, researching and choosing the speakers, and then issuing invitations.
Our Director of Operations, Paige, is involved at every level of the series production, including recruiting the speakers and maintaining contact with them and their staff, as well as gathering the necessary information to fulfill our CE/CME mandates.
Several of us – Paige, Kathy, and I work on the announcement page – the page that lets everyone know that the series is going to happen.
Along with that, Kathy develops the scripts we use to create videos that let you know about the series. Nate helps to shoot the footage and so does Abby (our intern when she’s home on break.) We then send it out to Phoenix for editing.
Chris, Victor, and Hong Wei design our web graphics and pinch hit with IT.
Sarah researches speakers, helps formulate the interview questions and works with me to create the agendas.
I then prepare several hours for each interview.
Josh and Mohammed, our computer engineers and IT gurus, take care of all IT-related matters – which are more extensive than I can possibly do justice to here.
Paige, Josh, Nate, Victor and Denise are on hand during the actual broadcasts to help listeners who are having trouble with their computer or internet connections.
Nate and Denise handle customer service inquiries, edit the audios, and format the transcripts.
Marsha and Leila edit the transcripts.
Sarah and Marsha help to prepare our applications to the continuing education boards and ensure that we are in compliance with board requirements.
And the result: practitioners from 78 countries participated in the calls for the series. Most listened for free – it’s a service we provide as part of our mission to change the way medicine is practiced.
For us, it was certainly worth all of those many hours.
This is an awesome staff – no one leaves just because its 5 o’clock – we’re here, many times until 8. The staff is committed to getting the job done.
While I’m not willing to part with any of our crew, I am willing to share the process behind the scenes in order to help you get your own teleseminars started.
Though you may not endeavor to produce a teleseminar program of this scope, some kind of teleseminar outreach could be really valuable to your mission. We can show you how to get your program up and running with minimal effort.
In my mind, the more we get the word out about mindfulness and mind/body medicine, the better the world will be. Together, we can make a difference.
If you’d like to know more about how to get your teleseminars started, or how to grow the ones you already have, click here.
Please leave a comment below and tell us your experience with The New Brain Science Teleseminar Series.
i agree with gary. we are just making a series of videos and the work that went into those when i think back was way more than the reward we have received at least so far. some of these projects sound real interesting but i don’t think i’d like to do any more of them even it is only another series of promo videos.
I thoroughly enjoyed all of the program and hope that you will produce more and will keep us updated as new discoveries and information becomes available. I can’t thank you enough, now I have information that will certainly help several members of my own family. I have 2 grandchildren that are autistic and one daughter that is bipolar so this will help me understand their brain precesses better.
I wish you continued success in all of your endevours.
NICABM is cutting edge biology – biochem – energy transport information in a digestible (undertandable)format. The “open doors” (read – well researched, well presented) format encourages energy medicine, mind-body, psychiatry and bio-chem examination of Real Science, it’s incredible potentials discoveries and acceptance of Chinese Medicine / Alternative Holistic modalities vs. big-box (pharma rules)”where’s that pill?” solution. Bravo! to the whole gang … not just Ruth ;>)
don hall – bearcreekresearch
When I hear that it took “Thousands of hours of work that went on behind the scenes in order to create the nine hours of The New Brain Science Teleseminar Series” that doesn’t encourage me to want to do teleseminars. Who has that kind of time available while they are practicing their craft. Even if you are only doing a more simplified version it is still unrealistic. In giving us a behind the scenes look you may have actually made the idea of doing teleseminars less appealing.
NICABM does a fantastic job, not only with ‘state of the art’ technology, but with the offerings as well. I loved the Brain Series and appreciate the tremendous task of putting it all together and making CE so convenient. It’s my top choice! Please continue!
Thanks to all of you at NICABM!
I think NICABM does a great job getting the word out via the teleseminar/webinar format. The series is both inspiring and validating to me, a clinician who went to grad school in the early ’80′s to study behavior therapy & behavioral medicine.
I also think no matter how great mind/body medicine is, unless consumers and clinicians are also educated about the effect Big Pharma and managed care have on our practices, we are just the ‘mom and pop stores’ attempting to compete with Walmart. Big Pharma spends millions to convince people they need medication.
“Comfortably Numb. How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation” by Charles Barber is an excellent, eye-opening book. NICABM already has a large audience—why not get Charles and/or similar authors to speak about the barriers to the practice of behavioral medicine? NICABM has been at the forefront of reducing barriers to effective treatment.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of the NICABM staff who bring such cutting edge and useful information to practitioners and non-practitioners alike. I listened to both the Trauma and Neuroscience series and gained a great deal of information I am using in my psychotherapy practice now. I am very grateful for your diligent efforts!