Management Tip of the Day: Make the Most of Webinars

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   TIPS   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile JUNE 14, 2013 Make the Most of Webinars Webinars can be a useful (and cheap!) personal training tool. But not if you let them play in the background while you catch up on other work. Here are three ways to maximize your learning experience. Watch with a group. This makes it more likely you'll pay attention. It also gives you the opportunity to discuss and digest the content and how it relates to your organization. Take and distribute notes. This will give you another reason to listen closely. By giving your notes to colleagues who couldn't attend, you position yourself as a go-to person on the topic. Use the occasion to network. Don't be shy about following up with presenters and other registrants to ask questions or share ideas. It's perfectly acceptable to use the experience of the webinar to present queries on other topics, too. Today's Management Tip was adapted from "Making the Most of Webinars" by Rachel Burstein. Read the full post and join the discussion » Share Today's Tip: FEATURED PRODUCT The End of Competitive Advantage HBR Press Are you at risk of being trapped in an uncompetitive business? Chances are the strategies that worked well for you even a few years ago no longer deliver the results you need. Dramatic changes in business have unearthed a major gap between traditional approaches to strategy and the way the real world works now. Columbia Business School professor and globally recognized strategy expert Rita Gunther McGrath argues that it's time to go beyond the very concept of sustainable competitive advantage. Instead, organizations need to forge a new path to winning: capturing opportunities fast, exploiting them decisively, and moving on even before they are exhausted. She shows how to do this with a new set of practices based on the notion of transient competitive advantage. Filled with compelling examples from "growth outlier" firms such as Fujifilm, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Infosys, Yahoo! Japan, and Atmos Energy, The End of Competitive Advantage is your guide to renewed success and profitable growth in an economy increasingly defined by transient advantage. ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Tip: PREVIOUS TIPS Customers Need More Than Products Be Just as Effective When You Work Remotely How to Make Time for Social Media Define the Playing Field Before Entering a New Market Brush Up on Your Grammar Communicate What You'll Accomplish in Your First 90 Days Think Positively About Stress Give a Meaningful Apology Make Your Slides Memorable Want the Job? Do a Project All Previous Tips BEST SELLERS HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations Ebook + Video Case Study HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done The First 90 Days App MAKE YOUR NEXT CAREER TRANSITION A SUCCESS. Download The First 90 Days App today to help you stay ahead of the game. » UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "Management Tip of the Day" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. OPT OUT If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every day. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2013 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)