Webinar post-mortem!

So I wanted to give everybody an update about the webinar that I was able to teach yesterday. It was a great webinar. It involved Tufts, Boston University, and Harvard. Had about, I don't know, we had more than 100 people on the call. I think it was well attended. I think it was pretty well received. It seemed to be a pretty worthwhile webinar. You know, one of the challenges we always have when we're doing these webinars is you can never really tell if people are enjoying it. You know, there are lots of questions that get asked relative to the content, but you never really know if it's worthwhile, you know. So we had like 30-something questions that were asked over the course of an hour. I actually went about 20 minutes past the time I had been allotted, but nobody stopped me. I'm assuming it's because the proctors, whoever was facilitating, the facilitators of the exam, of the webinar, felt like it was useful. So one of the challenges, in addition to, you know, whether it's worthwhile and the individuals are actually finding it useful, is the information I'm providing, is it going to be executable? So is it information that I can, for me, if I'm going to a seminar, attending a webinar, is it information that I can take and plug it directly into my clinical practice? So I want it to be valuable. You know, I was teaching dental students, essentially providing some basics on single-duty implant restorations, and so for some of them, you know, being a second- or third-year, even a first-year dental student, doing any of the restorations may be a while away, a while into the future. So having it being, making sure that it's valuable to them now is helpful, but also for those that are closer, beginning, or actually doing the restorations, is it something that they can immediately start to use? All of the pie-in-the-sky, the, you know, esoteric discussion of protocols and processes, for a lot of people, is a waste of time. So we want to make sure that it's valuable. So, but I did upload the link to the webinar. It seemed pretty, pretty good. You know, there are always challenges when you're presenting, sometimes with bandwidth, sometimes with stuttering of the internet. I was presenting from my office in O'Falun, from the consult room, and one fun fact, as often happens, we have, you know, we're supported, the office, my office is supported by Pacific Dental Services, and so we have all sorts of assistance from them, and one of the support systems that's in place is management of the air conditioning and heating systems. So I had originally started the webinar at about 5 45 p.m. my time, and went till a little bit after 7, you know, we actually started the lecture right at 6 my time, 6-ish, and we concluded the lecture a little bit after 7, but right at 7 p.m., it's like they had it programmed, the air conditioning program, so the heat just started blasting. Normally, we keep the air conditioning set to about 65 degrees, and rarely does the air conditioner actually ever keep up with how much activity is happening in the office, so I'm sitting there in the webinar, finishing up the last three or four or five slides, and the heat is just melting me, so hopefully that didn't come through. I hope I didn't sweat too much on the screen. I actually had a nice little ring light with light, and sometimes that ring light can really accentuate some of the perspiration that's on your face, but it was a good webinar. Hopefully, it was useful for those of you that were able to attend it or watch it, which is the previous video that I just uploaded. I think it was helpful. I think it was good, but please give me feedback if you do end up spending some time. You know, it's good information, but again, the way it's presented, and sometimes the order, and sometimes the details go beyond what's necessary, so again, feedback in the comments, appropriate feedback, helpful feedback is always welcome, and thanks for watching.