In previous life I was a product manager for Cisco and two smaller networking vendors. I presented to 100s of groups under various scenarios - everything from a user group with 10 people in Grinnell Iowa, to 2,000 people at Networkers, to private briefings at Cisco's HQ. From the vendor perspective, WISPA is asking the vendor to make a public presentation to a user group about their company, products and technology.
If I am the vendor, I make the following assumptions: 1. Everything I say is public and no one is under NDA which means I will not disclose confidential or proprietary information. 2. The event will be recorded either by the user group or someone attending the webinar at their desk. 3. My competitors will be listening to the event most likely using an alias to attend event. 4. The audience might include people that use our products and are fans of the company. The audience might include people that don't like the products and the company. The audience will include people that don't know anything about the company. 5. There will be people in the audience from smaller organizations that don't have direct contact with the company and this is a great opportunity to hear from them directly. Vendors love to hear from directly from people that actually run a network every day rather than having it filtered through sales force and the channel. So, WISPA should: 1. Let the vendor know well in advance that the webinar will be recorded and posted on the WISPA website with member only access. 2. At the beginning of the webinar, the host needs to remind everyone that the webinar is being recorded. The reminder needs to be recorded. 3. After the event, post the recording as is. No editing, no vendor review, just post it. The vendor gave their consent when after being notified that the event was being recorded, they agreed to do the event. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Tom DeReggi > Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:56 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISPA Webinar Announced > > >I think if the vendor agrees to speak before "WISPA" then the > recording > >should really be implied. > > There is absolutely nothing implied. > > It takes like 2 seconds to ASK the vendor the question, and there is > absolutely no reason why it shouldn't or couldn't be asked. > So why not just Ask the question? > > You do one of two things... > > 1) Before Webinar state, "Be aware that this Webinar will be archived > for > full membership's future viewing" > > or > > 2) After Webinar ask, "How did you think it went? We'd like to archive > the > webinar so other members can benefit from viewing it, Is taht OK?" > > Then no one gets sued. Then no one complains after the fact. Then > nobody > gets discruntled. And the Vendor now actually knows about it, and may > actually consider it an additional VALUE-ADD Free marketing opportuntiy > that > WISPA is giving them. > > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <lakel...@gbcx.net> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 9:39 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISPA Webinar Announced > > > >I think if the vendor agrees to speak before "WISPA" then the > recording > >should really be implied. > > > > WISPA has all the right in the world to "archieve" their media and if > they > > are hosting the webinar for the benefit of their members. Now if > WISPA > > wanted to sell the webinar to someone outside the WISPA membership > that > > may require a release but not for membership distribution. > > > > Bob > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Mike Hammett" <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> > > Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:17:55 > > To: WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISPA Webinar Announced > > > > I know a lot of people feel that way, but it's bull. If it's that > > important, don't divulge it to anyone in the first place, which > defeats > > the > > purpose of the webinar or any presentation to your clients of any > kind. > > Once it's released, your technology is just as good as someone else's > > anyway. What's to prevent your competitor that you're afraid of from > > directly attending the webinar? > > > > It kinda goes along with the privileged email thread. > > > > Trust me, there is very little if anything any vendor or WISP does > that's > > secret or special. Intel, IBM, AMD, etc... I'll buy it. None of > these > > guys. > > > > > > ----- > > Mike Hammett > > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "Tom DeReggi" <wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net> > > Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 3:26 PM > > To: <lakel...@gbcx.net>; "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISPA Webinar Announced > > > >> Although I think that would be a good idea, before such is done, > make > >> sure > >> the vendor authorizes it to occur. > >> Depending on the outcome of the meeting, they may or may not want it > as > >> public record. > >> And as teh vendor member they should ahve the right to determine if > their > >> webinar can go on the archive or not. > >> Otherwise we'd need the vendor to sign a relase form in advance, as > a > >> condition of the webinar. But I dont recomend that. > >> If a vendor knows the webinar is public archived, they may hold back > >> important information to protect their strategic interests. > >> > >> Tom DeReggi > >> RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > >> IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <lakel...@gbcx.net> > >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > >> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 9:17 PM > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISPA Webinar Announced > >> > >> > >>> Can I make a recommendation that someone record it and put it in a > >>> members > >>> only area for review by new members. > >>> > >>> Great idea getting the manufacturers to present. > >>> > >>> -B- > >>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: "Forbes Mercy" <forbes.me...@wabroadband.com> > >>> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:54:57 > >>> To: WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> > >>> Subject: [WISPA] WISPA Webinar Announced > >>> > >>> This is to WISPA Members, if you're not a member you have time to > join! > >>> > >>> LEAVE YOUR CALENDAR OPEN FOR NOVEMBER 4th at 2PM Eastern, 11AM > Pacific > >>> and all time zones in between. WISPA Promotions announce the first > ever > >>> Webinar. This event is our outreach for members only, a personal > visit > >>> from a product manufacturer relevant to our industry. We are > hoping to > >>> make this a regular event with different member manufacturers in > our > >>> industry. It is a pure question/answer session. > >>> > >>> Several top administrators and highly-placed technical staff from a > >>> manufacturer will be available to answer questions about any topic > from > >>> specifications to distribution/inventory control or future > releases. > >>> The first session will be with Ubiquity, the fast growing > manufacturer > >>> of many popular radios. This idea came from a long thread of > member > >>> emails that essentially were 'guessing' about what these radios > could or > >>> could not do. We consider these answers 'from the horse's mouth', > and a > >>> rare chance to talk to someone knowledgeable. Again this is a > session > >>> for paid members only as a service of WISPA as we add value to your > >>> membership. > >>> > >>> The personnel attending from Ubiquity are: > >>> > >>> Mike Ford - Technical Support and Applications Manager > >>> Ben Moore - VP Bus. Dev. > >>> > >>> We invite other manufacturers to email our Promotions Committee so > we > >>> may make this exclusive feature available on an ongoing basis. > Simply > >>> email for...@wispa.org and we can put together a schedule for these > >>> sessions. These are not sales presentations and video content is > at the > >>> option of the manufacturer. The session will run 30-45 minutes for > this > >>> first one. As it is our trial edition many of the rules and > procedures > >>> for future sessions will be based on how this session runs. The > exact > >>> details of how to access, and the moderated rules for this forum > will be > >>> released Monday, November 2nd. > >>> > >>> This Webinar is for you to learn more about the Vendors and their > >>> equipment, we hope you attend and thank you for being a member of > WISPA! > >>> > >>> Forbes Mercy > >>> WISPA Promotions Committee Chair > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! > >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > >>> > >>> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >>> > >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >>> > >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > >>> WISPA Wants You! 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