The Difference Between Teleseminars and Webinars

So, which one do you want to host? A teleseminar or a webinar? Good question, with a relatively easy answer. If your event will require the use of extensive visuals, you need to host a webinar. However, if visuals are not required at all, or if they can be presented through your own website, or other people's websites – such as directing participants to a resource – then a teleseminar will do nicely.

However, it is possible that your participants may need to have a computer with Internet access available during the call. Again, they may need to see various websites during the call in order to better use the content that you are providing. Does this turn your teleseminar into a webinar? No, it does not.

A webinar typically uses the software that is provided by the web conferencing company. This software may have to be downloaded by participants, or it may be accessible to them through their web browser – but you will have the ability to interact with the software, underlining or writing text, or performing other operations with the visuals, during the event.

As you can see, when you get down to the details,