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Webinar vs Forum - What's the difference?

webinar | forum |

As nouns the difference between webinar and forum

is that webinar is an interactive seminar conducted via the World Wide Web. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through chatting, video-chatting, file-sharing, or asking questions with a microphone while forum is a place for discussion.

webinar

English

Alternative forms

* sometimes capitalized: Webinar

Noun

(wikipedia webinar) (en noun)
  • An interactive seminar conducted via the World Wide Web. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through chatting, video-chatting, file-sharing, or asking questions with a microphone.
    • I just got an email invitation to a webinar on the value of primary sources.
  • * 2002 , Ann Rockley, Managing Enterprise Content [http://print.google.com/print?id=61WSVFLVVn8C&pg=PA274&lpg=PA274&sig=srg1AwSMEcWWtFSXInCxYDFXaMo]:
    • Web conferences or Webinars are a great way to learn about products or subjects of interest.
  • * 2003 , Francoise Tourniaire, Just Enough CRM [http://print.google.com/print?id=hjgcsD02yjUC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&sig=BpRLdepR6kOg5bs90hH9qiV5dVY]:
    • Webinars are often painfully short on exposure to the actual product, devoting half of the typical one-hour length to an “expert” disserting on some lofty topic, another fifteen minutes to a fluffy presentation about the company and its strategic direction, and a scant five minutes to a quick demo.
  • * 2003 , Andrea Learned, quoted in Martha Barletta's Marketing to Women [http://print.google.com/print?id=hQKnE5aIu5IC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&sig=0Xj5El2z1UkcFVD8xg5WN74mMZQ]:
    • It's not that all women aren't interested in learning to download files or take Webinars , it's that their “why bother” factor may well kick in.
  • * 2006 , Selling Power , Volume 26, Issues 1-9, page 44:
    • Register today for our informative webinar and executive book offer.
  • * 2011 , Jon Wuebben, Content is Currency: Developing Powerful Content for Web and Mobile , page 28:
    • One other point: An impressive site design can never rescue poorly written copy, sloppy videos, or boring webinar recordings.
  • * 2013 , Kristin Kipp, Teaching on the Education Frontier , page 82:
    • Although there are many other tools that are available in a webinar tool, these are the ones you'll find yourself using most often.

    Related terms

    * web conference * web conferencing * web cast

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    forum

    English

    (wikipedia forum)

    Alternative forms

    * (Internet leet) * (Internet leet)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A place for discussion.
  • A gathering for the purpose of discussion.
  • A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.
  • (Internet) An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.
    • Trish was an admin member on three forums, and had no trouble at all when it came to moderating them.
  • (in a Roman town) a square or marketplace used for public business and commerce.

    • Usage notes

    The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage. * Ref: Modern English Usage , 2nd Edition, ed. Sir Ernest Gowers, Oxford 1968 (article '-um', p.658). * Also, "The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style," by Bryan A. Garner. Berkley Books, 2000, (p. 156).

    Related terms

    * conforaneous (rare)