The move to a webinar format fits with the trend of many organizations to use webinars as part of their learning and development strategies rather than holding traditional face-to-face training workshops.

Webinar Benefits:

Convenient:

Attendees can participate in a webinar from any location (e.g. at home, their office, or a café), so they do not have to travel to a specific conference or office.

Reach a wider audience:

Webinars don't have a location restriction, so stakeholders living in another country or city can also attend, saving them the cost and time of traveling to a central training site.

Cost-effective:

Generally, webinars are cheaper to run than traditional conferences, both in terms of the financial expenses (venue booking, catering, conference materials, travel) as well as the labor costs (venue setup, employees out of the office).

Seamlessly recorded:

As part of the broadcast, the webinar can be recorded for later viewing, allowing people to fit the training session into their schedule.