P.Mean >> Statistics webinar >> Introductory message (created 2010-03-31).

Here's the introductory message that I send out to new registrants.

I'll be sending out information on how to connect about a week prior to each webinar. I'll also post that information on the webinar page:

 * www.pmean.com/webinars

The handout for the webinar will be posted a day or two in advance, again on the webinar page.

I do a lot of talks that rely on computer technologies and something always goes wrong. When it does, I laugh and blame Bill Gates. He and I are both about the same age, and for some terribly unfair reason he has a lot more money than I do. So it makes perfect sense to blame him anytime something goes wrong.

I do want to encourage active participation, and this is most easily done by typing in comments from your keyboard into the chat window. When the webinar starts, I will type "Hello from Leawood, Kansas" in the chat window and I want you to type "Hello from [[your location]]". If I tell a joke I want you to type "ha ha ha" or something like it if you think the joke is funny and "groan" or something like it if you think the joke stinks. Feel free to ask questions in the chat window at anytime, though I may wait a minute or two to a good break point before I reply.

You are allowed to have more than one person listening at your site. Please let me know this by email, as a courtesy.

Last minute enrollments are also possible (the cap on enrollees is 25 and we're nowhere close to that). Please feel free to encourage people to send me a last minute email if they want to join.

There is no penalty for not showing up. I understand that most professionals are very busy and have to juggle competing demands. If you do find out that you are unable to attend, please send me an email as a courtesy, even if it is after the webinar is over.

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