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Rach1's avatar
Rach1
Active Contributor
5 years ago

Temporarily halt a live broadcast to privately speak to presenter in the event of a technical issue

Hi there

 

I 'Start Broadcast' and the webinar goes live to the whole audience.  

 

In case of an issue, is it possible for Panelists and Organisers to temporarily halt proceedings, and  'slip back behind the curtain'  to speak to each other out of earshot of the audience?  

 

I appreciate that I (Organiser) can communicate to the Presenter (Panelist) via the Chat box, but when they are in full-flow, they don't always notice in the case of, for example, an issue with their wireless headset, temporarily losing audio.

Thanks

  • GlennD's avatar
    GlennD
    5 years ago

    Chris is correct, there is no way to pause the broadcast temporarily, the Staff can chat privately but that is all. If you need to talk you could mute your microphones and then join a separate conference call from another device. 

     

     

  • Chris Droessler's avatar
    Chris Droessler
    Respected Contributor
    5 years ago

    No, but this suggestion has been discussed here before, specifically being able to end the broadcast at the end of the webinar so the panelists and Organizer can chat after the webinar.

    • Rach1's avatar
      Rach1
      Active Contributor
      5 years ago

      Thanks for your post.  I am aware you can end a broadcast, and have a de-brief with colleagues afterwards. 

       

      However, this doesn't temporarily halt a session, to resolve an issue.  Unless of course I am missing something? This action, to me sounds 'final' and you won't be able to bring everyone back in after a minute of resolving an issue.

       

      Thank you

      • Chris Droessler's avatar
        Chris Droessler
        Respected Contributor
        5 years ago

        As far as I know, you cannot end a broadcast to have a debrief with colleagues.  If you end the broadcast, the webinar is over, and nobody can talk to anyone.  If you are doing this, I would like to know how.