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Webinar run of show agenda template (60 minutes)

A webinar that skips the tech check and goes live cold costs minutes of your audience's time and rattles the speaker. Five minutes alone before doors open saves thirty minutes of awkwardness and gives you a real ending instead of a fade-to-black.

Topic Minutes Running total
Tech check Five minutes before the audience joins. Screen share, microphone, video and slides ready. Alone. 5 5
Welcome Greet the audience, state the topic, introduce the speaker, set time for Q&A. 3 8
Presentation Thirty minutes. Speaker talks, you watch the clock. No questions during. 30 38
Q&A Read questions aloud before the speaker answers them. Paraphrase if they are unclear. 17 55
Close and call to action Thank speaker and audience, state one action they can take next, end. 5 60

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Using BriefMe, create a 60-minute webinar with a 5-minute tech check before the audience joins, 3-minute welcome, 30-minute presentation, 17-minute Q&A, and 5 minutes for close and call to action.

Questions

How long should a webinar be?
An hour is the practical ceiling for a live webinar without causing fatigue. Thirty to forty-five minutes works if you have a tight message and an experienced speaker. Go longer than ninety minutes and you have a course, not a webinar.
How much time should I leave for Q&A?
Seventeen to twenty minutes for a fifty-minute webinar is standard. If your speaker is less experienced, cut Q&A and invest in clearer slides instead. If the topic is controversial or will spark real questions, keep Q&A long and brief the speaker accordingly.
Should I allow chat questions or hand-raising only?
Both, if your platform allows. Chat is faster and lets quieter people ask. Hand-raising lets you vet questions first. Either way, read the question aloud before the speaker answers so everyone hears the full exchange, not a partial reply.

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