NSA webinars offer NSA members the opportunity to hear high-quality speakers "live". You can listen in from any computer with Internet access and speakers – anywhere!  You will be able to watch on your screen the presenter’s Powerpoint and hear their comments live. You will be able to ask questions at the end.  Sound quality may be better with headphones than with in-built speakers. A microphone is useful - but not essential - if you want to ask questions of the speaker. (Questions can also be conveyed via the system's chat box.)

Our intended audience

These webinars are a free service, intended for financial members of NSA only.

Program

We are aiming for about two webinars per month. Times and days will vary, to cater for members’ (and speakers') different life/work schedules – in Eastern states time, some in the lunch period, some late afternoon and some evening.    Webinars are advertised in the newsletter and also listed  here.    In some cases (depending on the speaker), we may be able to record webinars for later access and/or make Powerpoint slides available, but we strongly encourage you to sit in on the “live” broadcast.

CPD points for webinars

If you are on the NSA Register of Nutritionists, attending an NSA webinar will earn you 20 CPD points. The software automatically records whether you have signed in at a webinar, and NSA retains those records as evidence of your attendance.

Booking your (virtual) seat for a webinar

Each webinar will be advertised with a URL specific for that webinar - think of that as the webinar's booking office. You must register in advance by clicking on that URL; by following the instructions displayed, you will be emailed your personal ticket (also a URL) that will give you access to the webinar.    You will need to "book" separately for each webinar you choose to attend.

Attending a webinar

On the day of the webinar: we suggest you sign in 5-10 mins before the advertised starting time, using the "personal ticket" URL that was mailed to you.

• Be aware that the system may take a couple of minutes to connect you. Please be patient, and (despite the suggestion on the screen) do NOT try to download software.
• If there is no connection to the session after about 2 minutes, contact your institution's IT section or ring Gotowebinar's 24/7 toll-free helpline on 1800 194 319 (they seem to be quite helpful). Also, please email the organiser AFTER the webinar to report any problems you have have had in getting access to the webinars (this email is not monitored during webinars.).

We also strongly urge you to read the tips here on the Gotowebinar site, especially "Common Issues When Joining Webinars on PCs" and "Common Issues When Joining a Webinar on Macs". In particular, a common treatable cause of problems is that your version of Java is out-of-date.
To install the latest version of Java, visit this Java site. Many common issues can be easily resolved by updating or installing the latest version of Java.

During the webinar your microphone is automatically muted by the webinar software. You can communicate with the chair via the message box at the bottom of the control panel (on the far right of the screen). At question time, the chair can un-mute specific microphones for people who have questions to ask; the chair can also read out questions in the message box for those who do not have microphones.