Listen "Virtual presentations"
Episode Synopsis
This episode provides tips for presenting virtually. It is presented in three segments:Organising your virtual presentationConducting your best virtual presentationEngaging the audience throughout the virtual presentationUnlike face to face presentations where you have direct feedback from audience reaction, a large visual area to move in and inclusion in the energy within the room, virtual presentations require heightened use of tone & sound, minimal visual body cues and increased use of targeted images...and a dose of technology knowhow.Organising:Choose roles - Roles – speaker, producer, moderator, timekeeper.Speaker sequenceCreate opening/closing statementsAnticipate FAQ’s (prepare your responses)Rehearse online (check tone/slide sequence/image quality/sound/pace)Rehearse online (check tone/slide sequence/image quality/sound/pace)Conducting:Secure internet connection (prepare for worst and copy slides to one other computer (producer)Positioning & backgroundLightingKnow technology – spotlighting, share screen, troubleshoot with audience, breakout, chat, reactionsLook into computer cameraBe yourself -relaxed (turn your view of yourself off to stop looking at yourself and playing with your glasses/hair/clothing).Engaging the audienceEvery 8-10 mins is the rule of thumbEngage at the very beginning – find out something about the audience by asking :what they know about the topic, how they feel about the topic or how high their energy levels are (Slido poll, ask for comments,)Use your voice (not body) to project energyUse images (sight major sense)Use some of the 161 interactive tools available (Break out rooms, chat, annotate, polls/Slido QR codes, short videos (Less than 2.5 mins)Use presentation producer for – chat, break out rooms, time. Presentation speaker/s for – slides and presenting. Presentation moderator for Q&A - directs questions to specific team member/s, time-keeper.
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