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Improving Your Virtual Presentation Skills

Joe McVeigh

Virtual Roundtable Web Conference21 April 2012

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Title slide: Improving your virtual presentation skillsImproving Your Virtual

Presentation Skills

Joe McVeigh

Virtual Roundtable Web Conference21 April 2012

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Map of VermontVermont

Vermont map 2 – NYC & Philadelphia

Vermont map 3 – Boston

Vermont map 4 – Montreal

Where are you from ?

Springtime in Vermont

Graduation

Graduation

Graduation speaker

Artists portfolio / placards

Work hard

WORKHARD

Do good work

DO GOODWORK

Never give up

NEVERGIVE UP

Jui’s books

What do you think made this graduation speech so memorable?

What do you think made this graduation speech so memorable?

Keep it simple and clearKeep it s _ _ _ _ _ and clear

Don’t try to include everything

Don’t try to include e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Ira Glass: importance of abandoning crap“Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap.”

Ira Glass, host of radio program This American Life

http://bit.ly/zKKWUJ

Lecture Hall

Boring lecture

Tell a storyTell a story

Engage with your audience

E _ _ _ _ _ with your audience

What do you think made this graduation speech so memorable?

Example of engaging task: What do you think made this graduation speech so memorable?

Engage the participants (2)

Engage the participants

What are some other things that you can do in a virtual setting to engage the participants?

Other ideas for engaging participants?

Consultants-e Task

Give your participants something to doGive your participants something to _ _

Have a clear directionHave a clear d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Prepare and practice

Prepare and p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ well

Do something unexpected

Do something une _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Avoid death by lecture

Mind is conditioned to see breaks in patterns

The unexpected wakes us up a little bit

Use good body language and eye contactUse good body l _ _ _- _ _ _ _ _ and eye _ _ _ _ _ _

Eye contact

Controversial position?

Don’t read your talkDon’t _ _ _ _ !

Put your camera at eye level

Put your camera at eye level

We don’t want to look up your nose

Camera angle

Cameras make us uncomfortable

Be yourself

Be y _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Use a mirror

Remember: we can see you

If your camera is on,

we can see you

Get a better webcam

Get a better webcam.

Be loud enoughBe _ _ _ _ enough

Get a good microphone and use it

Use a good microphone and get close to it

Use a headset

Use a headset

Headphones 2

Use earbuds

or earbuds

Don’t be boringDon’t be _ _ _ _ _ _ !

Advances in knowledge about how people learn

The lecture bored me to death

Counter distractions in the audienceDealing with distractions

Texting as a distraction

Be enthusiasticBee n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Be passionate

Make your participants active – don’t do it all for them

Keeping people’s attention – WALL-E

www.ted.com/talks/andrew_stanton_the_clues_to_a_great_story.html

Don’t say 4

4

Say 2 + 2 = ?

2 + 2

= ?

Give the participants an opportunity to speak

Don’t talk too fast

Don’t’ talk too _ _ _ _

Keep toyour_ _ _ _

Keep to your time

Use visuals effectively

Usev _ _ _ _ _ s effectively

Resources: Presentation Zen

Garr Reynolds

www.presentationzen.com

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Use good lightingUse good lighting

Really use good lighting - TVNo, seriously. Good lighting.

Avoid backlighting

Lighting – use a lamp

Lighting diagram 1- you

Lighting diagram 2 – desk

Lighting diagram - with webcam

Lighting diagram 4 – one light

Lighting diagram 5 – two lights

Resources: Presentation Zen

Garr Reynolds

www.presentationzen.com

Brain Rules for Presenters

Brain Rules for Presenters

Reynolds / Medina

Resources: The Exceptional Presenter Goes Virtual

thevirtualpresenter.com

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Questions ?

Questions

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