This is the fourth and final installment of a series designed to make online presenting less intimidating and more effective. As online presenters, we are often distracted by the nagging fear that our audience is tuning out or just not getting what we are trying to share with them. I hate to tell you, but your fears are probably justified. And the reason has nothing to do with … [Read more...]
Reduce Multi-Tasking on Remote Meetings
This is the third in a series of simple presentation tips that will make your web meetings, webinars and presentations more effective. Your webmeeting platform has a lot of cool features. Unfortunately, that doesn’t matter much because you’re likely not using them. As a rule, 80% of people use 20% of the features of online presentation tools. Why not? Because most of us … [Read more...]
Dead Air Won’t Destroy Your Virtual Presentation
Here’s another in a short series of simple tips to make your virtual presentations, meetings and sales demos more effective. This one involves shutting up and thinking about hippopotamuses (or is it hippopotami?). Yes, I'm serious. One of the biggest complaints audiences have about online presenters is they talk too quickly. They insist on giving their entire presentation … [Read more...]
Where Are Your Audience’s Eyes Looking?
This is the first in a series of seemingly simple web presentation techniques. When you read this, you will probably say “duh.” But the next time you’re on a webinar or web meeting, see how often people don’t do these things, and how much it impacts your experience as an audience member. The next time you’re on a webinar or web meeting, pay attention to see if the speaker is … [Read more...]
What Does Professionalism Mean to Remote Workers?
Is there a different standard for professionalism for remote workers compared to those who go into an office everyday? This question gets asked a lot these days, and while I don’t claim to have definitive answers, I’ve gotten really good at asking some of the questions that are part of this important discussion. You don’t have to ask teleworkers why they choose to work … [Read more...]