Perhaps some of you reading this are old enough to remember slideshows or have seen an example on TV or in the movies. 40 years ago, if you wanted a sophisticated “visual aid” you put slides in a carousel tray and “clicked” through them as you talked. This was done recreationally, “Here we are on […]
10. Looking at anything but the camera: The little light in the middle-top of your laptop? That’s where your camera is and that’s where you should be looking. NOT at the thumbnails of your audience. That may feel to you like eye contact, but to them it looks like you’re looking off to your left. […]
When I think of an orchestra, I think of the different sections of instruments, the strings, the horns, percussion. The musicians who play those instruments all have great affection and commitment to music, but their skill sets are very different as are, most likely, their personalities. It takes a savvy conductor to create the conditions […]
Everyone personalizes everything. So spoke my new friend and founder of FuturesThrive, Wendy Ward. How right she is. We filter everything we see and hear through the lens of our personal experience. So, what does this mean for you and your presentations? For starters, it means you must be building your presentations with your audience […]
It’s been a while now since Covid19 hit and we all made the move to working, meeting and presenting remotely. Some of us have made the transition to presenting remotely successfully and others – maybe not so much. Here are 5 questions to ask yourself to determine if you need to “up” your remote presentation […]
Yes, the presenting world has changed, and no, it doesn’t look like it’s going back to the “old” live and in-person format any time soon. More likely, we’ll next be navigating presenting in a hybrid format, with some of our audience in person and others attending remotely. No matter what, these five things remain critical […]
OK, maybe not altogether, but I’m raising the flag to put a stop to all the “chatting” during remote presentations and meetings. It’s distracting, it’s borderline rude, and it’s undermining an already challenging method of communication. You may think that chatting during a remote meeting or presentation is no big deal; after all, (you think) […]
While some interviews were being conducted remotely before Covid19, these days they are just about all done remotely. And now that companies are ramping back up, it’s time to get your remote interview game ON. Here’s how. 1: Make sure you’re being front lit. This means the light should be coming from IN FRONT of […]
Now that most of us are hunkered down in our home offices, our business communications are all remote. Where we once could saunter over to a colleague’s workspace, we are now either emailing, texting, talking on the phone, or videoconferencing. While we are so lucky to have these options, how to know which one to […]
Now that “social distancing” is a thing, remote presentations are a thing as well – or perhaps more of a thing. The fact that this is an option is good news for business. Crucial to making a remote presentation successful is having visuals that do their job. (Unlike presenting in person where you may be […]
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