As the presentations can only be done virtually, you need to reach more people through technology, teleconference, video meetings. You must consider the challenges of connecting to a virtual audience. Consider these 10 practices to ensure you communicate successfully.
Be brief:
Audiences begin to lose attention by 10 minutes of hearing the same presenter. Use activities to keep the audience engaged - polls, quizzes, ask for opinions, use the chatbox.
Be simple:
Keep slides simple. Don't have too many words, data, excel sheets, numbers, graphics, animation features. Less is more.
Be a TV personality:
Look into the camera not at your screen. Wear neutral clothes. Light yourself well from above. Be aware of what appears behind you. get a good microphone.
Be standing:
Stand when you present even though the audience cannot see you. This will help you remain focused and use good presentation skills like voice modulation, easy breathing, pauses.
Be prepared:
Practice your presentation with your equipment and ensure that you are comfortable using it and that it works. make a recording and play it back and identify what can be improved.
Be assisted:
have an assistant who can deal with technical issues and to field email/text/chat questions/ queries. Ask one of the audience to be your eyes/ears and let the queue up questions and facilitate the discussions.
Be specific:
Ask pointed questions instead of general questions. Set a ground rule that people should state their name before speaking.
Be synchronized:
Transitions are critical. You must be in sync with what is coming next when you move from point to point. Transitions are good opportunities to connect with people.
Be connected:
Imagine the audience though you cannot see them. If necessary place pictures of people behind the camera so that you can look at them when you present.
Be early:
Encourage your audience to connect before time so that you can sort out any technical issues in advance and help them with technical issues if any.
10 Tips For Giving Effective Virtual Presentations
SGSB September 26, 2016, | by Matt Abrahams
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