Presentation Planning – Page 3 – The Virtual Presenter

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What do I do if partners use PowerPoint like documents?

TheVP
posted on March 18, 2011December 1, 2011
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If you can believe it, my new partners insist on writing consulting proposals in PowerPoint, and then using the proposal for the presentation. Any suggestions on how I can convince them to avoid this practice? -Steve H. Steve, I do believe it. A couple thoughts: Pick the right battles The reality

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How to turn disaster into success

Unlike eleven years ago when I started in this business, web conferencing is quite reliable. But often the internet itself, is not. The good news is that with 700 or so online presentations in the bag, I can tell you assuredly that it’s quite rare to have a problem. But then there was

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Set your moderator up for success

One reality of most webinars is they aren’t moderated by professionals with experience in being a moderator, emcee, or host. This isn’t an indictment, just an observation that leads to a couple ideas you can use to set yourself up for success. If you’re speaking at a webinar,

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Another way to start late (and get by with it)…and one that doesn’t work

TheVP
posted on March 26, 2010December 1, 2011
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Last year’s research into online presentation best practices shows that people hate it when you start a webinar late. To be fair, sometimes crap happens. And to be doubly fair, I acknowledge that two minutes late doesn’t seem like much when you’re in person. And a confession:

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How long should a webinar be?

TheVP
posted on March 12, 2010December 1, 2011
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I was recently watching a TED video and the thing I found most interesting for once wasn’t the video itself…it was a comment below the video where a viewer rated the presenter as “long winded.” And this was a 17 minute video. My first response is to quote a line from