10 Steps to Successful Virtual Presentations

Wayne Turmel

Description

Whether you're presenting training exercises, team meetings or a sales pitch, you can present like a pro, deal with technological glitches, appear calm under pressure, and deliver value-packed virtual presentations. Millions of web meetings take place every day, yet they are often boring, poorly conducted, and technologically challenged. But that doesn't have to happen to you!

Now you can learn how to make your online meeting as engaging as an in-person presentation. Whether you're presenting general information, training exercises, team meetings or sales pitches, this book helps you present like a pro and appear calm under pressure. You can facilitate discussions, handle Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) issues, listen to and engage your audience, and multitask effectively. Plus you'll have case studies, rules of thumb, ready-to-use tools, checklists, and tips to share with coworkers. With this book to guide you, you can become a competent, confident, credible online presenter and deliver real value to your audience.

Table of Contents:

Step 1: Identify your learning objectives and outcomes

Step 2: Learn the virtual presentation platforms

Step 3: Plan your presentation

Step 4: Learn to work with others

Step 5: Build compelling content (presentation templates) (add four types)

Step 6: Building good visuals

Step 7: Refining your vocal skills

Step 8: Rehearse

Step 9: Multitasking and using the tools

Step 10: Follow-up and learn

Sujets

• Meetings
• Business Communication
• Presentations
• Marketing et communication
• Economics
• Business

Informations

• Publié par: Association for Talent Development
• Date de parution: 01 février 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781607289098
• Langue: English

Extrait

Praise for this Book:

"Virtual presentations are scary until you know what to do. Wayne Turmel has done more of them and done them better than anyone else in the field. And he’s a gifted writer who simplifies the subject, takes the ‘scary’ out, and with a deft humorous touch, makes the whole thing seem like fun."
Kevin Daley Founder, Communispond Author,  Talk Your Way to the Top

"While the thought of making a presentation makes many squirm, making it virtual turns many confident presenters into beginners again. This book is a game changer for all of us. Whether you are a newbie or a seasoned virtual presenter there is value for you here! Wayne’s engaging and fun writing on this increasingly important topic makes it even better. This book is practical, useful, and needed. Buy a copy for yourself—and everyone in your organization who is a presenter!"
Kevin Eikenberry Author of  Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One Skill at a Time

"With his wonderful wit and insanely helpful examples, Wayne Turmel has created a knockout book for anyone who needs to communicate using virtual presentations. Oh, wait, that’s everyone, isn’t it?"
Lisa Haneberg Vice President and OD Consulting Practice Leader, Management Performance International Author,  Coaching Up and Down the Generations
"If you’ve delivered training on the web or attended a web presentation, you will know right away that Wayne ‘gets it.’ This book de-mystifies the technology and puts the emphasis where it belongs— on your audience. Through a combination of witty humor, practical planning tools, and delivery tips, Wayne gives you permission to push your limits, experiment, learn, and even enjoy developing and delivering virtual presentations. If your goal is to engage your audience in spite of the technology, you’ll find yourself using  10 Steps to Successful Virtual Presentations  as a ‘go-to’ career resource for a skill that is no longer optional."
Maureen Kerr Manager, Instructional Design NACO Learning Weight Watchers International

"Web meetings and PowerPoint have much in common. They hold great potential but often deliver a deadly experience.  10 Steps to Successful Virtual Presentations  is your guide to avoiding the pitfalls and delivering the engaging online experience you want to create. This book is unique in addressing the specific needs of different types of web meetings from product demos to training.

In addition, the book provides job aids and templates for each step in designing and delivering a web meeting. The checklists are valuable to anyone, experienced or novice, to keep track of the actions needed for a successful session. It is a valuable asset for developing your own live online sessions as well as helping a client to develop online events."
Christopher Saeger, CPT Director, Performance Improvement
1 0 S T E P S T O
Successful Virtual Presentations

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10 STEPS TO SUCCESS


Let’s face it, most people spend their days in chaotic, fast-paced, time- and resource-strained organizations. Finding time for just one more project, assignment, or even learning opportunity—no matter how career enhancing or useful—is difficult to imagine. The  10 Steps  series is designed for today’s busy professional who needs advice and guidance on a wide array of topics ranging from project management to people management, from business planning strategy to decision making and time management, from return-oninvestment to conducting organizational surveys and questionnaires. Each book in this ASTD series promises to take its readers on a journey to basic understanding, with practical application the ultimate destination. This is truly a just-tell-me-what-to-do-now series. You will find action-driven language teamed with examples, worksheets, case studies, and tools to help you quickly implement the right steps and chart a path to your own success. The  10 Steps  series will appeal to a broad business audience from middle managers to upper-level management. Workplace learning and human resource professionals along with other professionals seeking to improve their value proposition in their organizations will find these books a great resource.
CONTENTS

Preface xi Introduction xiii STEP ONE Identify Your Objectives and Outcomes 1 STEP TWO Learn the Platform 15 STEP THREE Create a Project Plan 39 STEP FOUR Work With Others 59 STEP FIVE Create Compelling Content 67 STEP SIX Create Visuals That Support Your Presentation 89 STEP SEVEN Sharpen Your Presentation Skills 107 STEP EIGHT Rehearse 137 STEP NINE Present and Multitask Effectively 149 STEP TEN Follow Up and Keep Learning 161 References & Resources 181 Index 183 About the Author 189
PREFACE


After more than 15 years of teaching and coaching presentation skills, I have developed a healthy skepticism about books and advice versus practical application. I always tell my classes, "Everyone knows you shouldn’t drool when you present. The real question you should be asking yourselves is, ‘Can you present without drooling?’" It’s the same with any behavior—theory only takes you so far.
On the surface, a book about virtual presentations makes as much sense as a book about skiing. The information might be accurate, but everything you’ve read flies out the window the minute you stand at the top of the hill. Looking down, you can’t remember your own name, never mind how to gently turn your skis to avoid that tree that is suddenly bigger and scarier than you remember.
Here’s the important distinction between web presenting and skiing—no one has ever been seriously injured (at least physically) by a web presentation gone wrong.
All of this is to say that, while a lot of good information is included in this book, much of it won’t make any sense to you until you actually get your hands on whichever tool you’re going to use and take it for a spin.
When I lead classes in online presenting, the one thing I hear from participants more than any other is, "I never knew all the cool stuff you can do." That’s when I know I’ve done my job, and it’s the point of this book: to show you the possibilities and lower the stress level and panic that may prevent you from trying things that bring out the best in both the tool and you, the presenter.
By all means, read this book or at least purchase it if you’ve come this far, but put it down periodically and log on. Push the buttons, screw things up, get bumped off, and log back on again. A book can only take you so far. At some point, you need to log on and give that first presentation.
That’s what  10 Steps to Successful Virtual Presentations  is all about. Copy the tools. Use the checklists. Share the tips with your teammates and employees. Have fun. Try stuff and don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Then get better and don’t make that same mistake again. In no time, your presentation skills will improve, and who knows, you might even have a little fun.
INTRODUCTION

Virtual presentations. Webinars. Web demos. Synchronous online training. Another stupid web meeting. Whatever you call them, virtual presentations are part of the way people work now, and there’s no going back. What’s the big deal?
You might relate to these numbers: In a poll conducted for www.greatwebmeetings.com , 100 people who sat through webinar-type product demos were asked how they enjoyed them. The number-one word that showed up in written comments (about 38 of 100) was suck—not a good sign if you’re a salesperson who does web presentations as part of your sales process. The vast majority of our clients who have bought web presentation licenses for their managers find that fewer than 25 percent of users feel they use the tools competently or use them at all. One client reported that fewer than 15 percent of the organization’s managers actually used the tools they were given. The reasons most gave were fear of the technology and that they haven’t been taught how to use it. Imagine how much money is being wasted. Seventy percent of managers in companies with more than 20 employees now have at least one team member who works remotely. More than half of managers have never received any formal training in how to manage or communicate over distance or how to build remote teams. Web