This document outlines best practices for virtual presentations. It discusses choosing a platform, structuring content for clarity, using an engaging personal style, incorporating interactive features like polls and chat, and continuing the conversation on social media to maximize impact and build community around a subject. The key takeaways are that virtual presentations can expand reach if done well, social features and archiving can grow the discussion, and effective virtual presentations involve learning the platform and telling your story to connect with audiences.

1. Best Practices for Virtual
Presentations

2. 1. Why Virtual?
2. Content & Clarity
3. Style Matters
4. It’s All In The (Technical) Details
5. Social & Interactive Features
6. Conclusions

3. 1. Education
Global reach, synchronous & asynchronous
2. Marketing
Business, product, service, event
3. Promotion
Add value and build interest in a specific product
4. Community
Expand reach and connect with the audience

13. 1. Structure
Single? Series? Class?
2. Proposal (or Syllabus)
Develop outline with specific objectives / outcomes
3. Conversation
Discuss with organizers, envision the finished product
4. Archiving
Will it be recorded? How will it be archived? Who owns it?

19. 1. You
Speak clearly, project, enunciate, pace yourself
2. Your Content
Use an outline, facts + narrative, supporting text
3. Your Organizers
Provide a bio, outline if available, detailed abstract
4. Your Audience
Let them know what to expect

24. 1. Platform
Attend the training, know the platform
2. Headset or Handset?
What’s needed for sound? Call in or connect?
3. Polls
Design in advance, coordinate w tech support
4. Chat
Internal vs External, Open vs Moderated
5. Test, Experiment, Play
Request advance access

28. Examples
• AdobeConnect
• GoToMeeting
• WebEx
• Google+ Hangout On Air
• Skype
• YouTube

29. 1. Social
This is the most important thing. A+.
2. Interactive
Internal tools on the platform: chat, polls, surveys
3. Twitter
Set a hashtag, advertise the hashtag, use the hashtag
4. Curate
Social tools continue the conversation (& archive it)

36. • Maximize impact with narrative
• Stories are persuasive, personal, memorable
– Think Social
– Think Emotional
– Think Customizable
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38. 1. Virtual presentations expand value and
reach, if done well, at the right price
2. Opportunity to build community around
a subject, product, service, movement
3. Social features and archiving continue
the conversation (& it grows)
4. Learn the platform, tell the
story, connect. It’s that simple.

39. 1. Why Virtual?
2. Content & Clarity
3. Style Matters
4. It’s All In The (Technical) Details
5. Social & Interactive Features
6. Conclusions

40. Best Practices for Virtual
Presentations