This document provides tips for creating effective videoconference presentations including: 1) Use large, bold fonts that are easy to read from a distance, keep text brief and use sans-serif fonts. 2) Design visually-focused slides with minimal text and simple graphics within the "safe area" of the screen. 3) Practice good camera shots, appearance, voice and body language and learn techniques for managing questions in multipoint videoconferences.

1. Great Videoconference Presentations Carol Daunt Please mute your microphone

6. Thinking Visually

7. How We Understand See 55% Voice 38% Words 7 %

8. Don’t try to put small print like this on the screen because no-one will be able to read it. Remember that people are sitting away from the screen and even if they have twenty/twenty vision they won’t be able to see it. And even if they can read it they will get very tired if you give them ten or twenty of these screens to read in an hour. There are also too many words on this page to read from a television screen. It is far better to summarise what you are saying into points.

10. Easier to read: Arial , Verdana or Geneva Times or Century may ‘bleed’ Loss of impact: bold , italics , underline

12. HEADINGS CAN BE IN CAPITALS A mix of upper and lower case is easier to read in the body We are more used to this

16. Simple Thick Lines Effective

17. Too complicated Lines too thin Send via print

19. Blue Pink Green Lilac All are all fine to use

20. Yellow text on blue background is good.

21. Black text on white background is too stark for a TV screen

22. Try apricot text on black background

23. Black text on mauve background is quite good

27. How Do You Look & Move?

28. How Do You sound?

29. Managing Multipoints