This article shares one of the lessons I learned when planning and running a hybrid class reunion event in May 2022. Read the introduction and see the other lessons in this series here. Lesson When you are running a virtual meeting on Zoom (or any other platform) you want the best quality video and audio…
Author: Dave Paradi
Dave Paradi has over twenty-two years of experience delivering customized training workshops to help business professionals improve their presentations. He has written ten books and over 600 articles on the topic of effective presentations and his ideas have appeared in publications around the world. His focus is on helping corporate professionals visually communicate the messages in their data so they don't overwhelm and confuse executives. Dave is one of fewer than ten people in North America recognized by Microsoft with the Most Valuable Professional Award for his contributions to the Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams communities. His articles and videos on virtual presenting have been viewed over 3.5 million times and liked over 14,000 times on YouTube.
Hybrid Event Lesson 1: You can run a Zoom meeting on cellular data
This article shares one of the lessons I learned when planning and running a hybrid class reunion event in May 2022. Read the introduction and see the other lessons in this series here. Lesson The typical advice when running a virtual or hybrid meeting is to use a wired Ethernet connection if possible as it…
Lessons from a Hybrid Class Reunion Event – Introduction
In 2021 I was supposed to attend my 30-year MBA reunion and like most events that year it was cancelled. Instead, the school and a team of classmates arranged a large Zoom call so we could gather virtually and see each other. We had classmates attend from many countries and it was a great time.…
The Globe and Mail June 16 2022
Dave’s article on how presenters can avoid saying “next slide please” in group presentations in Teams or Zoom was mentioned in this column by Harvey Schachter.
AFP Article June 6 2022
The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) published an article showing some of the makeovers of data heavy slides that were recently featured in a webinar I was a part of. You can see the before and after slides in the article here. The makeovers I submitted are #1, 2, 3, and 5.
AFP Article May 20 2022
AFP published an article based on a webinar I was involved in as one of the experts in creating effective financial presentations. This article focuses on the advice around storytelling and I share why I think focusing on insights is a better approach.
CPA BC In Focus magazine May/June 2022
The CPA BC In Focus magazine highlighted Dave as one of their Professional Development experts in their regular Lifelong Learning article. Dave’s “Five Tips for Creating Effective Data Visuals” is on pages 42 & 43 of the issue.
Spring 2022 Teams Presenter mode options for video position and size beside slides
Microsoft Teams recently introduced new options for the Presenter modes, which are the modes that position your video beside or on top of your slides or other shared content. Starting in April 2022 and rolling out over the next few months are options to change your video from the right side of your content to…
Virtual Meeting Attendee Guides
When you are attending a Zoom or Teams meeting you want to get the most from the time you invest. The guides below will help you do this. The viewing guides will help you make the most of the view you have whether there is content being shared or not. The participation guides will help…
Share slides and see your notes in Presenter View if Zoom doesn’t show the “Portion of the screen” sharing option
The problem: the Portion of the screen sharing option disappears Many presenters who have only one screen use Zoom’s “portion of the screen” sharing option to share the current slide portion of Presenter View preview so that the audience sees the slides while they see full Presenter View with their speaking notes. (I used to…