In this newsletter I shared how presenters can see the attendees in a Teams meeting when they share content based on my full article here.
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 4.8 million times and liked over 17,000 times on YouTube.
How to see the participants in a Teams meeting when you are sharing your screen or content
One of the top requests of Teams meeting presenters is the ability to see the participant’s videos when they are sharing their screen. Seeing the videos allows you to get visual feedback on your presentation, which is helpful to a presenter. ***2023 Update: Teams has recently changed the way you can see participants after sharing…
Allow Teams meeting participants to draw on/annotate screen content using PowerPoint collaboration
Zoom allows all meeting participants to annotate the screen that is being shared, regardless of what is being shared. The annotations identify who added the drawing or text. Teams does not allow any annotation by participants. This is one of the top requests from users but doesn’t appear to be on Microsoft’s roadmap to be…
Use the Presenter modes in a Teams meeting to put the presenter’s video on top of or beside shared content
Microsoft Teams has recently introduced Presenter modes that allows you to put your video on top of or beside a screen or window that you share in a Teams meeting. This seems to work regardless of whether you share a window or a screen and the content can be slides, a browser, or any other…
The Globe and Mail June 17 2021
Dave’s article on four more ways to engage your audience in a virtual presentation was mentioned in this article by Harvey Schachter.
Difference in PowerPoint usage in Teams and Zoom; Issue #492 June 15, 2021
Over the past year I have asked visitors to my website about what they use PowerPoint for the most in Teams and Zoom. I had the same poll on my two pages about different ways to share PowerPoint slides in a virtual meeting, one page for Teams and one page for Zoom. The pages got…
How to turn off chat bubbles in Microsoft Teams meetings
Microsoft is introducing chat bubbles as the default method for following the chat in a Teams meeting. The thinking is that you no longer have to open the chat pane to follow the chat, you can now just chase the chat bubbles on the screen on top of people’s videos. I don’t think this is…
5 ways to use an industry report or white paper PDF in a PowerPoint sales presentation
As a sales professional your Marketing department is regularly producing and making available new resources for you to use in your PowerPoint sales presentations. If you’ve recently been sent a PDF of an industry report or white paper, here are five ways you can incorporate it into a PowerPoint sales presentation whether it is delivered…
5 ways to use your new website or an online report/white paper in a PowerPoint sales presentation
As a sales professional your Marketing department is regularly producing and making available new resources for you to use in your PowerPoint sales presentations. If you’ve recently been sent a link to the updated corporate website or a link to an online report or white paper, here are five ways you can incorporate it into…
5 ways to use new product photos from Marketing in a PowerPoint sales presentation
As a sales professional your Marketing department is regularly producing and making available new resources for you to use in your PowerPoint sales presentations. If you’ve recently been sent a new set of photos for a product line or service, here are five ways you can incorporate them into a PowerPoint sales presentation whether it…