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 In a hybrid meeting, we will be connecting to a large screen in a meeting room and be sitting or standing…
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.
Use a 2nd laptop as a cheater monitor to see PowerPoint slides & speaker notes (in-person & hybrid)
When presenting in person or in a hybrid meeting you will typically connect your laptop to the screen in the room and use Presenter View to show the slides on the screen and see your notes on your laptop. When you are standing to present you may find that the speaker notes are too small…
Hybrid Event Lesson 3: Plan and Test your hybrid meeting setup
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 Hybrid meetings are new for most business presenters. We were comfortable with in-person meetings, we got comfortable with presenting in a…
Hybrid Event Lesson 2: Give the meeting as many resources and as much bandwidth as possible
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…
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.