Microsoft has started rolling out a new sharing dialog in Teams and I have started to see it this past week. Here are some of the changes that have been made and one issue that you need to be aware of. The rollout is still happening so if you haven’t seen this new dialog yet…
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.
Panelist at AFP Report Renovations: Improve Your Reporting Visualizations webinar (April 27, 2022)
In the second installment of this webinar series, Dave will again share some slide makeovers of financial reporting visuals. Read about the first session and register for this one.
Windows Edge browser tips to use in your next virtual presentation on Zoom, Teams, Meet, or Webex
In the past I’ve published articles and videos on: Using a browser to play a YouTube video so you have more control over what segment is played and you can add captions (article for Teams and for Zoom) Using Google Slides Presenter View in a browser to see your speaking notes when you only have…
Prepare for hybrid meetings; Issue #488 April 20, 2021
In this newsletter I shared my article based on Microsoft’s Winter 2021 Work Index survey that clearly showed workers want more flexibility in where they work. This is going to lead to hybrid meetings, where some attendees are in a meeting rom and other attendees are attending virtually. I have created a guide to hybrid…
Use off-the-shelf equipment to create your own meeting room system for hybrid meetings for as little as $150
As more business professionals return to the office, hybrid meetings will become the norm. A hybrid meeting has some participants in the meeting room and some attending virtually from home or other locations. Most meeting rooms won’t have a full room system The ideal setup is a full meeting room system that includes a screen,…
Notes and slides with low-res screen; Issue #487 April 6, 2021
In this newsletter I shared the key ideas from my article on how to deal with fuzzy slides when you are sharing a portion of your screen in Zoom so you can use Presenter View if you only have one screen. It is a common issue that people ask about in the comments in my…
Hybrid meetings will put more of a focus on meeting room systems – Are you ready?
As a leader you are involved in the discussions about when and how to bring some staff back to the office. The reality is that most corporate offices will end up having a hybrid working arrangement with some people at the office some days and others working remotely. Meetings will move from the everyone virtual…
Microsoft Work Trend Index: Hybrid meetings are the next challenge for business professionals
Just when you have got comfortable with conducting virtual business meetings and presentations, now you will have to adapt rapidly again as the world moves to hybrid meetings. I’ve been talking about this future since April 2020 when I saw it coming as the next evolution after everyone went virtual (watch this video to see…
Alternatives to sharing a portion of Presenter View with 1 screen in Zoom (Windows) so you can see your notes
The problem with sharing a portion of your screen In my popular article and video on sharing your slides in a Zoom meeting if you only have one screen, I show how you can share just the current slide portion of Presenter View Preview so that you can see your notes while the attendees just…
6 ways presenting in a hybrid meeting is different than in-room or virtual meetings
As more professionals return at least part of the time to offices, hybrid meetings, where some attendees are in the room and others are remote, will become the norm for quite a while. Here are six ways presenting in a hybrid meeting is different than what you did when everyone was in the room or…