Someone who teaches on Zoom asked me if it was possible to see what the attendees see when presenting in a Zoom meeting. They currently connect their phone as an attendee and can glance at the device if they want to know what the attendees see. This person wanted to know if you can do…
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.
Using Advanced Presenter View features in Zoom with one screen (Windows or Mac)
In this video I showed expert tips for using Presenter View in Windows with two screens. What if you only have one screen? You can still use Presenter View in Zoom as I show in this video for Windows and this video for Mac. When using Presenter View with one screen in Zoom, you use…
2020 WFH Gift Guide; Issue #477 November 10, 2020
At this time of year for the past two years I’ve shared some of the equipment and resources I have found to be helpful in presenting and travelling. This year so many people have moved to working from home and all of my training programs are virtual. So today I want to share some of…
Extract data from a linked Excel chart in PowerPoint; Issue #476 October 27, 2020
A few years ago I shared an approach that you can use to extract data from an Excel chart that won’t allow you to view or edit the data. This happens when a chart is pasted from Excel onto a slide using the normal Ctrl+V paste method. The data is linked back to the Excel…
Change these Zoom meeting settings to enhance the experience for participants and yourself
By changing some of the Zoom meeting settings in your Zoom account on the web, you can enhance the meeting experience for the participants and yourself. In this article I want to share some of the settings I think you should consider changing from the default values. To access these settings, login to your account…
Expert Tips for Using PowerPoint Presenter View (2 screens, Windows) in Zoom or Teams
When most presentations were done in meeting rooms, PowerPoint’s Presenter View was used to primarily to see your speaking notes while the audience saw just your slide. Now that most presentations have moved online in platforms such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams, Presenter View’s other features are available since you are sitting at the keyboard…
9 Advantages of a virtual Think Outside The Slide training program
Now that I have delivered a number of virtual sessions for the Smith Business School at Queen’s University, and more than 25 virtual sessions for clients, I want to share how I think my virtual training programs may actually be even better than the highly rated in-person programs I have delivered for over 21 years.…
New features in Teams; Issue #475 October 13, 2020
At the recent Ignite conference Microsoft announced some of the new features they are working on in Teams. The full article is here with images and short videos. In this article I want to talk about some of the new Meetings features and how presenters can take advantage of them. Spotlight One feature that is…
Look at the screen, not the webcam; Issue #474 September 29, 2020
You’ve read how important it is that you look at the webcam when you are presenting PowerPoint slides in Teams or Zoom so you connect with the audience. You try, but when you want to look at your slide or notes on the screen, everyone sees you move your head down and back up again.…
Black screen when sharing Slide Show in PowerPoint Presenter View in Zoom
Published: September 22, 2020 I am not sure if this has to do with the latest Zoom update to version 5.3 on Windows or not but I wanted to share an issue that has come up in the last 24 hours using PowerPoint Presenter View in Zoom. I ran into the issue when I tried…