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.

Presenter View in Teams or Zoom (2 screens); Issue #468 July 7, 2020

In this issue I shared how to use PowerPoint’s Presenter View when delivering a presentation in Microsoft Teams or Zoom. I created two versions of the article, one for Windows 10 here and one for Mac here.

PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams and Zoom with 2 screens (Mac)

(Note: This is the Mac version of this article. Click here for the Windows version.) Many presenters use Presenter View in a meeting room so they can see their speaking notes on their own screen while the audience sees the slides on the screen behind them. This feature of PowerPoint works when you extend your…

PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams or Zoom with 2 screens (Windows)

(Note: This is the Windows version of this article. Click here for the Mac version.) Many presenters use Presenter View in a meeting room so they can see their speaking notes on their own screen while the audience sees the slides on the screen behind them. This feature of PowerPoint works when you extend your…

Present with your video beside your PowerPoint slides in Microsoft Teams or Zoom on a Mac

I’ve had many presenters ask if they can present in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting with their video beside their PowerPoint slides so their facial expressions can be easily seen along with their slides. This is not how Teams and Zoom usually work. When you share your screen or slides, your webcam video is…

Camera zoom and controls for the Logitech C920 webcam in a Microsoft Teams meeting

2022 Update: Logitech is ending support for the Capture app. I suggest you consider the LogiTune app described in this article to control Logitech cameras in Teams or Zoom. One of the common complaints when using Microsoft Teams is that it does not allow you to set zoom level or other camera controls. People also…

Record a video of your narrated PowerPoint slides for a flipped classroom

Many professors and lecturers are moving to a flipped classroom style approach for virtual classes. In this approach, the instructor records a video of their lecture, the students watch the video, and the class time is used to discuss what was shared. Many instructors are having to create videos of their lectures for the first…

Font size test for web viewing

The 30 second video below shows different font sizes on a PowerPoint slide exported as a 1280 x 720 video. Watch it on your mobile device to see what different font sizes will look like to your audience using a smaller screen.

8 ways to engage an online audience; Issue #467 June 23, 2020

In this newsletter I shared this article: 8 ways to engage your audience when presenting in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting

Use this hack to pin your own video large in a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting

When you have a group of people on a Microsoft Teams or Zoom meeting, the videos from everyone’s webcams are displayed in a grid layout. On Zoom everyone’s video is the same size and on Teams it adjusts the sizes to fit the screen. As an attendee, you can pin anyone else’s video so that…