As many professionals have flocked to virtual meeting platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, they have realized that engaging a remote audience is harder than engaging an audience in the meeting room. One of the most popular suggestions is to use polls or exercises, especially if you are teaching or explaining a skill. The problem…
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.
Meetings won’t be the same in the future; Issue #464 May 12, 2020
As we see more governments allow more workers to return to businesses after the coronavirus lockdowns, you need to realize that things are never going back to the way they were before. Business meetings will not look like they did at the start of this year. Companies have announced that a much larger proportion of…
Guide to being a good attendee in future corporate meetings
Business meetings will not be the same when professionals return to the office after the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. I summarized my thoughts in this guide on the impacts the changes will have on business meetings. In this guide I want to share how you can be a good attendee in future meetings. Decide how…
Filter the data series shown on a graph; Issue #463 April 28, 2020
On a recent AFP webinar discussing what CEOs and Boards are expecting from the Finance department during these turbulent times, cash flow forecasting was clearly the biggest request. It was clear that finance teams are having to generate multiple future scenarios based on various assumptions. These forecasts get updated daily, if not more frequently. When…
Use PowerPoint to create a custom background for Microsoft Teams meetings
Recently Microsoft introduced a feature to their Teams meeting platform that allows participants to use a custom background. A future update in the Windows app (this feature is currently only available in the Windows app) will allow users to upload their own images to use as the background. But you can create and upload your…
Guide to preparing for the future of business meeting presentations
The days of business professionals spending much of their week going to a dozen or more meetings with 6-10 colleagues around a table is over. The coronavirus pandemic will change the way corporate meetings work in the future. This guide aims to summarize the challenges and some solutions to the next normal in corporate meetings.…
Medical Device Success podcast April 19 2020
Ted Newill of Medical Device Success interviewed Dave on how to create and deliver effective virtual PowerPoint presentations, including some features in PowerPoint that allow a sales professional to use a non-linear approach that addresses the prospects needs in a more responsive way. Listen here or on your favorite podcast platform.
EffectiveVirtualPresentations.com: Articles for presenters in Microsoft Teams and Zoom online meetings
EffectiveVirtualPresentations.com This page brings together my articles and other resources that have been viewed over 3.5 million times for presenters who are delivering virtual PowerPoint presentations using Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex, or other online meeting platforms. The articles are listed below grouped by topic area. My YouTube videos on virtual presenting have been liked over…
Checklist before delivering a PowerPoint presentation in a Zoom or Microsoft Teams meeting
If you will be delivering a PowerPoint presentation in a Zoom or Teams meeting, there are a number of things you will want to do to ensure that it goes as smoothly as possible. Use this as a checklist each time you get ready. Most of these items come from the lessons I and others…
4 Options for How to Present a PowerPoint Slide Show in a Zoom meeting
If you are using Zoom to meet with others who are working remotely, you may not realize that you have six choices when it comes to how you will present your PowerPoint slides to the group (I added two options I discovered after the article was first published). In this article I will share more…