Latest posts
Below are the most recent articles or resources I’ve published. If you are looking for help on a specific topics, it would best to look at the topics in my Articles archive as I have grouped my recent and best articles by topic there.
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Why a shared PowerPoint or Google Slides file is a better whiteboard option in a Zoom meeting
One challenge of virtual and hybrid meetings has been collaborating with the other attendees. Instead of standing around a whiteboard in a meeting room, Zoom offers a whiteboard built into the meeting platform. I think you should use a shared PowerPoint or Google Slides file instead of the built-in Zoom whiteboard because a shared file…… Continue reading
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Are people multitasking during your virtual presentation? Yes. And here’s why that’s OK
According to a recent State of Virtual Meetings report from polly.ai, 43.8% of meeting attendees say they very frequently or always multitask during virtual meetings and an additional 40.3% multitask occasionally. That means that almost three-quarters of the attendees could be multitasking while you present! In the days of in-person meetings nowhere near that percentage…… Continue reading
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Process to reset Microsoft Teams that could fix problems you experience with Teams meetings
Teams is a great meeting and collaboration tool from Microsoft that many organizations are using as part of their Office 365 subscription. If you’ve had the experience where parts of the functionality disappear or the app acts strangely in a meeting, you may be able to fix it by resetting Teams. This won’t fix the…… Continue reading
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Present a PDF of your PowerPoint, GSlides or Keynote slides in Zoom, Teams, GMeet (Windows or Mac)
Why present using a PDF and not PowerPoint? If given the choice, I suggest you present using PowerPoint with your own laptop. You get all the advantages of PowerPoint and you are familiar with the setup. Unfortunately you aren’t always in a situation where this is possible. In a hybrid meeting setup you may be…… Continue reading
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11 ways to use PowerPoint to incorporate consultative selling in a virtual or hybrid sales meeting
Consultative selling is an approach that discovers the prospect’s needs before providing a solution (read more about the approach in this article by Hubspot). It involves asking questions to better understand the situation and the needs. The sales professional lets the prospect lead the conversation. I’ve used this approach in my business for years without…… Continue reading
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5 Insights from Top CEOs thoughts on the future of the way we work & the impact on meetings
CNN asked 15 top CEOs what they think the future of work will look like. Here are five insights I gleaned from their answers that relate to the future of meetings. Hybrid will be the norm Almost every CEO shared that they expect hybrid work, where some employees are in the office and some are…… Continue reading
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Comments on Toptal’s Hybrid Meeting Best Practices
Toptal recently contacted me because they came across my page on hybrid meetings. They agree that hybrid meetings will be the norm in the future and recently published an article by Sacha Connor on hybrid meeting best practices. Sacha is one of the few people who have a lot of real-world experience participating in hybrid…… Continue reading
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3 insights from the LinkedIn State of Sales 2021: United States & Canada Edition
In May LinkedIn published its State of Sales 2021: United States & Canada Edition. There are three insights I’d like to highlight from the report summary. Virtual sales presentations are here to stay The first, and most important in my mind, is that virtual sales presentations are here to stay. As the report points out,…… Continue reading