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.

  • More ways to engage virtual attendees; Issue #491 June 1, 2021

    Last June in the newsletter I shared my article on 8 ways to engage audiences in a virtual presentation. Today I want to add four more ways you can engage attendees in a virtual presentation. Some of these methods are possible because of new features added to Teams and Zoom in the past year. Use…… Continue reading

  • Collaborate with others using PowerPoint on the web in a virtual or hybrid meeting

    Collaborating in PowerPoint If you need a group to brainstorm and analyze ideas or organize tasks, if you need a group to collaborate to come up with an agreed upon process flow, the common approach in the past has been to get everyone involved in a room and work together. You need everyone to see…… Continue reading

  • Zoom survey confirms business meetings are moving towards a hybrid model in the future

    Yesterday Zoom released the results of a survey of people from around the world to get a sense of which virtual activities they would like to see continue in the future. In the section for business gatherings, defined primarily as meetings, it is clear that people expect a mix of in-person and virtual meetings in…… Continue reading

  • Edge browser tips for virtual meetings; Issue #489 May 4, 2021

    You can use the Edge browser in Windows to make your next virtual presentation on Zoom, Teams, Webex, or Google Meet more effective. With more and more content being available on the web and the capabilities of browsers improving, using a browser to share content in virtual and hybrid meetings will be an important skill…… Continue reading

  • PowerPoint Slide Show preview plus Notes view as an alternative to Presenter View (1 monitor/screen, Windows)

    Perhaps the single biggest challenge to presenting virtually from home has been how to see your speaking notes and share your slides in PowerPoint if you only have one screen or monitor (likely your laptop screen). This has been a challenge for presenters on all platforms: Zoom, Teams, Webex, Google Meet, and others. I have…… Continue reading

  • Using the new (Spring 2021) Microsoft Teams Share dialog

    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…… Continue reading

  • 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…… Continue reading

  • 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…… Continue reading

  • 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,…… Continue reading

  • 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…… Continue reading