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.

  • Playing a YouTube video in a Zoom meeting

    A video clip can be a compelling addition to a presentation. You may want to show a product demo, a software technique, or a process illustration. If that video is on YouTube and you want to show it in a Zoom meeting, this article shows you how to prepare and play it during the presentation.…… Continue reading

  • Playing a YouTube video in a Microsoft Teams meeting

    A video clip can be a compelling addition to a presentation. You may want to show a product demo, a software technique, or an entertaining clip. If that video is on YouTube and you want to show it in a Microsoft Teams meeting, this article shows you how to prepare and play it during the…… Continue reading

  • Building your skills for Teams & Zoom meetings; Issue #465 May 26, 2020

    In the last newsletter I shared how meetings in the future will be different and shared links to my videos and guide that review some of the challenges and solutions. These ideas were quoted in an article in Canada’s national business newspaper and led to a radio interview last week. Presenters need to prepare for…… Continue reading

  • The Globe and Mail May 21 & 22, 2020

    Harvey Schachter featured Dave’s Guide to the Future of Business Meetings in his online column titled “The new rules for presentations in the age of restricted meeting sizes“. The column was included in the print edition of the paper the next day on May 22 2020. Continue reading

  • Engage audiences with polls and exercises in Zoom and Microsoft Teams meetings by using Microsoft Forms

    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…… Continue reading

  • 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…… Continue reading

  • 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…… Continue reading

  • 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…… Continue reading

  • 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.…… Continue reading

  • 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…… Continue reading