How to Give Better Virtual Presentations

Energy

And the last thing to remember is energy. When I’m talking about energy, it’s about bringing the right level of energy to your presentation so that you are communicating your passion for the content that you’re sharing without being over the top and also without being too flat and boring. A good tip here is to think about bringing yourself plus about 10 or 15%. So what I mean by that is you have different versions of yourself, different levels of energy that you might have in any given situation. But when you’re bringing yourself plus about 10 or 15%, it’s kind of like the version of you that might be presenting to a room full of eight or 10 people in a boardroom environment or a small classroom situation. What you don’t want to be doing is bringing too much energy to a virtual presentation as if you are presenting on a stage in front of hundreds of people, because that is probably going to come across a little bit nuts. So, think about bringing yourself plus about 10 or 15%. Particularly for longer presentations, the real challenge comes in maintaining the appropriate levels of energy throughout the presentation. But remember that naturally you can allow the energy to rise and fall as you move through your presentation. So you don’t need to always be up at full energy. Sometimes it makes sense to slow down, to pause and to bring things down at a slow pace, but maintain those appropriate levels of energy throughout the presentation.

So there you go. That’s the three things that I want you to focus on Stance, Eyes, and Energy so that your audience can SEE you. Don’t you just love acronyms! So in your next virtual presentation or sales call, or even on a zoom call with the team, when you have an opportunity to engage with a group of people in a virtual space, I want you to think about these three things so that you can present your best on camera.