Presenting professionally online

Benefits

Presenting online with PowerPoint has long been everyday practice – whether in Teams meetings, client conversations, webinars or virtual conferences. But many quickly notice: what works in a physical room loses impact online. Attention spans are shorter, technical details are crucial, and the distance to the audience is greater.

In our online workshop “Presenting Professionally” with PowerPoint, you will learn how to come across clearly, confidently and engagingly in the virtual space. You will develop the ability to structure digital presentations purposefully, use media effectively and create closeness and presence online. Practical exercises, feedback and concrete tools ensure immediately noticeable progress.

You will experience how to give your presentations online in a way that makes people listen. You log in to the workshop from home with your own laptop. We practice in breakout sessions and in the plenary. Our feedback is concrete and immediately actionable.

Objectives

Possible goals of your online company workshop could include:

Participants

• use their impact optimally in an online appearance
• know the most important do's and don'ts of online communication
• speak online in a way that makes people listen
• know how to set up their lighting, camera and background
• have a common thread running through their presentation
• learn how to guide their presentation in an online setting
• present their slides in a way that keeps the audience engaged
• know how to interact with their audience
• can hold their audience's attention over a longer period.

Content

• The particularities of presenting online and the difference from in-person events
• Mastering typical challenges: attention, camera, lack of feedback
• How the nonverbal, paraverbal and verbal levels of communication interact
• Authenticity despite digital distance
• Using voice and language effectively when presenting online
• Body language in the small video frame when the screen is shared
• Camera, position, light, background: what creates immediate impact
• Having a common thread: structure for a PowerPoint presentation
• Slide design for the screen: less text, more impact
• Using images and animations in the online format
• Keeping the lead: how to guide through your slides so you keep people's attention
• Do's and don'ts for screen sharing
• Online tools: using chat, polls, breakout sessions) purposefully
• Asking questions and moderating discussions
• Clear and distinct: anchoring your message in the minds of your audience
• Storytelling: presenting technical content with emotion and passion
• Be yourself: staying directed – even when you can neither see nor hear your audience
• Dealing with killer phrases and objections
• Exercises against nervousness and for a successful outcome