Speaker 1: When it comes to presenting online, most of what we see is pretty sh**. In fact, if you're invited to watch an online presentation or attend an online virtual meeting, your expectations are pretty low. Well, these are five top tips to make sure you deliver awesome content that everybody will remember. Now, it's worth saying I'm assuming in this video that you're going to be either filming on your phone or on your laptop. As most people would be. Tip number one. Think about the setting that you are in. So when you're delivering an online presentation, really think about your background. What's behind you? You don't want anything that's too distracting. So not in the kitchen with all the kitchen crap behind you. You want something that's plain and that looks professional. Just use a backdrop like I'm using now. This is just a standard black backdrop and you can buy these on Amazon and they're really not that expensive. The same you can get a stand to hold your backdrop on as well. So I'd really consider investing in one of those if you're going to be doing more online presentations. Think about how quiet the area is that you're presenting in. So you don't want any background noise. Close the windows. Make it as quiet as possible. Because when you're presenting online, the sound is really important. And think about the lighting as well. So you want the space that you're in to be really well lit. So turn the lights on. If there's a window in the room that you're in, make sure that that is in front of you. And basically that no lighting source is directly behind you. Because what you'll find is it will look like you're in darkness to the viewers. So really think about the setting that you're in. Number two. Stand up. If you stand up, you will naturally deliver a much better presentation. You will look like you are performing. Far too often when we sit and we watch an online presentation, we're watching somebody sat at the table, slunched down. It's hard to present from this point of view. It looks like they don't care. It's hard to retain somebody's attention when you look like that. So stand up and really give it a presentation style. It will shock the audience into listening because most of what they see in online presentations is crap. And it will make them listen. So deliver a performance by standing up. Now, if you're going to stand up, you need to raise your laptop up higher. So that the lens of the camera is in your direct eye line. You do not want to be looking down at your camera lens because then all your audience can see is the inside of your nose cavity. So standing up will just naturally make you deliver a better presentation. And that is key when delivering a presentation online. You are still performing. So stand up and perform. Tip number three. Rehearse. You need to treat your online presentation as you would a presentation on a stage in front of 200 people. So practice. Get set up. Get the camera set up. And practice performing to that camera lens. Tip number four. Dress to impress. How often do we watch people presenting online and it looks like they've made no effort at all. You need to treat your online presentation in the same way you would a performance in front of 200 people. So dress to impress. If it's casual, something where you're maybe just talking to colleagues, something casual like this would work. But maybe if you're presenting to customers, you need to dress smarter. Something like this. The important thing to remember with online presentations is you need to treat it as you would a presentation in front of a live audience. So when it comes to what to wear, my advice is mirror the audience. If you're presenting to colleagues, then you can go with casual. But if you're presenting to customers, I'd always go with smart. Think about what you would be wearing if you were on stage. And number five. Think about your supporting material. By supporting material, I mean PowerPoint, Prezi, whatever slide format you intend to use, but also video as well. Don't ignore video. You can still start an online presentation with an opening video if you want to. And the slides that you use, make sure you use pictures so that people really remember them and remember you and your content. And importantly with supporting content, you need to make sure that you have a backup as well. When things are online, you always run the risk of the stream going down and people not being able to see you. If this happens, have your supporting content, your slides and your opening video available so that you can send it to people if they haven't been able to see it properly online. So those are my five top tips when it comes to presenting online. Remember, the audience's expectation is low. Most of these are shit. So if you just put in some extra effort and follow those five top tips, you'll deliver some awesome content that people will remember. Thanks for watching that video. I hope you found it useful. If you did, here's a link to some more. Please do subscribe because I'll be uploading videos weekly.