Now three years in with virtual presenting being a thing, few people really love it and fewer still are truly good at it. Let’s change that this month with an exploration of some vital fundamentals, well-kept secrets, and a few OH WOW moments to help you jumpstart your virtual game.

HIGHLIGHTS

• If you could only have audio or video, which would you choose?
• Avoid being a talking head – nobody likes them
• What it means to “warm to the camera”
• Spoiler alert: Microsoft Cameo is awesome!

Rick Altman has been hired by hundreds of companies, listened to by tens of thousands of professionals, and read by millions of people, all of whom seek better results with their presentation content and delivery. He covers the whole of the industry, from message crafting, through presentation design, slide creation, software technique, and delivery.

He is the host of the Presentation Summit, now in its 24th season as the most prominent learning event in the world for the presentation community, and he is the author of the newly published "Crush Your Next Virtual Presentation."

When not in front of audiences or in the Zoom studio that used to be his daughter's bedroom, he will invariably be found on some sports field, be it a tennis or pickleball court, a baseball diamond, or a golf course.