It is so hard to make meaningful connections over virtual, and yet people’s expectations only rise as we enter our sixth year of presenting over Connect, Zoom, and Teams. How can we pursue our need for human connection and acknowledge the limitations of the medium? How can we connect and engage with people we can’t see? And as for the technology that often gets in the way, how can we compensate for it and maybe even turn it into an advantage?

These are the questions we will answer in this unique hour, mixing traditional broadcasting techniques with truly innovative strategies and spirited tactics. All to compel your audience members to say to themselves, “wow, I wasn’t expecting that.”

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.