The Top Reason Your Virtual Presentation Failed October 19, 2011 by Jeff Hurt I remember the first time I gave a virtual presentation. I was in a small conference room with six other panelists. A camera on a stand faced me. To my left was a computer that looked like a mashup of the old overhead projector and a touch screen. A large screen displaying six feeds at … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Experience Design, Hybrid & Virtual, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , digital meeting, digital presentations, presentation best practices, virtual event, virtual meetings
Creating Sizzling Audiences: From Essential Sparks To Combustible Motivation October 10, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Imagine for a moment that you’re preparing for a presentation for an upcoming conference. Close your eyes and visualize that your audience appears to be actually sizzling in their seats with enthusiasm. They are on fire for your words. Now imagine you have that same experience every time you present. Creating Audience Combustible Motivation This … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , brain-friendly conferences, brain-friendly meetings, engagement, presentation best practices, presentation strategies, speaker, speaker tips
Helping Your Audience On The Hero’s Journey September 23, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Let’s take a trip back to your junior high days. If you’re like me, immediately your palms begin to sweat. Your throat tightens. Your heart starts racing and your mouth gets dry as you remember those trying teen years. Imagine that today is that day! It’s the big day when you have to deliver your … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , presentation best practices, presentation strategies, speaker, speaker tips
They Are The Heartbeat Of Your Presentation: Do You Know Them? September 15, 2011 by Jeff Hurt “Getting to know you, Getting to know all about you. Getting to like you, Getting to hope you like me.” These lyrics from the King and I’s “Getting To Know You” would make a great theme song for every presenter. They clearly articulate one of the very first steps all presenters should take: get to … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , presentation best practices, presentation strategies, speaker, speaker tips
Three Infographics On Conference Content And Delivery August 31, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Dare to color outside the lines. Have the courage to take risks. Let go of outdated, dead sacred cows. These were just a few of the overarching themes from Experient’s e4 2011 Conference “Outside the Lines.” Bye, Bye Breakouts! Hello Innovation Labs! The Experient team always delivers a stellar conference that’s engaging. They are willing to … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , committee best practices, conference best practices, conference tips, conferences, content, content strategist, content-strategist-curator, meeting best practices, meeting planning, meeting planning best practices, Speaker Emerging Practices
We Are All Visual Learners July 26, 2011 by Jeff Hurt How much do you learn from your sight? Most scientists agree that about 75% of your learning occurs through your vision. Looking To Learn Consider infants. They pick up behavior traits by observing people around them. They process and interpret facial expressions and gestures. From a quick glance, they can tell if their parents are … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , adult learning, adult learning principles, conference best practices, conferences, learning myths, meeting planning best practices
Speaker Tips When Using A Live Stream, Backchannel And Face To Face Experience June 30, 2011 by Jeff Hurt In the past two weeks, I’ve done three live streamed presentations. It’s more work than a traditional presentation. With a few tweaks to my traditional face to face presentation, everyone benefits. The rewards of the extra work are worth it! Presenting To Three Audiences At Once The challenge when presenting for a hybrid event is … [Read more…] Filed Under: Hybrid & Virtual, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , backchannel, hybrid event, meeting planning best practices, presentation best practices, presentation str, speaker, speaker tips, twitter, virtual events
Five Traits Of Outstanding Online Presentations June 22, 2011 by Jeff Hurt The trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we are ready for it. ~ Arnold Glasgow The number of poor online presentations is rapidly growing. The number of poor virtual presenters is expanding even faster. Poorly designed webinars, boring online conferences, ineffective hybrid events and emotionless virtual meetings litter our digital landscape … [Read more…] Filed Under: Hybrid & Virtual, Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , digital presentations, hybrid events, virtual, virtual experiences, webinars
Not Safe For Conferences (NSFC): Marginal Presentations June 21, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Welcome to the world of conferences starring your industry speaker’s slide deck with a supporting role by you. If Ebert and Roper critiqued our conference presentations instead of movies, they would announce a huge two thumbs down for the majority of our speakers. If Entertainment Tonight was Conference Tonight, they would report a colossal loss of … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , conference tips, conferences, meeting planning best practices
The Omnipresent Presentation: Does It Offer Good ROI? May 11, 2011 by Jeff Hurt Presentations are one of the most used and abused instructional methods. They are everywhere. Conferences, meetings, webinars, board rooms, seminars, workshops, exhibit halls, online learning. Worldwide, presentations are the most common method for training adults. (What’s The Use Of Lectures? by Donald Bligh). Most conferences rely 100% on lecture-based presentations. Show-And-Tell Revisited Remember show-and-tell from … [Read more…] Filed Under: Speaker Coaching Tagged With: , conferences, meeting planning best practices, presentation strategies, speaker
