Praise for this Book:
Virtual presentations are scary until you know what to do. Wayne Turmel has done more of them and done them better than anyone else in the field. And hes a gifted writer who simplifies the subject, takes the scary out, and with a deft humorous touch, makes the whole thing seem like fun.
Kevin Daley
Founder, Communispond
Author, Talk Your Way to the Top
While the thought of making a presentation makes many squirm, making it virtual turns many confident presenters into beginners again. This book is a game changer for all of us. Whether you are a newbie or a seasoned virtual presenter there is value for you here! Waynes engaging and fun writing on this increasingly important topic makes it even better. This book is practical, useful, and needed. Buy a copy for yourselfand everyone in your organization who is a presenter!
Kevin Eikenberry
Author of Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your
Leadership Potential One Skill at a Time
With his wonderful wit and insanely helpful examples, Wayne Turmel has created a knockout book for anyone who needs to communicate using virtual presentations. Oh, wait, thats everyone, isnt it?
Lisa Haneberg
Vice President and OD Consulting Practice Leader,
Management Performance International
Author, Coaching Up and Down the Generations
If youve delivered training on the web or attended a web presentation, you will know right away that Wayne gets it. This book de-mystifies the technology and puts the emphasis where it belongs on your audience. Through a combination of witty humor, practical planning tools, and delivery tips, Wayne gives you permission to push your limits, experiment, learn, and even enjoy developing and delivering virtual presentations. If your goal is to engage your audience in spite of the technology, youll find yourself using 10 Steps to Successful Virtual Presentations as a go-to career resource for a skill that is no longer optional.
Maureen Kerr
Manager, Instructional Design
NACO Learning
Weight Watchers International
Web meetings and PowerPoint have much in common. They hold great potential but often deliver a deadly experience. 10 Steps to Successful Virtual Presentations is your guide to avoiding the pitfalls and delivering the engaging online experience you want to create. This book is unique in addressing the specific needs of different types of web meetings from product demos to training.
In addition, the book provides job aids and templates for each step in designing and delivering a web meeting. The checklists are valuable to anyone, experienced or novice, to keep track of the actions needed for a successful session. It is a valuable asset for developing your own live online sessions as well as helping a client to develop online events.
Christopher Saeger, CPT
Director, Performance Improvement
2011 the American Society for Training & Development
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10 STEPS TO SUCCESS
Lets face it, most people spend their days in chaotic, fast-paced, time- and resource-strained organizations. Finding time for just one more project, assignment, or even learning opportunityno matter how career enhancing or usefulis difficult to imagine. The 10 Steps series is designed for todays busy professional who needs advice and guidance on a wide array of topics ranging from project management to people management, from business planning strategy to decision making and time management, from return-oninvestment to conducting organizational surveys and questionnaires. Each book in this ASTD series promises to take its readers on a journey to basic understanding, with practical application the ultimate destination. This is truly a just-tell-me-what-to-do-now series. You will find action-driven language teamed with examples, worksheets, case studies, and tools to help you quickly implement the right steps and chart a path to your own success. The 10 Steps series will appeal to a broad business audience from middle managers to upper-level management. Workplace learning and human resource professionals along with other professionals seeking to improve their value proposition in their organizations will find these books a great resource.
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After more than 15 years of teaching and coaching presentation skills, I have developed a healthy skepticism about books and advice versus practical application. I always tell my classes, Everyone knows you shouldnt drool when you present. The real question you should be asking yourselves is, Can you present without drooling? Its the same with any behaviortheory only takes you so far.
On the surface, a book about virtual presentations makes as much sense as a book about skiing. The information might be accurate, but everything youve read flies out the window the minute you stand at the top of the hill. Looking down, you cant remember your own name, never mind how to gently turn your skis to avoid that tree that is suddenly bigger and scarier than you remember.
Heres the important distinction between web presenting and skiingno one has ever been seriously injured (at least physically) by a web presentation gone wrong.
All of this is to say that, while a lot of good information is included in this book, much of it wont make any sense to you until you actually get your hands on whichever tool youre going to use and take it for a spin.
When I lead classes in online presenting, the one thing I hear from participants more than any other is, I never knew all the cool stuff you can do. Thats when I know Ive done my job, and its the point of this book: to show you the possibilities and lower the stress level and panic that may prevent you from trying things that bring out the best in both the tool and you, the presenter.