1. Best Practices for Virtual Presenters
Michele & Scott

2. Session Agenda Group Objectives Virtual vs Traditional Classroom
Understanding Content Options
Student Introductions
Interacting w/Your Audience
Focus
Engage
Motivate
Scenario-Based Approach
Multiple Presenters
Q&A

3. Your Objectives

4. Virtual vs. Traditional Classroom
Typical Student Expectations
Unique Advantages of the Virtual Classroom
Virtual Classroom Studio Considerations
Classroom Audio Options

5. Understanding Your Content Options
Student/Attendee Console
WebEx, Citrix, iLinc, etc,
Appropriate software
Shared Network
PowerPoint and other content
PPT, PDF, Word, Excel, etc.
Web Content Development
Captivate, Static Web, Articulate, Video, etc.
Live Demonstrations
Show - Do, Guest speaker, etc.

6. Student Introductions
As students, what are ways that you could introduce yourself to the group.
Chatroom, state name, company, brief history
Icebreaker
Raise hand and use order of hand raising to introduce
Call of clothing colors to determine order of introduction; e.g., still in pajamas

7. Interacting with your Audience
Polling
Quizzing
Hand raising
Whiteboard
Chat window

8. Focus Some trainer comments regarding Online learning:
“I know participants are not paying attention.”
“I think participants are doing .”
“It seems like participants are lost at times.”
What can you do to maintain student attention?

9. Engage “It’s strange not seeing their faces…”
“Nobody sees my hand motions…”
“My humor isn’t as funny if you can’t see me…”

10. Techniques to Engage Use the Participation Meter to gauge interest.
Use Technology
Hand-raise
Feedback
Chat
Q&A
Surveys
Pass the floor
Use video.
Wait to advance slide until Frank does hand-raise analogy.

11. Too Much of a Good Thing Don’t use one tool or method over and over.
Mix it up.

12. Motivate “Our sessions are pretty long and people get tired.”
“We don’t have enough attendees to get creative.”
“Our audience might be too technical for this.”
“It seems people drop off before we’re finished.”

13. Techniques to Motivate
Know your audience, but take risks
Try a contest…!
Ensure content is relevant and real-world
Others?

14. Scenario-Based Approach
Start each concept with a real-world scenario.
Present a “problem.”
Solve it using content outlined in the objectives.
Repeat.

15. Multiple Presenters Splitting It Up Advocate Morning Radio show
The Role of the Assistant

16. Q&A
Have we met your objectives?
What other questions do you have?