Over the last couple of month I watched a couple of presentations delivered purely on the web as well as a couple of webinars.
So the "presenter" sits behind its computer and talks into a microphone while the slides are passing through.
I saw similarities to many presentations. Less visual and more wordy.
But there was one thing I could not stand.
The presenter put literally every word on the slide he said. Full sentences, and even words & phrases like "I'm not kidding" or "let's see where this takes us". Words and phrases you say in a conversation or presentation but not on a slide.
It was sort of a caption for each slide, but if this was the caption, there was nothing on the slide!
I mean I could still hear the person talk. It was a video. If you think it is important that everybody knows what you are saying, then put in small captions in grey on the bottom of the video but don't make it the content of the slide!
The same rules apply for web-presentations as for normal presentations.
Make slides visual and try to visualize concepts and points you want to get across. Provide a handout or even a transcript if necessary.
Did you experience similar situations in webinars or web-presentations. What where your thoughts?
Best wishes for the upcoming week!
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