Presenting Virtually: Communicate and Connect With Online Audiences

by Patti Sanchez

Communicating to audiences remotely is an essential skill because the future of work is largely happening online. You’ve got to become a pro at virtual presenting so you can connect with others at a distance. This practical guide lays out a step-by-step process for planning, crafting, and delivering virtual presentations that will hold your audiences’ attention and move them to embrace your ideas. Whether you have to give online presentations every day or every once in a while, this book will help You’ll learn proven techniques that are used by the experts at Duarte, Inc., who have crafted some of the world’s best presentations for beloved brands, thought leaders, and causes. You’ll find tips you can use right away to make you and your ideas shine online.

Genres: Communication, Business, Design

232 pages, Paperback

Published October 19, 2021

Reviews

[Gonzalo Pena]

Patti Sanchez teaches us how to develop deep empathy in a medium as intimidating as remote meetings. Not only that, but she also goes over the nuances and techniques that can make us master communicators.

[zoagli]

If this were the only book on the subject, I might have rated it higher. As it is, however, half of it is about presenting as such, no matter whether in person or online. The rest is about presenting virtually, though there’s little novelty value.

Still, a few points made me think:
- Setting up: Get a soft overhead light as well as a desk lamp that provides “fill lighting.”
- Planning: Linear presentations with limited audience interaction might as well be prerecorded.
- Writing: Aim for 5 to 7 words per slide.
- Speaking: To sound authoritative, use a lower pitch; to come across as approachable, try a higher pitch.

[Elana A]

Can't day I learned anything new but very well presented and great citations as usual by anything by Duarte

[Cami Barrera]

Read this for my job’s book club.

[Jon Hartmann]

This book was OK, but it wasn't quite as strong as Slide:ology in terms of focusing on the presentation materials. I did appreciate the additional content on video/audio concerns.

[Liz]

Everything I needed to know, and nothing I didn’t - and all laid out logically so that I can easily refer back to it again and again in the future.
After presenting virtually for two years, I look forward to incorporating some new ideas presented in this book.