I'm hoping I've convinced you for your online presentations to actually present where the video camera is on you. I think it's so much more powerful. It shows so much more confidence on your part it will build your own personal brand. But it is a little different. Now, when you're presenting in front of a large audience, you may be used to having a lectern. You may be used to walking around that can make you more comfortable.

And you might be clicking using the slides as your teleprompter. It's a little bit different for online However, some things remain the same answer. So for example, here my notes for my presentation to you today on this, I just have a single sheet of paper and some text. There's absolutely nothing wrong. nothing whatsoever wrong with talking to people look in the camera, but then occasionally, glance down at your notes. Now that's far different from head bear.

Reading and reading like this like a robot because that will put everybody to sleep. Now, you need notes, you need a cheat sheet for yourself, I would highly recommend you keep it to a single sheet of paper, even if you're presenting for an hour. Got more than that, you probably haven't done enough editing. So don't try to memorize. For goodness sake. Don't try to read to people when you're giving an online presentation.

And that's one of the biggest flaws frankly of no video camera. People think wow, nobody can see me. I could just sit here and read the script and nobody will know I'm reading a script Well, yeah, people know they can tell with the tone of your voice unless you're a full time professional newscaster it's virtually impossible to read text. without sounding like you're reading text and that puts people to sleep. You need to sound like you're just talking to people can this is a presentation We've all seen presenters in real life, college professors, business executives, where their head is down, and they're just reading. And it's boring and what does everyone do?

They sort of half Listen, and they're checking their email, you do not want to give people a chance to zone out because that's one thing different about online presentations. It's much much easier for your audience to zone out because they're already at their computer. their Facebook page is one click away. sports scores are one click away, their stock price is always one click away. So you do not have the luxury of droning on being boring sounding like you are reading you do not have that luxury. So that's why you've got to seem like you care about this and you've got to be looking into the camera.

I'll give you more tips shortly on how to look your best on camera. But you've got to be looking at the camera and speaking like you're talking to a real human being, but I'm not expecting you to memorize everything. So please get your cheat sheet ready. That's your homework right now. Put together a one page cheat sheet for your five minute online presentation now