How to Deliver Captivating, World-Class Virtual Presentations that will Wow Your Audience – In Just 7 Minutes with Alfred Poor
Marketing The Invisible - A podcast by Tom Poland
Discover the big differences brought by the pandemic when it comes to events and presentations Find out how you can turn up your presentations without much cost to make you and your message memorable and captivating Learn more on why engagement matters especially in virtual presentations and how you can get more of it Resources/Links: Wanting to Know How to Keep Your Audience Engaged with Your Captivating Virtual Presentations Without Wasting Time and Money? Learn more about the Speaker Springboard System: speakerspringboard.com/demonstration Summary Are you spending most of your time worrying if your audience is still listening to you and your presentations behind the screen? Do you struggle when it comes to presenting virtually than on-stage? Have you been spending money and wasting time more but not getting the results you wanted? Do you want to know how to make awesome presentations that will surely promise you more engagements without your money and time going to waste? Alfred Poor is a professional speaker and writer with audiences around the world, both onstage and virtual. He is a graduate of Harvard College and is the author of 15 books. In this episode, Alfred shares his insights on what makes a speaker and presentation captivating and memorable. He also talks about the change brought by the pandemic in on-site events and how to make your virtual presentations more engaging for your audience. Check out these episode highlights: 01:28 - Alfred’s ideal client: “The ideal client are people who need to speak as part of their job. Now, obviously, this includes professional speakers, but it also includes corporate executives, who need to address both internal and external audiences.” 01:48 - Problem Alfred helps solve: “So as people love to say the pandemic has changed everything, and it's true, we're now beginning to return to on-site events and conferences. But the fact is, virtual meetings have been shown to have such great advantages.” 02:57 - Typical symptoms that clients do before reaching out to Alfred: “Well, the bottom line is engagement. And the fact is, you know if your audience can't see or hear you, they're going to tune out, and you're going to lose the engagement.” 04:11 - Common mistakes that people make before they find Alfred’s solution: “One of the biggest is that they don't acknowledge the problem. A lot of them, I think, just figure, "I'm a good speaker. Everybody loves to hear me speak. I'm just going to pull my way through." And that doesn't work.” 05:09 - Alfred’s Valuable Free Action (VFA): “My advice is, pick one thing and make it better. Just one. So maybe a different microphone, maybe change the way your lighting is done, maybe change how you dress for the camera, or maybe just stand up instead of sitting down.” 05:50 - Alfred’s Valuable Free Resource (VFR): Check out Alfred’s FREE online demonstration: speakerspringboard.com/demonstration 07:06 - Q: How did you get so smart about virtual presentations? A: The answer is I have a long background in technology. My secret superpower is that I can explain complex things to people in ways that they can put to immediate use. Tweetable Takeaways from this Episode: “Pick one thing, make that better, and then pick another thing and make that better.” -Alfred PoorClick To Tweet Transcript (Note, this was transcribed using a transcription software and may not reflect the exact w...