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The Power of Online Presentations

1. Introduction

Have you ever been assigned a topic you could not wait to research, but found the available information was either not very informative or it was so technical that you could not comprehend it? Or have some students in your class been unclear about where to find the information on their topic? This has been a common problem with traditional, face-to-face presentations. However, with the increasing availability of the internet for information sharing, as well as striking improvements in online presentation technology, students now have an effective alternative with online presentations. This essay investigates the use of online presentations as an alternative to traditional, face-to-face presentations. It outlines a number of positive aspects of online presentations, including their ability to encourage sharing of information and knowledge between students, their potential to assist students improve technology skills and also their capacity to connect various ideas in a more effective manner. This investigation is supported by both primary and secondary research, also making links to real-world experiences. Primary research includes a recent online presentation task, where students had to present a health or safety issue using Microsoft PowerPoint, an audio and a video. Secondary research includes various examples of online presentation tasks, observed while on work experience at local secondary schools. Both sources of research are relevant to the topic of online presentations, but it is the work experiences that make the strongest impact on the argument, both proving how even at a very young age, students’ education is consuming more and more technology, and also how teachers believe incorporating more technology into learning can be beneficial to the students.

2. Benefits of Online Presentations

(vii) it is sometimes possible to reach a much larger audience than a live presentation would allow. This not only includes international audiences but also disabled individuals, those opposed to travel, and others who are underrepresented at live presentations due to social anxiety, unfamiliarity with the presentation location, or personal time constraints.

(vi) Presentations containing complex technical information can be paused and rewound to aid understanding. Lastly,

(v) Depending on the available technology, presenters can also conduct surveys or assessments during or after the presentation and acquire data that would have been much more difficult to attain in a live presentation setting.

(iv) Online presentations are cost-effective. Usually, the cost of storage and bandwidth is typically far less than the cost of reserving a physical space to hold a live presentation.

(iii) The presenter can be contacted asynchronously by email and can continue the dialogue about the presentation, getting feedback and possibly collaboration from interested attendees.

(ii) Online presentations are always available, in some cases forever. This provides prolonged exposure to the presentation topic. Sometimes access to an online presentation is the only form of legacy for an event.

(i) The speaker can reach an audience who prefer to follow their own schedule, as opposed to live presentations that can only be accessed at one time.

Speakers and attendees experience certain benefits when presentations are moved online.

3. Tips for Creating Engaging Presentations

Open your presentation with the main point and a story. You should lead with your conclusion, but fleshed out. The rest of the presentation is designed to prove your point, and a compelling way to do this is to share a story. You can create your own story or use someone else’s. The story should be short and to the point. Remember, this should be interesting and make the point itself, don’t launch into sales mode. And remember, no one is going to be on the edge of their seat if you’re not passionate about your subject matter. So be sure that comes across in your presentation. Finally, pay attention to the audio quality. There’s nothing more off-putting than crackly, hard-to-hear audio.

In online video, there’s nothing more boring than a talking head, so exploit the power of multimedia. Try to keep your presentation under 6 minutes. The shorter and more focused, the more likely it will be viewed. A static PowerPoint and your voice isn’t really multimedia, so ditch the bullet points and use Keynote or synchronize your audio with SlideShare. Step away from the bullet points by using stock photographs to convey your message, rather than wordy slides. And in terms of multimedia, embedding video is far more engaging than using a talking head, so give it a go.

Instead of simply weaving together the thread you got off PresentationX’s main page, write a script. It’s a little more engaging and will help you make efficient use of your time. Then, use a confident tone of voice when presenting! There’s nothing worse than a weak mumbler. Stand up straight, take deep breaths, and speak slowly and clearly.

4. Overcoming Challenges in Online Presentations

The two biggest challenges for online presentations are holding the attention of the audience and ensuring a smooth experience. The attendees might easily get distracted by the many things they can do while the presentation is going on, such as instant messaging, email, or just surfing the web. This is where a smooth experience comes into play. Nothing is worse than having technical difficulties during a presentation. They are embarrassing, waste valuable time, and disrupt the flow of the presentation. There are a few things you can employ within the virtual meeting room to help ensure that the experience goes off without a hitch. The best way to ensure that audience members are paying attention is to involve them in the presentation. Instead of doing all the talking yourself, engage the audience with interactive questions. This can be done using polling, surveys, or even just asking audience members to respond using the chat feature. When you pose a question and the audience has to respond, it forces them to become active participants in the presentation. They can’t easily multitask if they are put on the spot like this. You would be surprised at how much an audience’s attention level increases when they know they might be called on at any time.

5. Conclusion

Power of online presentations gave the right idea to the readers on how important and useful online presentations are nowadays for students, lectures, and organizations in order to achieve greater success and peak performance. Many people, especially students and organizations, ignore the most effective way to transfer and deliver ideas to the audience, which ultimately leaves the audience or clients feeling unsatisfied. The trends now, closer to the 21st century, always unconsciously follow the flow without realizing it, for example, typing important assignments or documents, which is more efficient than writing by hand. Most people who have a computer will choose to type it. This also applies to presentations. After comparing it with offline style presentations, it is completely true that if you use online presentations, it will be more efficient than making hand notes. Notes often become messy, lost, or damaged. When you forget to bring them, you will be confused and won’t know where you put them last time. With online presentations, you don’t need to worry about that. In case you forget to bring them, you can search for them again on your laptop. Online presentations are also more versatile and easy to edit compared to notes or handwriting. If you make a mistake, it will take more time to correct it. And in the end, it will look the same as the new one because it looks like erasing something on paper.