Have you considered including a blog? …I don’t want a blog. Just curious, why not? …I don’t have the time to add something else to my plate. -Conversation I’ve had, way too many times… While you might not have time to blog (verb), having a blog (noun) takes no time. A blog (noun) is not […]
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Why your online presentation’s context calls for focus
Conference presentations are great because you have some control over the context. You can adjust the lights and quiet the room. You can walk around, carrying the gaze of your audience with you. At this moment, how are you reading this post? Are you sitting in your office staring at a desktop screen filled with tabs and […]
Christmas cartoons, my holiday tradition
The world is always changing but the simple things are still the simple things. I hope you're having a happy holiday season. Thank you for all of your support. Yours truly, Chris
You’ve got 10 seconds, make your point with a deductive presentation
Remember the power point glory days? You know, the time when you could give a super boring bullet-point filled presentation and not lose 99% of your audience. The web’s not like that. I mean, it’s really really not like that. Even some awesome 5 minute slide driven presentations don’t work well on the web. We […]
Make your website irrelevant, take the circus approach
What would rather have? Option A: 100 people experience your online presentation, but you only have proof of 30. OR Option B: 50 people experience your online presentation, and you have proof of all 50. I’m guessing you chose option A. Here’s a second question, is that your reality? Time and time again, online presenters […]
You should present online, here’s why
I wrote this post back in 2013, lots has changed since then. At the time I was trying to convince more people to deliver their conference presentations online. Today in 2021, a year into the COVID-19 Pandemic, more people are presenting online than ever. While this post still holds up, you may be hoping for […]