VRT3 Presentation Techniques

Saturday, 21 April 2012 6:30pm GMT | 3:30am Tokyo (Sun) | 11:30am LA

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Joe McVeigh

@JoeMcVeigh

Improving your virtual presentation skills

As educators, we are supposed to be the experts on helping others learn. Yet a surprising number of the presentations we deliver or attend (both virtual and F2F) are not as effective as they might be in engaging the attention of the participants. In this interactive presentation, I’ll share insights into how we can share information more effectively. This talk is based on numerous observations of webinars and draws on the work of presentation expert Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen, and the work of brain scientist John Medina. We’ll look at four aspects of presenting: developing participant interaction, keeping the audience engaged, making more effective visuals, and a few technical production tips.

Bio

JOE McVEIGH is a specialist in English language teaching. He has taught at universities in the U.S. including Caltech,the University of Southern California, and Middlebury College. He has lived and worked in countries including the UK, China, India, Chile, Hungary, and Saudi Arabia. He has taught students from more than 50 countries. His co-authored books include the Q: Skills for Success series from OUP and Tips for Teaching Culture from Pearson. He also consults for organizations, trains teachers, speaks at conference, edits ELT books, and maintains a website at www.joemcveigh.org. He lives and works in Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.A.

Heike Philp

@heikephilp

20 tips on how to run a spicy webinar

Have you attended a webinar that was utterly boring and tasted like soup without salt? In this webinar I would like to pass on 20 tips how to conduct a delicious, spicy and unforgettable webinar.

Bio

Heike Philp, is CEO of let’s talk online sprl, Brussels, which provides technology support for language learning and events in real-time in virtual classrooms and virtual worlds.  She is the co-initiator of both EU funded LANCELOT and AVALON and runs her own online conference and co-owns EduNation island in Second Life.