It is also the Original and Future Black in any type of virtual meeting and presentation you are involved in. Special thanks to my friend and social media maven, Connie Reece or @conniereece on Twitter) for her Tweet:
conniereece Retweet @Armano: @KathySierra being a good presenter is overrated. Connecting with your audience is not. [Connie sez: amen, amen] 01:55 PM August 05, 2008 from TweetDeck
My response was simple: “connecting with your audience = good presenter. New paradigm for presenters in any medium.”
Regardless of what medium you are presenting it, virtual meeting, web meeting, conference call, teleclass, training room, keynote, team meeting, webinar, teleseminar, etc., your credibility, trustworthiness, and effectiveness will depend directly upon your ability to connect with your audience.
If you want to be a good presenter, here is your biggest secret: quit thinking about you and how you are doing.
Focus 100% of your attention on your participants and help them get the information they require to accomplish their current tasks.
As usual, what sounds simple is rarely easy to accomplish. And that is the case here. The good news (or bad news!) is that your audience will remind you over and over again that it is indeed not about you. It is about them – always has been, always will be. Take a close look at a trusted mentor or role model and you’ll find this trait present.
Oh, and for those using the “fake it until you make it” strategy, it gets harder and harder to let go of the strategy the longer you use it.
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Posted by Byron Van Arsdale
Author – 6 Principles of Powerful Conference Calls
ConferenceCallTraining.com
