Virtual meetings are part of the new normal for the global business community. This creates a new type of pressure to tell a good business story without the benefit of personal charisma and with a limited ability to ‘read the room’.
In this new business paradigm, it’s easy to get bogged down in the production & mechanics of your presentation. Thankfully, as with in-person meetings, it’s the substance of the conversation that matters most. But I also want to share some expert tips and skills you can polish that will make your next virtual presentation a crushing success.
Get To The Point
Getting and maintaining your audience’s attention during a virtual presentation is challenging. The best way to counteract this—put the most critical information upfront. In other words, BLUF your introduction.
BLUF, or Bottom Line Up Front, is a great way to start your presentation with confidence. Putting the bottom line in front of your audience in the first minute focuses the conversation on what’s vital and prevents you and them from drifting off topic. Your BLUF should also have a point of view. Make the stakes clear and you will create an automatic emotional response that gets and keeps your audience’s attention.
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