How to Make a Great On-line Presentation

[@Presentation-Zen]

I put the timecode up in the description so that you can easily go to different parts of the video, but also I hope the timecode serves as a kind of outline in text form to remind you of the key points (sort of like notes for you). If you want to use this video in a live class, for example, I hope the timecodes will help you jump around to different parts easily. For example, you can have students watch this video before class, and then in class you can jump around key points and have discussions over those. Remember that you can mouse over the progress bar in the video to see where you want to go as well by chapter. Anyway, it's not perfect, but I hope the chapters help.

[@TDekkersPhysio]

Super content and super book presentation Zen 👍👍🤣

[@Presentation-Zen]

Thanks very much, Thomas!

[@spilledgraphics]

Your book Presentation Zen has been life-changing...onto reading Nancy Duarte's books. Thank you!!

[@Presentation-Zen]

Thanks so much! Yes, Nancy's books are awesome! :-)

[@joelh.cooper5276]

fantastic

[@PacificSolo]

Thanks Garr. I enjoyed and was helped by the video.

[@Presentation-Zen]

Thanks,

[@sandeerah8888]

Love you make review of basic 'speech' basics in presenting. Love your humor🙂🙃😊

[@Presentation-Zen]

Thank you, Sandra. Thanks for watching. Good luck with all your presentations!

[@rosemaryrein3930]

Very concise and practical for online presentations. Thank you

[@wanjiruwaramaauthor4024]

Thank you for your tips.

[@timrohr4214]

Excellent. Thank you. May I ask how to make the speaker larger and the screen share smaller? Do you know if it can be done on Google Meet or Facebook Live? Thank you so much. Could you please spell or link to the app you are using for this?

[@Seanog1982]

Great video and tips. Thank you.

[@Presentation-Zen]

Thanks, Sean. Cheers!

[@samstars9623]

That was very good by any standards and all in a space of 20 minutes. I love the fact you can so,much with a mmhmm the possibility's are endless nice work guys.Bless you all at mmhmm. 😇😇🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@RichMulholland]

This is great as always Garr, although one we area that we differ is that I feel that we should always be presenting standing up. It certainly helps the energy, and tells your brain it's showtime. It also tells your audience that you care.

[@Presentation-Zen]

Yes, I agree. I mentioned that in the video someplace that generally it is much better if you can stand. It is difficult to do since I am using a desktop (I don't want to look down). I could put the laptop at camera level if standing but my current MacBooks do not run mmhmm as fast as my M1 Mac mini. Anyway, I agree. I'll see if I can stand more in future videos. Good observation. Cheers1

[@jekamito]

this is fantastic. I have bought all your books, and get compliments for my presentations. Any suggestions to scientific presentations? Where you have to present boring but important material and methods, results in tables, statistical analysis etc

[@sandeerah8888]

Thanks for book suggestion lol

[@k8wh610]

Sensei, great lesson! But I would like to correct that Onkochishin 温故知新 is from Chinese (Confucius).

[@ffolliet]

Sensei, wise as ever. Thank you. Could you please share/direct us to the technique/app/approach you are using to getting slides in video that you demonstrate here. Thank you

[@Presentation-Zen]

The app I used to deliver and record is called mmhmm. Slides I exported from Keynote and I also used images directly as well as B-roll video. Thanks for the suggestion. This video has some of the how I did it, but perhaps I can make a better one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3vMnmSDbLeHoJI

[@221b-Maker-Street]

This is *fabulous,* Garr new subscriber here! I'm just getting to grips with mmhmm myself. With the transparent images & text_ eg E = mc2 at 12:12 - 12:17 is this done in mmhmm, or something else? This video deserves far more views - I hope you get them! 🙏🏼

[@Presentation-Zen]

Thanks for the note. Appreciate it. The type I made in Keynote and just made the background transparent then exported as a PNG file. Simple in Keynote (does not look simple in ppt). Also easy to do in GIMP (free). Thanks again!

[@221b-Maker-Street]

@@Presentation-Zen Thank you! Yes, I know how to do a vectored .png. If I cba to do an instant alpha, I just use _remove.bg_ I can just drag into keynote then, and use as my slide, or do you drag into mmhmm natively? Mac user here too, obvs. 😃

[@Presentation-Zen]

@@221b-Maker-Street The slide (without a background in Keynote) is exported as a png and then put into mmhmm just like any other slide, video, or image. In Keynote it looks like text on a black background but it is exported sans a background. mmhmm does not have good type-making abilities now so if ti very limited. I hope the tool will get better and allow for making text with more control. I do not need Word Art or effects, it would just be nice to use a type tool where you can control font and size and kerning, etc. For now it is probably just best to design your visuals in keynote or ppt etc. and export them as JPEGs or PNGs and then add them to mmhmm and add more visuals too if you want to make changes.