USE SLIDEDOCS FOR WEBINARS A few years ago, I conducted a survey to see how many people Have meeting attendees read one page and discuss that topic. attended presentations remotely versus in person. The results When attendees read the slidedoc and then discuss it, it engages showed that 85% of presentations were remote. It’s harder to them more often. Each time you advance to a new slide, if make a sincere connection with an audience when you’re not in attendees are multitasking, they’ll have to minimize e-mail (or the same room. whatever they’re doing) to read the slide so they can continue to be a participant. But again, don’t read or present the slide to Managers spend most of their workday in meetings. Many them; it’s faster if they read it and then discuss it. managers consider almost half of those meetings a waste of time. So when meetings are already feeling like a waste, make You can also use slidedocs as a guide and context for all the yours more productive by using a slidedoc. topics you want to talk over. Putting the topics you’ll be discussing in a slidedoc moves the meeting along. It also helps In a remote meeting situation, you’re attendees gauge how much you’ve covered as the meeting competing with many attendee distractions, progresses. the primary one being their e-mail. If your If you’re using telepresence or other emerging video systems, sending slidedocs ahead of time will ensure that your material isn’t more interesting than their communication is failsafe (you never know what might go wrong inbox, they won’t be 100% present. with technology). © Duarte, Inc. 2014 145