My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book.
Enjoy!
The Podcast:
The Transcript:
I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for December 6, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress.
This is from the Effective Public Speaking book.
Adapt to the Moment
Things Happen when you're the speaker, regardless of location.
Here are some virtual meeting “problems” I've encountered:
- The meeting tool is different from what I'm used to, so once, I did not realize the meeting participants could not see my slides.
- The meeting host could not record the meeting.
- People didn't mute their audio, and we could hear *everything*, including children, a barking dog, and a flushing toilet.
I try to handle those problems with a sense of humor and maybe some problem-solving. But I don't let those circumstances prevent me from delivering the best presentation I can.
Most of us can adapt to most problems with a deep breath and some understanding of what other people are going through.
Some in-person presentations have presented other difficulties.
The video is here.