the WEBEX public speaking thing.
 

i am finishing up a project repairing some wildfire damage. we got fairly innovative in the rebuild. fast, not crushing expensive, and now fireproof..no fire resistant.

the idea is gathering steam.

now my boss tasked me with giving a presentation to all the head cheeses. no problemo. i was hoping we could all sit six feet apart in an outdoor venue and i can get up there to talk. i still get nervous as hell with public speaking, but i have tools to cope. i kind of relish the nervousness.

but no. it will be a WebEx meeting. if anything. my crappy computer hates when i click that SHARE button..hahhahhahha..i am 100% not successful with either my microphone or screen share. i am going to do dry runs until my coworker hate me. i'll try my laptop, desktop..ipad. run thru to see what works best.

now i'm effen nervous!! technology!!

For webex, I often use my phone for audio and my PC if there's a share or I need to share visuals.

You've come a long way if you're nervous, but relish it.

Vash - I have hosted probably 500 meetings and webinars over the past year using zoom, go-to webinar, teams, google meets. I just hosted another webinar yesterday with 101 participants from a worldwide audience.

I’ve got lots of experience with this and will help you out. Each platform has its nuances, screen share can be tricky depending on the platform. I always do a dress rehearsal before a webinar the day before to sort out the screen share (often with multiple monitors, it isn’t obvious which one will share). Power point likes to share the presenter’s screen instead of the presentation more times than not in go-to webinar... reach out if you want me to help get this set up. What platform are you planning to use?

it will be a powerpoint presentation, and meshing with WebEx.

This is the way to go... I do presentations for large audiences (in the hundreds) at least once a month, my secret sauce is:
-Keep the slides simple, not too much text. They are there to hear what you have to say, not to read the content on your slides... the slides should call out the big takeaways or key points but it's your voice over which really should be illuminating the topic.
-write out what you're going to say. Even if you don't use these "notes" for the actual presentation, writing it out is a great forcing function to make sure your commentary is well organized and succinct, and it connects some dots in your brain so that your speaking part is smoother and you're not searching for the right word when you are doing the actual presentation.
-practice the entire thing end to end, out loud, at least 1 day before the actual event. In addition to the obvious benefit of practicing, this is also when you hear yourself saying the words out loud and this is a great feedback mechanism. Many people (students to CEOs) read their written work (documents etc) out loud as a best practice for making sure it really flows. This is also when you get a feeling for time... I can't tell you how many presentations I've attended which are time bound (e.g. meeting is 30 minutes long) and we don't get to the end of the presentation because they never did a real dry-run end to end with a timer.

Your challenge is to figure out how to be you, the Vash we know here.

Figure that out, think about the complete knuckleheads here as your audience.

You have a written word gift of expression, odd but true. Use it that gift in other venues...in fact regardless of the venue: Just be the younger brother we all love.

I am not kidding.

Plus 1 on the dry run to check your timing and flow. Also the practice will help when something goes wrong. You will be able to recover more easily if you have the material cold.

Best
Les

Don't forget to wear pants. Just in case.

And disable all your notifications if you are sharing your screen...