To excel as a successful speaker or presenter, it takes proper training, a conscious effort, lots of practice combined with guidance and constructive feedback. A new challenge arise as speakers are now boarding a virtual platform to engage with an online audience as online events and online sessions emerge.
Have you been talking AT your audience as opposed to talking TO them? Set yourself apart from other speakers and presenters by injecting live and character in your delivery.
Online Presentation and Delivery
Talking into a camera is only half the equation, is your choreography and delivery catered for online purposes and audiences?
Audience Engagement
Are your messages being conveyed and shared by the audience? Does it still still resonate after your presentation?
Emergence of Online Events and Webinars
In order to embrace your online presence during an online session, be it small scale meetings or webinars, to larger conferences as part of an online event- It is essential to embrace the basic essentials of:
On camera presentation
Engaging with a virtual audience
Leveraging technology for audience inclusion
Proper storytelling in order to attain your professional goals
Avoid virtual stage fright!
How Melody Helps Her Students
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Shine
Are your messages being conveyed and shared by the audience? Does it still resonate long after your presentation?
Organize
Design your rundown and material for easy digestion and enjoyment by the audience.
Relax
A relaxed speaker is half way to their success.
Improvise
Nothing is perfect. What's more important is how we act and react accordingly.
With the increased use of webinars and video conferences, I noticed that a different protocol and interaction method needs to be adopted in order to get my message across and really interact with the online attendees. Melody helped me learn how to deal with an audience I cannot see by customizing the structure, storyboard and delivery of my talks in addition to incorporating tools and software to maximize my reach and touch my audiences' heart as I present.Vincent Wong, Tooling EPM at Apple
She has always been my go to person when it comes to public speaking related matters, her ability to communicate and charm the audience is unlike anything I have ever seen before. With the current COVID19 situation, she helped me further my previously public speaking learnings in order to be in better touch with my online engagement attendees. I also want to thank her team for providing valuable guidelines, structure and crisis management plans for me as I host any online meetings. These lessons are very useful, as I can also apply these to my future on/ offline engagements making me a better presenter and online event host.Larry Wong, Commercial Manager North Asia at A. Lange & Söhne
There's talking AT others and there's talking TO others. As a professional gamer/streamer, I was able to kick my fan interactions up a notch on Twitch by being understanding to their thoughts and feelings as I provide an enjoyable experience for them. Melody has taught me the art of thinking deep into my supporter's needs and developing an effective way of communication for longer watch time, as they are more inclined to participate with my call to actions. Her team was able to guide me on set and virtually to prepare me further as unexpected happenings occur. I look forward to bettering myself as an e-sport enthusiast and better yet a better entertainer, presenter and storyteller in the virtual world.Bobby Lee, Brand Development | Website Development | E-sport Enthusiast
As the virus is ongoing in Hong Kong, this is the first time I visited the Hong Kong Science Park Career Expo 2020 virtually. I met Melody on the video live meeting and she was the emcee. I was so impressed by her performance and professionalism. I know it was hard to get feedback from the participants without seeing the faces but she managed to facilitate the meeting so well as she captured everyone's' attention and participation. I felt like she was here physically in front of me talking to me in person! Thanks Melody. Kruzo Cheuk, Senior Marketing Manager
