How to deliver an engaging online presentation?

Abstract

After this Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a growing invitation for business people and educators to deliver presentations remotely especially through Webinars instead of in person, as the former offers more benefits particularly the ability to reach out to a geographically more expansive audience and the prospects of time and cost savings for the those who host it, resource persons who deliver the contents and audience. To be able to fully leverage on such benefits, effective webinar presentation strategies are needed. In this article, strategies proposed by many scholars are synthesized and presented in eight points that could enrich the effectiveness of webinars in line with the best practices. In overview, the strategies include: knowing the whereabouts, why and how the webinars are organized, empathizing the audience, delivering clear contents and attracting the audience, staying prepared, getting to know the technology, keeping momentum, and weighing the effectiveness of the delivery. In all, it is hoped that these tips would facilitate presenters in improving the efficacy and quality of their webinar presentations.