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1. Introduction: The Zoom presentations
one oh one class. My name is Armand Jadr, the founder of Armani Talks, and in today's class,
I will be your host. You may be wondering,
what exactly is the purpose of
Zoom presentations? Why not focus just on public speaking? Face
to face that is. The main reason why is
because in today's landscape, the climate has changed. Technology is here and we
can't do anything about it. That's not necessarily bad news. That's great news, especially
if you learn how to properly present your
ideas on Zoom calls. In this class, you
will understand why Zoom calls are so important, how to structure your ideas beautifully in a
Zoom presentation, how to strategically
engage your audience, how to use beautiful body
language, and much more. At the end, you'll be given a final project that
will allow you to get the concepts from this
class and put it into action. And hopefully, once you
are done with this class, you will understand how
to present your ideas crisp and clearly in
Zoom presentations. If you're ready and excited, I look forward to
seeing you inside. Who am I? My name
is Armand Jahr, the founder of Armani Talks. Armani Talks is a media
company that helps engineers and entrepreneurs improve their
communication skills. And a couple of the
communication skills range from public speaking, storytelling, emotional
intelligence, creativity, and much more. Let's zone in on
public speaking. There are different types of
public speaking out there. There's public speaking
that's done face to face. It's when an audience and a
speaker are having a moment, a moment where the speaker is sharing their ideas
to the audience. It's analog. It's face to
face. But think about YouTube. If you are to look at your favorite YouTube
creator who's talking into a camera
and is talking to you, would you consider
that public speaking? Yes, because this YouTuber
is not only talking to you. He's talking to multiple people from all around the planet. It just feels like
he's talking to you because he's
doing it digitally. And that is where the power
of Zoom calls come in. It's because it is a
form of public speaking. And that is one
thing that I've been getting more involved in
with the ArmaniTx brand, it's because nowadays,
public speaking is evolving. It's going from a
strictly analog field to an analog and digital field. And that is why you
should learn from the ArmaniTx brand because public speaking is the
core essence of it. The more you understand
public speaking, the better that you can lay your ideas from
point A to point B.
2. Why Zoom Presentations Are Important: Us to ever take a
skill seriously, we need to first understand
why it's important. So we need to understand why
exactly is Zoom important. The first thing that we
need to understand is that businesses are now global. A lot of these companies, they have a team in the US, they have a team in India. They have a team in Singapore. And if you're someone
who's like, Well, I can only communicate with people in my
geographic location, then you will be struggling. This is one of the reasons
that a lot more companies are utilizing Zoom is because
their operations are global. In addition to that, Zooms are
pretty easy to coordinate. All you have to do
is you have to give a link to a person or
a group of people, and if they have Zoom,
they could just log in. It's easy to coordinate, while with face
to face meet ups, it requires a lot of back and forth until a meeting
finally gets set up. And most importantly, we have to focus on the content
of Zoom calls. Zoom calls allow for
troubleshooting. It allows for idea generation. It allows for updates on, let's say, your day. What did you exactly
do yesterday? How did you productively
spend your time, or let's say you were
zoning off admitted, especially in the Zoom calls. So a lot of these Zoom calls, it allows for a great way to allow your messages
to flow within teams. The fact that a lot of these
businesses are global, you need more
communication than ever, and Zoom allows you to do that. I have a very simple philosophy. Don't Zoom when
an email will do. There are a lot of
professionals that take the whole Zoom thing
way out of control, where they're setting
up Zooms for anything. And when you do Zoom too much, what happens is that
it loses its impact. My philosophy is that timing matters a ton for
great presentations. If you keep on talking
about a topic from, let's say, from
Monday to Thursday, and you're going to talk about
the topic again on Friday, your audience, they're not
going to be as engaged. Avoid turning everything
into a Zoom call. Make them somewhat rare. And the more rare
that you make it, the more that people
will view your Zoom calls as an event,
it's a spectacle. It's something that
they want to listen to. So follow the following mantra. Don't Zoom when
an email will do.
3. How to Give a Great Zoom Presentation: So there are a couple of qualities of a great
Zoom presentation. The most important thing is to get the relevant
parties involved. It doesn't matter how great
your presentation is. If you're someone that's getting the wrong people involved, then they're always going to be bored with
your presentation. They are not going to
understand the lingo. They're not going to
understand the story. And most of the time,
they're just going to get irritated that you sent them
an invite for no reason. You can make them an
optional attendee, but make sure that you
emphasize who should be there versus who it would
be okay to have there, but they don't need to
necessarily be there. Part of great Zoom
presentations is that they are short
and efficient. If you're someone that is
rambling for way too long, then you are not someone who understands
your presentation. Now, wait, rambling is actually a good thing
in the back end, and that's something
I'm going to be talking about shortly. But rambling is not something that's good in the front end. What I mean is that you should pick topics
that you are capable of rambling on because it indicates that you
know a lot about it. But in front of
other people, you do not want to be rambling. And this is something that I see a lot of great
presenters mess up. They just talk way too much. Dude, we get it. You understand the topic, but your goal is not to showcase how well you
understand the topic. Your goal is to
make sure that I, the audience member,
understand the topic. So you want to make sure
that your Zoom presentations are short and efficient. Use slides if needed. If you don't need slides,
then don't use it. There are guys that don't
necessarily need slides, but they think that slides mean that they put effort
into their presentation. So they forcefully create these awkward slides that only add clutter to
the presentation. It does not enhance the
message in any way, and the audience just
leaves confused. Only use slides if needed. And then you want to add in a question and answers section. The cool thing with
Zoom presentations are that it allows for more flexibility versus face to face public
speaking meetings, where for face to face
public speaking meetings, you often ask if anyone
has questions at the end. But for Zoom calls,
you could always take a pause on a
particular slide, and you could ask them in the middle of your presentation. Hey, does anyone
have any questions? And this is a great way in order to keep everyone involved. So a few qualities of a great Zoom presentation is that the relevant
parties are involved. They are short and efficient. The presenter only
uses slide if needed, and there are beautiful
question and answers sections that are presented
throughout the talk. How to create a
great presentation. The first thing that you want
is you want to know a ton. And I know you know a ton when you can ramble
on the topic. This is really
helpful because it helps you understand
your weak points. If you're someone that
cannot ramble on your topic, that means you don't know enough yet and you need to learn more. I know you know a lot
when let's say your talk, it's supposed to be 6 minutes. But if needed, you can
ramble on it for 18 minutes. And that's what I
call a three X role. For the final
presentation amount, let's say it's 6 minutes, you
should times that by three. So six times three is 18 minutes
worth of ramble content. Let's say your final presentation
material is 10 minutes, ten times three is
you should be able to ramble on it for 30 minutes. This also helps you
understand which speaking opportunities to
take versus not to take. If someone came
up to me and they told me to give a
presentation on dolphins, I would immediately ask myself, is this something
that I can ramble on? The answer is no. I don't
know much about dolphins. So if you ask me to give a seven minute
presentation on it, it's going to be
really difficult. If you give me, let's say two to three
months and you say, Hey, give a presentation on dolphins, now at least I have
a Northstar in mind. Let's say I need to give a ten minute presentation
on dolphins, that means I need to learn
enough content where I can ramble on it for
roughly 30 minutes. Now you may be asking, well, why is rambling so important? I thought you said
rambling is a bad thing. Rambling is a back thing if
it's done in the front end. But for content creators, such as public speakers, rambling is a powerful skill
if done in the back end. In your private time, if
you can ramble on a topic, that means you are a
subject matter expert. Chances are you have an
emotional investment towards this topic. Your head is engaged
with this topic, and when you know a
ton about a topic, it's just a game of
eliminating. Right? It's not a game of trying to figure out what you're
going to say next. You already know what
you're going to say, now you just got to
eliminate the clunks. The way to eliminate the
clunks the excess fat, as public speakers often say, is that you organize
your presentation into bullets and then you just kill them off from
the least important. The least important ones,
just keep eliminating it and it's easier to do when you've organized them into bullets. And that's what you
eventually want to do. You want to, number
one, know a ton. And once you know a ton, that's when you want to
organize your speech into bullets and then eliminate
all the dead points, the points that are not
moving your theme forward, and then you have
the final bullets, and then you create a
presentation out of that. By following this strategy, the audience members, they will get way more out of your talk, and you will feel
confident because a lot of the parts that you
are not bringing up now during your
Zoom presentation, your audience may be bringing it up during the questions section. So don't fear, my friend. You are a subject matter expert, and you should view
yourself as one.
4. Work on Your Delivery & Rehearse: You don't want to create
an amazing presentation and you're boring the
audience to death. That's why you want to
focus on your delivery. The few things that you want to focus on with your
delivery is number one, focus on your body language. A lot of people neglect their body language
because they're like, Well, I'm behind a camera. So people for Zoom
presentations, they don't even wear pants. They think that this is
a funny thing to do, but this is not funny because this actually hurts
your confidence. Your subconscious mind thinks, wait a minute. I'm not prepared. And if you're not prepared, do you think you're going to be giving an amazing
presentation? Absolutely not. So you need to focus
on your body language. What you want to
do is you want to assume that you are way
taller than you really are. So if you're five foot tall, you want to carry yourself
like you're six foot tall. When you add that extra
feet to your height, suddenly, you feel bigger. Your body language,
it's amazing. You're not slouching.
Why would you slouch? You are still giving
a presentation. There are multiple
people looking at you, so focus on your body language. And then you want to
also focus on your tone. With Zoom presentations,
your tone matters a ton. When you are
speaking, be mindful. Am I in that same tone for
a long period of time? How about I switch it
up? And you can honestly practice on your tone a lot
during the rehearsal stage. As you're practicing
on your speech, focus on the tone because no one wants to hear
a monotone speaker. They want to hear
a speaker who has enthusiasm in their
topic, guess what? If you're someone that
chose a topic that you can ramble on I promise you, you are going to be more
emotionally invested in it, and a lot of the times, the enthusiasm, it's going to seep through your voice,
which is a great thing. Even if there are people in your audience who have no clue
what you're talking about, if you're enthusiastic
regarding it, they're going to
look at you like, Whoa, I don't know what
he's saying, but I like it. It's because human beings
love great tonality. Occasionally, rack smile
to feel mentally alert. You could do this before
your Zoom presentations. A lot of the times before
I'm back to get called on, I'll just I'll smile. And the more that I smile, the better that I feel, I'm releasing
endorphins in my body. Other people think I am more
competent and I feel good. Even during your presentation, you may say, Hey, I'm going to take a pause and see if anyone has questions. And as people are asking you
questions, you can smile. This is a great way
for you to feel loose and improve your delivery. You can look at the camera,
but that's not always needed. There are certain
speakers who set up their camera in a
way where they're looking at it the entire time. But I don't think
that's always needed. I've also seen other
Zoom presentations where the person is not
looking at the camera at all, and still, I was able
to engage with them because they were so
invested in their content. And most importantly,
you want to be warm. I'm going to be somewhat
general with this. I'm not going to necessarily
say exactly what this means. I just want you to give
that command to yourself. Say your name and say be warm. If your name is Paul,
say Paul, be warm. Suddenly, your body
is going to feel certain sensations and you're
going to want to be warm, whatever that means to you, but you will notice that
you are not being cold. You're not speaking like this in a very bland robotic way. You're feeling more human. Say your name and
then say be warm, and I guarantee your
delivery will improve. Engage the audience
and rehearse. My philosophy is with
Zoom presentations. You want to ask during
the presentation and after the presentation if the
audience has any questions. Now, typically with face
to face public speaking, we typically focus
on something else. We say, ask if anyone has questions at
the end of your talk. But with Zoom, I've noticed
that it's easier to doze off. It's easier for people to
just pull up their phone and just be I'm
paying attention. Yeah, trust me, I'm
paying attention. So if you stop midway
in or you stop after anytime you've introduced
a highly technical point and you ask, Hey, any questions? Then it's a great way to
reel the audience back in. So with Zoom presentations, you don't have to save all of your questions
strictly for the end. You could scatter them
throughout your talk. And this is where
during rehearsal, you want to find certain
moments during your talk where you may think that the audience
will have questions. Let's say you're going through a presentation and slide two, it's somewhat easy
to understand. But slide four and slide five, it has a lot of
technical details. During your rehearsal stage, you want to actually
make a mental note. Hey, I'm going to
pause here and I'm going to ask if people
have questions there. And you'll be surprised
a lot of people will often ask questions
during these blocks, and it will enhance the understanding among the other people
within your audience. So you definitely want to pause every now and then and ask
people if they have questions. It's a beautiful way to
engage the audience. As for rehearsal, I have
what I call the five X role. You want to rehearse
your presentation five times to perfection. Anytime you mess up, you
need to start back over. Now, what do I mean
by perfection? Do I mean you say your
speech verbatim each time? No, I mean that you're
capable of going through the main points in a way where you feel satisfied. Anytime you are
going through it, and let's say you're
feeling a little bumpy, you forget a point,
you're thinking, why is this slide
there? You messed up. This is not a delivery method that you are proud of, so
you need to start over. You keep doing it
until you can get through the speech five
times to perfection. When you're able to get
through the speech five times with perfection
by your standards, that's when the speech is no
longer a conscious activity. It is now a
subconscious activity. You really know it. And when you really know
it, you can focus more on your delivery during the
actual presentation day. So to rehearse the talk, focus on the five X rule.
5. Final Project & Outro: Now is the time for
the final project. I want you to imagine
that you are in charge of babysitting a
group of six kids. You're doing a great job
throughout the entire session. But in the final hour, one of the kids broke
a very expensive vase. Now the parents are coming back. You need to explain in a six
minute presentation what happened and why
the people should hire you again for
a babysitting gig. Record the video and post it in the final project section. Now the reason you want
to play around with something like this is
because in the real world, there will be times
when you are in charge of overlooking a
financial system, a technological system,
or some sort of system. Let's say on a weekend shift,
everything is going well. You think you're doing great. But something beyond
your control takes over and Things break. Now the major stakeholders, they're coming to you
and they want answers. And if you're someone
who has no capability to give answers, no capability to take
strategic accountability and no capability to give
these logical insights, then do you think they
will hire you again? Absolutely not. So with
this final project section, you'll be given a fun, creative way in order to explain yourself because this is somewhat of a real
world scenario. So take it seriously. You are babysitting six kids. Everything's going well
until the final hour. How do you explain to the
parents why the vase broke? How do you take accountability, explain it, 6 minutes, go be warm, and I look forward
to watching this video. Well, my friend, thank
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