Presenting online now you may already be a comfortable speaker face to face, talking in front of crowds, talking to the media. But in a sense, that's easier than speaking online. When you're speaking to a live audience. You can look people in the eye, you can ask them questions, they can ask you back, there can be an interactivity, when you're speaking to a reporter or a talk show host, you can see a real person there. But online is in a sense more difficult than those because you can't see the people looking at you unless it's a live Skype forum. So there is something different about presenting online.

This course is going to give you tips to increase the odds that you're successful, and that you'll know how to come across comfortable, confident, relaxed anytime you have to communicate online because it is a little different. And for some people, it's the hardest type of communication. And because of that people often grab on to crutches. That really make things worse. For example, nothing's worse than just hearing a voice and seeing a bunch of slides with bullet points come by. And when you think of presenting online, that's probably what you think.

I would say that's the lazy man's the lazy woman's way of doing it these days, virtually every computer has a webcam. So there's no reason why people can't actually see you speaking now, doesn't mean you can't have slides. But if you've got an opportunity to present in an online environment, on Skype, or the webinar on Google Chat Room, wherever it is, use it don't hide behind a little picture or video image. So your first assignment here is pick a topic, about five minutes or so that you have to present to people in an online environment. Think of the topic, start thinking about what you want to say.