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I have been working with virtual presentation tools for over three years now and can easily forget that this is not normal for most people. My husband has stood by (his role being to keep me awake) and watched in wonder as I get up at 3 in the morning and give a virtual presentation in Australia while still in my night clothes (no video link thank goodness) and has often remarked that they should make more use of these tools in his world.
We have both been travelling extensivey, especially in the last year, in connection with our jobs and so the lure of a workshop in Vancouver, Canada was not that great for him this time round and yet he didn’t want to let his colleagues down. And so he decided that now it was time to use these wonderful virtual meeting tools.
To my surprise the Canadians were just as unfamiliar with these tools and so the set-up was very carefully explained and planned. Friday was the big day and in the end nerve failed somewhat and they went for a hybrid solution whereby the Canadians were clicking through my husband’s Powerpoint while he talked through the virtual presentation tool, Horizon.
This was partly because my husband likes to give presentations with very high quality graphics and the virtual meeting room took a long time to process them even after he had removed the animations.
Virtual meetings are never as satisfying as face to face but the Canadians were able to engage my husband in a dialogue about his topic in a live forum afterwards. He also