How to NOT Sound SCRIPTED When Presenting Online!

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  What's up, friends?

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  Brian fans, I social fans here.

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  We're gonna talk about creating dynamic video presentations without a

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  script. I know that can be overwhelming, because for a

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  lot of us we have been told that you know

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  it needs to be interactive and we need to maintain

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  the audience's attention.

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  And there's all this technology and how do we share

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  our slides and we can't see the audience.

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  A lot of these things can become very overwhelming.

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  And so I'm gonna walk you through a couple of

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  steps that I do and then my secret that has

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  a little bit to do with, well, a sticky note

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  that I think you guys are gonna be able to

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  every to implement with every single video and presentation that

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  you work on.

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  So first off, what I really want to kind of

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  set the stage for here, and what you see is

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  how do we set up ourselves for success?

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  I think one of the things with video and virtual

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  presentations is we don't really decide and define what success

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  looks like from the beginning and so to define what

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  success looks like, we have to first understand who is

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  our audience.

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  Who are the people were talking to?

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  What is their baseline of knowledge?

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  Like what is how much they know about our subject

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  matter on average, so that we can kind of present

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  that because we don't have that live audience nonverbal cues.

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  That's a very important step to understand who they are,

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  the second one you see there, which is expectations, right?

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  What are the expectations the audience has of us as

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  a presenter?

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  But also what do we expect from the audience?

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  Right? And we have to be able to to understand

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  those expectations and set new ones if that needs to

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  change. If we want the audience to be interacting and

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  engaging on the computer answering questions, we need to make

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  sure they know that we need them in front of

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  the computer.

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  And they can't just have an air potty and walking

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  around the house.

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  The third one that you see right here is where

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  where is the audience going to be consuming this content?

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  Is it on their laptop?

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  Is it on their their iPad or their mobile device?

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  Are they gonna be walking around in their office?

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  Are they managing kids that are home schooling, really understanding

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  that environment allows us to be empathetic.

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  And then the last one here is environment and more

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  so our environment as speakers and presenters, right?

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  Setting ourselves up so that we know the best way

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  for us to present.

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  For me, it's always standing.

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  It's where I'm able to really generate the most energy

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  where I'm allowed to move in or move out from

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  the video.

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  And so for me it's This is a vital piece

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  of the puzzle because as we are presenting as we're

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  gonna delivering our content, we didn't make sure that it

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  sets us up to do the things that we do

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  best. Now, as we look at that right, we have

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  those those general questions you answered.

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  Now we need to set up and our ability to

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  test, tweak and repeat.

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  And before we can test tweak and replete, we have

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  to define what success is right.

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  So we take all the things in the previous slide

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  and now we start writing down.

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  What does success look like?

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  What does What does success going to be if I

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  deliver this presentation right?

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  What? What are the takeaways?

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  Where the goals What is the event asking for me?

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  Maybe What is?

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  Maybe I have a goal for what I want the

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  audience to walk away with, right?

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  And then we have to map out some of those

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  goals so that they're measurable.

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  I think this is one of the steps we often

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  skip is we define success.

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  But we don't have goals that we can actually measure

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  so that we can actually see if we actually achieve

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  that success.

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  And then the third one is identifying the requirements.

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  What are what are the requirements needed for us to

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  be really successful for me, For a lot of my

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  presentations. I need the audience to understand how I'm using

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  something like Prezi video.

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  So one of my requirements is I need to send

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  out a video ahead of time, educating the audience on

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  what they can expect so that I can kind of

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  levels set those expectations, as I mentioned before.

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  And then, of course, the last piece do you see

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  here relatable and memorable?

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  You wanna start outlining?

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  What is the data and research that I want to

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  use for this presentation?

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  What are the stories that I plan on telling that

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  I think will allow me to be relatable with the

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  audience but also be memorable.

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  Maybe what's a piece of humor, either?

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  UM, m a gift, a joke?

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  Or, in my case, usually it's self deprecating humor.

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  And then the last one.

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  What is the technology needed for me to deliver this

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  presentation successfully, Right?

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  Do I need a wireless microphone?

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  Do I need multiple Web cameras?

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  And I will argue for most cases, uh, standard ring

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  light, a Web camera and a desktop microphone can be

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  all we need to create really dynamic, engaging presentations.

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  And then the part that probably is the most important.

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  And what I call, well, the sticky five, which you

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  see here the sticky five is for every presentation that

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  I give I put out on the on the sticky

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  note right underneath my camera.

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  So I did that, and I put it right underneath

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  the camera.

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  The five things that these five bullets right, the first

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  three bullets are what are the takeaways that I want

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  the audience to have.

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  I usually don't make full sentences.

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  I just kind of put some quick hitting things because

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  what this allows me to do it allows me to

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  tell a story, but then come back and go.

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  Okay, Where am I at?

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  What are the things I need to make sure to

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  cover? And the other part it's really nice about this

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  is when you get to the end of the presentation,

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  you can actually recap your presentation, but just going through

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  those takeaways and then you're doing a great job of

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  reiterating those things that are the most important from our

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  presentation. And then the fourth bullet point that you see

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  there is data and research, right?

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  What is the data point that I'm going to use

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  that's going to back up my takeaways, but it's going

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  to allow me to kind of validate my my thoughts,

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  maybe shift the perspective, the audience and the last one

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  is that I mentioned before is making sure that you

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  have that story or that piece of humor that you

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  cannot connect people and allows people to, you know, I

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  have to say, lean in when they're watching their virtual

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  presentation. And so, of course, to practice what I'm kind

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  of preaching here.

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  This is kind of my five that I wanted to

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  kind of put at the end here, make sure I

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  could recap.

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  And so to create a really dynamic, engaging virtual presentation

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  or video, it could be for sales.

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  It could be for a webinar.

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  Or it could be just for your next conference call

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  that you're giving you need to define what success is.

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  You need to manage expectations of the audience, what you're

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  expecting from them and also making sure that you understand

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  what they're expecting from you.

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  You're gonna test, tweak and repeat because the only guarantee

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  with live doing something live or something like this is

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  that something will go wrong.

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  So you're gonna want to test it.

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  You're gonna want to tweet kind of the messaging and

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  how things are going.

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  And then, lastly, you're gonna wanna create swim lanes.

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  And what I mean by that is give yourself a

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  little bit of wiggle room so that you can be,

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  well, the one thing that makes you unique, which is

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  yourself. And so that script usually keeps us like, contained.

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  Or sometimes we like this video has to be five

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  minutes long.

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  But I think if we can give ourselves swim lanes,

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  which allows us so Bob and weave, but ultimately still

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  get to the other end of the pool.

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  And then last but not least, is create your sticky

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  five the five things that you want to make sure

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  that you're including every presentation, three takeaways, one piece of

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  data or research and then last but not least, either

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  a story or a piece of humor.

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  My name is Brian fans on social fans excited to

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  team up with Prezi video.

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  Who is what I used to create?

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  This really cool presentation took me about 30 minutes or

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  so to just put those things together and put the

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  graphics there.

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  You add a little bit of my own branding, and

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  now we're rocking and rolling.

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  We have the overlays on screen.

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  It works on every platform as long as you have

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  a camera enabled.

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  So definitely check it out and check out the comments.

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  I actually have a link there down in the comments

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  for you to get a six month free upgrade to

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  Prezi videos.

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  So you guys can really take these tools and these

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  tips and add some really interactive elements, some really dynamic

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  variables to your presentation and hopefully create presentations that help

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  the audience lean in and create that dynamic experience.

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  Cheers, my friends