There was a time amid the height of the recent health pandemic I was invited to present a short session to a virtual audience in Pakistan.
I was one of three speakers that evening, and as we were the only people with our cameras turned on, I asked how many people would be tuned in to watch the broadcast.
The host casually said, “…more than 50,000…”
Yes, you read that right.
It still stands as the largest audience I have presented live to.
This was exactly the question posed by a playmeo member last week via email.
When first presented with this gig, it had them scratching their head, wondering what to do to engage them all. Thankfully, they got what they were looking for in my response, helping them feel inspired, confident and brimming with dozens of ideas to engage their audience.
This is an extract of my response:
Yes, 750 people is a lot of people, but once you get past 30 to 50 people, it doesn’t matter how many folks are tuned in online. Engagement is the key.
First, let me describe a few tricks of the trade when presenting online when the audience cannot or will not switch on their cameras.
I’m going to list a few that I would do in your situation (in no particular order:)
And this is just for starters.
There are tons more I could suggest (be sure to check the Virtual filter in our powerful activity search engine,) but first, explore the above ideas and choose those you think will work for you (and your group,) and you will be comfortable leading.
Have fun.
You are welcome to reach out to me, or one of my team of awesome group facilitators, to ask for help at any time. Just click the link below to get started.
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Original post February 2023, last updated November 2023.