Want to give a presentation over the web with Microsoft LiveMeeting? It’s quick and easy, and with my tips in this six-minute video, you can give a high-quality presentation that attendees will enjoy.
This internet presentation tool is used by PASS chapters – both local and virtual – and Microsoft MVPs get a free LiveMeeting presentation account.
Once you know how to use LiveMeeting, let PASS chapter leaders know that you’re ready, willing, and able to speak remotely. This helps them out when in-person speakers drop out at the last minute, because you can step in and save the day. I also have a page in my blog where I list my ready-to-go presentation topics so that chapter leaders can just pick a topic and hit the ground running.
Want more LiveMeeting tips? Jeremiah Peschka wrote a post with LiveMeeting tips and tricks.
One small suggestion. You may want to use a different spot in the video as your screen shot. When your mouth is in mid word, the screen shot isn’t flattering.
I do that on purpose. I’m so bizarre – I pick out the funniest screen shot in the first few seconds and use that. I get a laugh out of it. (Like I said, I’m bizarre…)
Good tips. How do you handle demos? Do you then share your desktop or just the app? Would I then need to worry about screen resolution?
Thanks! I share just the one application, and yes, as soon as you do that, you have to worry about screen resolution. It’s painful – attendees with small screens have to scroll around, and attendees with big screens have to squint to see your app.
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Hi Brent
I found your tutorial very useful – so thanks.
I need to make presentations that would ideally include playing some pre-recorded material from MP3 files at given points within the presentation. I wondered if you knew if, and how, this would be possible when presenting over ‘Live Meeting’.
With thanks in advance
Michael
Michael – thanks! No, you can’t play MP3s inside LiveMeeting, but you can just hold your phone or microphone up to any device’s speakers to play the MP3s.
Thank you for your reply.
What about if I insert the audio file in to the PowerPoint slides (in the same way you would with a video clip) – would that work in LiveMeeting?
Hi Brent, Thanks for a great introduction! I was wondering
if there are some kind of hot-keys usuable to switch between
powerpoint slides in a deck, i’ve tried with up,down,left right and
page up and down. Nothing seems to work. We also remote controlled
usb pens to run the powerpoint session when you stand and talk to a
crowd while also having a audience from live-meeting, but they too
doesn’t work for the powerpoint shared in the live-meeting. Any
tips or ideas on how to work around that ? The main issue being
that the presenter isn’t present at his/her laptop when presenting
the shared power-point. BR, Christian
Christian – turn on the slide thumbnails by clicking on the Thumbnail button, then click on a slide. From that point forward, up/down moves you through the presentation.
Great! This makes alot of sense when you think about it. I’ve also tested it with a usb connected remote aswell and it works fine. The only issue i can see is that you have to have the thumbnail active meaning you cannot multitask during the presentation as the presenter wont be able to change slides if you have alt-tabbed to another application or using another area within the live-meeting environment.
Christian – yep, you want to dedicate one computer just to the presentation and not multitask on it. Although, generally speaking, it’s usually a bad idea for the presenter to be working on his email during a presentation anyway.
How do you zoom in with your mouse?
Scott – check out the ZoomIt tool from Sysinternals: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897434