Comments on: Teleprompters: Read your presentation from a script? http://selltocamera.com/just-say-no-to-teleprompters-in-web-videos/ A blog for business professionals speaking to camera Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:44:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon - presentations training http://selltocamera.com/just-say-no-to-teleprompters-in-web-videos/#comment-52 Simon - presentations training Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:40:58 +0000 http://selltocamera.com/?p=956#comment-52 Absolutely - our take is that if you've got enough material on your slides to read, you've got too much on your slides! :) :) :) Absolutely – our take is that if you’ve got enough material on your slides to read, you’ve got too much on your slides! :) :) :)

]]> By: Andrew Biss http://selltocamera.com/just-say-no-to-teleprompters-in-web-videos/#comment-51 Andrew Biss Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:27:26 +0000 http://selltocamera.com/?p=956#comment-51 Hi Simon, Thanks for your comment and welcome to SellToCamera. It is not just beginners that want to read from a script. Although they don’t think about it in this way, even experienced presenters have a tendency to bore their audience by reading long-form text from their slides. In my experience this is often because they don’t spent enough (any?) time practicing their presentation to become familiar with the content. They are using the slides to remind them what they want to say. Moving to web video will be more difficult for such presenters as they cannot read from a screen and present to camera at the same time. In this case some additional real-world presentation training would be a good idea, to bring their skills up to scratch before facing the camera. Andrew. Hi Simon,

Thanks for your comment and welcome to SellToCamera.

It is not just beginners that want to read from a script.

Although they don’t think about it in this way, even experienced presenters have a tendency to bore their audience by reading long-form text from their slides.

In my experience this is often because they don’t spent enough (any?) time practicing their presentation to become familiar with the content. They are using the slides to remind them what they want to say.

Moving to web video will be more difficult for such presenters as they cannot read from a screen and present to camera at the same time. In this case some additional real-world presentation training would be a good idea, to bring their skills up to scratch before facing the camera.

Andrew.

]]> By: Simon - presentations training http://selltocamera.com/just-say-no-to-teleprompters-in-web-videos/#comment-50 Simon - presentations training Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:57:53 +0000 http://selltocamera.com/?p=956#comment-50 It was all going so well until I read your title: "You’d never read a presentation script" because many of the clients we get would do just that if we let them!! :) Simon It was all going so well until I read your title: “You’d never read a presentation script” because many of the clients we get would do just that if we let them!! :)

Simon

]]> By: Ricardo http://selltocamera.com/just-say-no-to-teleprompters-in-web-videos/#comment-49 Ricardo Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:18:37 +0000 http://selltocamera.com/?p=956#comment-49 I share your comments about how “artificial” is to present reading a script and not being able to “transfer” properly concepts, description of things, ideas, services or all of them combined. The body language, voice speed and other “personal” elements of self-behaviour are critical or the most important when being in front of the public (in real-time or video). Coming myself from “latin roots” (moving a lot my hands) and interacting with different cultures when doing presentations, demos or training, I consider the delivery of emotions and transparent self-convincement into voice and body messages, to be very important to arrive to people minds. I share your comments about how “artificial” is to present reading a script and not being able to “transfer” properly concepts, description of things, ideas, services or all of them combined.
The body language, voice speed and other “personal” elements of self-behaviour are critical or the most important when being in front of the public (in real-time or video).
Coming myself from “latin roots” (moving a lot my hands) and interacting with different cultures when doing presentations, demos or training, I consider the delivery of emotions and transparent self-convincement into voice and body messages, to be very important to arrive to people minds.

]]> By: Norbert Nigg http://selltocamera.com/just-say-no-to-teleprompters-in-web-videos/#comment-48 Norbert Nigg Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:42:07 +0000 http://selltocamera.com/?p=956#comment-48 Great! One video, one message, and the title contains the message. Clear, understandable and unforgettable. This is the style I like. Great! One video, one message, and the title contains the message. Clear, understandable and unforgettable. This is the style I like.

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