![]() More examples of Kanungo’s virtual speaking can be found on his website, and on his LinkedIn profile. That energy jumps from the theatre right into the home offices and living rooms of his audience. While he’s right about the costly signaling of presenting from an empty theater, the added benefit of this set up is that it enables Kanungo to move around, unleashing his most powerful asset: his energy and passion for his topic. Co-hosts: Even just having a colleague facilitate the Q&A segment is a big improvement over the solo “sage on the stage” approachĪnd the biggest “trick” we can copy from watching Kanungo’s virtual keynote is perhaps also the easiest to pull off.Music: Late night shows always have a band or DJ to bring some fun energy can we have our Amazon Alexa device nearby as our digital DJ?. ![]() Props: Kanungo grabs two vodka bottles to make a point about branding what props can you have on your desk ready to illustrate a story (I know I’ll start using my hourglass sand timer when talking about productivity).Setting: We don’t have to rent out an entire theater, but perhaps we can set up our webcam on a standup desk with a wider angle and present while standing up.So what can we learn from Shawn Kanungo? What “tricks” can we apply to our everyday remote meetings? Here are just a few: Stealing “Tricks” To Spice Up Webinars And Demos All this keeps the audience engaged and tuned in throughout the show. In a typical 60-minute presentation, he weaves in five or six audience questions or polls and includes a 10-minute Q&A session at the end. Kanungo is creating a John Oliver and Jimmy Fallon-esque virtual experience.īut unlike late night talk shows on TV, Kanungo builds in a healthy amount of remote audience interaction. ![]() He invites co-hosts and musical guests and will often FaceTime-A-Friend during the Q&A. He explained that rather than just replicating a standard PowerPoint presentation, he thinks of his keynotes as more like late-night-talk-show-meets-TED-Talk. Kanungo approached the redesign of his speech with a fundamentally different mindset. From Keynote Speech to Late-Night Talk Show
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