In this episode of The Presentation Whisperer Show, you'll learn:
- What happens cognitively and psychologically when communication becomes digital — and why trust becomes harder to build through a screen.
- Insights from Peggy’s book Trust at a Distance, including practical strategies for managing and presenting in remote environments.
- The four most common mistakes presenters make when moving from an in-person room to the virtual ZOOM stage, and how to fix them.
- How technology reshapes communication by removing context, adding distractions, reframing relationships, and increasing passivity.
- The biggest misconceptions presenters have about virtual and hybrid environments — and how to overcome them.
- How changes in technology have shifted the way audiences engage over the past 25 years.
- What presenters can do to capture attention spans in a noisy, tech-driven world.
- Why more slides rarely help — and the strategies that create real virtual interaction instead of visual clutter.
- The single most important mindset shift presenters need to thrive as communicators in today’s tech-saturated environment.
To learn more about this guest:
Email: p-kendall@bethel.edu
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