• Avoid wearing striped or plaid clothing; dark clothing colors are best.
• Avoid wearing too much "shiny" jewelry.
• Eye glasses can cause glare during the presentation.
• The presenter or the the event planner provides a laptop, if necessary, for the presentation.
• If there are multiple presentations, it is best if they are all on the same laptop.
• Arrive at the event 20-30 minutes prior to the event start time.  This allows for a microphone sound test and connection of  your laptop with your presentation materials. 
• At the end of the presentation, allow time for questions from remote viewers.

The Presentation:

• Consider your audience when moving around.  While movement may improve cmmunications with the audience present in the room, it is not desirable for webcasts.  A constantly panning camera can be a distraction for remote viewers.
• Consider your audience when planning the lighting.  The audience in the room may prefer to view presentations with lower lighting.  However, remote viewing is better if the presentation is done in bright lighting. 
• Consider your audience when preparing PowerPoint presentations.  While special effects, e.g., flying text, fade in/out, animated images, may capture the attention of the audience in the room, the effects are not captured for remote viewers and can cause problems with the automated slide-advance controls. 
• Font size on displayed materials should be at least 14 pt.
• Displays that have light print on a dark background are preferable for the audience present in the room. 
• Pay attention to your mouse/pointer location during the presentation. (The pointer is part of the screen shot relayed to remote viewers, so the pointer could appear to emphasize a word or could cover part of the screen display.)
• When speaking, look into the camera from time to time.
• During/after the closing statement hold your pose and look into the camera for a few seconds.
• If a live webcast is accepting questions from remote viewers, at the beginning of the presentation, the presenter should instruct viewers to click the "Ask" button located above the video window to submit questions.  Remote viewers should not wait until the very end of the webcast to submit questions.  (Once a presenter indicates the presentation is completed, the webcast is stopped, had any questions not yet received are lost.)
• All questions or comments from the audience and remote viewers must be spoken into a microphone. 

Viewing tip:

Some remote sites may experience difficulties viewing webcasts due to technical issues regarding bandwidth.  When planning a webcast for employees at these sites, special considerations should be made.  A contact person at each site should organize a conference room for employees to view the event.  If two or more persons need to view the webcast, they should view it from a single PC or a conference room with projection and audio capabilities.