Flying Blind Lessons Learned from Presenting Online
summary
Adaptation happens in about a week: streamer techniques get repurposed to teach Azure demos and switch between PowerPoint and the Azure portal without frictions. OBS outputs a composed scene (camera plus slides) as a virtual camera and sharing that output window to Teams avoids Teams’ video throttling and actually preserves slide clarity. Investment order matters: good microphone first, lighting before camera, XLR into a Focusrite/GoXLR/MOTU beats USB mics, and a green screen lets the presenter sit inside slides. Fallbacks (tested 4G), a moderator, Stream Deck or Hanselman’s PowerPoint–OBS bridge, and quizzing tools like Kahoot prevent chaos; after ~30 sessions this workflow proves robust but exhausting.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 2:12PANDEMIC
- 39:32SPEAKING ONLINE
- 44:27Presentation Challenges
- 47:16Always PRACTICE delivery
- 48:23SUMMARY
- 50:11ONLINE SPEAKING UNICORN
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