CHAPTER 1

What Are Virtual Presentations?

In 2011, the American Management Association (AMA) posted an ­article titled “Perfect Your Virtual Presentations.” This article encapsulated an interview conducted by AMA’s podcast program, Edgewise, of Roger Courville, author of The Virtual Presenter’s Handbook. Courville discussed the process for an electronic presentation and how it differs from that of a traditional presentation. In his closing remarks, Courville stated that he was working on a special program on virtual presentations for AMA and that it should launch in August of that same year. He stated, “Increasingly, executives and managers will be asked to use the new technology and deliver virtual presentations. And they will need to perfect ...

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