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Trying to Give a Terrible Virtual Presentation? Get Sloppy With the 3 P's. When making a presentation from the home office, it's tempting to overlook the small details. But in virtual presentations, virtually everything matters, so mind the three P's: posture, place, and preparation.

By Bridgett McGowen

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Working remotely and presenting online has ostensibly become the norm. A much shorter and less complicated commute takes you to the comforts of a home office while attired in a business casual top, pajama bottoms, and fuzzy slippers, and this has all relaxed some of business operating rules. But however comfortable you get in your WFH routine, one routine in which you cannot afford to get comfortable is how you handle your online presentations.

If you're not vigilant in virtual presentations, audience members will seize on unprofessional sights and behaviors and never let go for the entirety of your talk. To avoid this fate, make sure you're minding your three presentation P's: posture, place and preparation

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