Thank you for the video, Paul! I have also experienced that the idea to mirror-flip the slides and display them through the lens in a teleprompter helps a ton, especially to maintain eye contact with viewer, and I don't have to read word for word to avoid eye movement and also to keep my speech to natural because I have my whole concept in mind on camera so I just use talking points to keep my conversation on target. best wishes
This is good when you don’t have any more equipment options. I ended getting a teleprompter and a mini monitor and placed my camera behind the teleprompter glass - so I’m looking at their face - and my eyes are looking into the lens at the same time.
I have been trying to find the answer to this problem for a year or two now. So many silly advice out there. Thank you Paul for a very clear explanation.
@@PaulArcher It does get tricky when there are multiple people, your favorite one is at the bottom. I should also experiment with an external camera on the side at a more reasonable height if that gets any easer to glance at it once in a while.
Wow, these people who don't make direct eye contact! Everyone's different. I make direct eye contact all the time. Of course I also look away sometimes but I have to tell you, direct eye contact is the norm in my world
Really interesting video. If one is presenting a PowerPoint presentation to a group of, say, 12 people on Zoom, I'm thinking the ideal setup would be to have the PowerPoint slides on your laptop screen, and an external monitor above your webcam showing the 12 faces in gallery view, and then as you are presenting your gaze field would wander back and forth between the slides and the top monitor, pausing in the middle to look into the laptop's webcam. Does this make sense? It seems a lot more challenging when you are presenting to a group of people.
Hi Larry, this plan sounds very plausible. However, the audience will probably only see you PowerPoint slides on their screen so won't be aware of your eye contact but you'll be able to see them. How about you combine your video footage with your slides on one camera feed to they get to see you and your slides, can engage with you talking and asking questions as well as the visuals. I use Logi Capture to combine my second camera feed and slides - side by side - or one in the other
@@PaulArcher Sounds like an interesting approach. I was thinking that the 12 students could use side by side mode in Zoom, allowing them to see the slides on the left side of their screen and the speaker (and other attendees) on the right side of their screen. I tried it recently in a Zoom class as an attendee and it seemed to work well. Thanks for your suggestion.
@@PaulArcher There's technical issues with combining text or graphics you want sharp, with video and sending it to Zoom, Meet, whatever, with a virtual camera feed like OBS or Logi. Zoom and Meet have very low resolution for video, but high frame rate.The screen sharing on both video platforms is high res, but low frame rate. So either your text is fuzzy and your facial expressions are nice and smooth, or your text is sharp and you look like an old time flip book animation. The only solution is to find a high resolution video conferencing platform. You can pay and ask for it with Zoom or with enterprise level platforms. I have seen solutions at some schools that use 2 streams, one for face video, another for showing presentations or software, coding training . Sometimes it's complex to setup on both sides, but necessary when you realy need to monitor the participant/s.
Hi Paul, Can I mirror-flip slides for my iPad with talking points, and display them in TTL ( through the lens)in a teleprompter, definitely this helps me to master proper eye contact and sound natural because I always have my concept in front of camera and I don't read word for word.
Just new to speech therapy online and it’s much harder to using the suggestions when sharing a document or online game and see the child’s face for proper cuing and feedback . Ideas?
I like the triangle trick. What if our audience is not on video (broadcast), should we pretend there is a person (or set of people) just under the camera and then move our eye from person to person to camera and back?
Hi Ankit, I presume you're referring to a large audience with few people on cam. In these situations, then presenting to the lens should be done, obviously, look away occasionally but the lens would be your best buddy now
Good technique Robert. The trick is to zoom in to your image from 6 feet so your head and shoulders are clearly viewable. Does the camera a zoom capability?
@@robertdaly6209 Yes Robert, ensure you activate your camera zoom before going online. If you have a DSLR then adjust the lens manually. If you have a webcam, you need software on your PC to adjust zoom and image position. However the latter option can distort the image as it uses digital zoom
@@PaulArcher After seeing so many youtube videos that don't care about quality, I think I can do pretty well doing a video and have done them using my method. You just need a little distance and zoom in slightly to frame it properly. My Samsung S6 does a nice job on zoom meetings. It's a good video for training people on this issue. Thanks for the tips.
What about using a usb camera and put it 2 inch down from the top of the screen. From there, you will have the face of your customer in top of your screen and a camera just in front of his face.
Hi Alexandre Valiquete, Great idea, and also to just convert and mirror-flip your existing Powerpoint presentation using this tool th-cam.com/video/wknjNwuNLkY/w-d-xo.html (it's simple within some seconds) slides for monitor, iPad etc and use in a teleprompter to lead you while speaking to make your presentation sound conversational and natural on camera because you always have whole concept in mind.
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This is the best advice to keep eye contact natural during virtual face to face meetings.
Thank you for the video, Paul!
I have also experienced that the idea to mirror-flip the slides and display them through the lens in a teleprompter helps a ton, especially to maintain eye contact with viewer, and I don't have to read word for word to avoid eye movement and also to keep my speech to natural because I have my whole concept in mind on camera so I just use talking points to keep my conversation on target. best wishes
This is good when you don’t have any more equipment options. I ended getting a teleprompter and a mini monitor and placed my camera behind the teleprompter glass - so I’m looking at their face - and my eyes are looking into the lens at the same time.
Thanks!
thank you for this! i wondered about the secret behind more eye contact on ZOOM!
I have been trying to find the answer to this problem for a year or two now. So many silly advice out there. Thank you Paul for a very clear explanation.
People sometimes overthink challenges, often simple solutions are the answer
@@PaulArcher It does get tricky when there are multiple people, your favorite one is at the bottom. I should also experiment with an external camera on the side at a more reasonable height if that gets any easer to glance at it once in a while.
This guy is good.
Fascinating and juts the advice I needed. Thanks!
Thanks Paul...Just the ticket ahead of a Zoom meeting I have tomorrow. Cheers!
This is really useful. Thank you very much.
Wow, these people who don't make direct eye contact!
Everyone's different. I make direct eye contact all the time. Of course I also look away sometimes but I have to tell you, direct eye contact is the norm in my world
Great advice, thank you!
Great tips! 🙏🏼
Well worth the watch. Glad the algorithm put this in my feed. This is the first of your videos I have seen. Well worth the watch. Thank you.
Hi Taura - and I'm glad you stopped by
Really interesting video. If one is presenting a PowerPoint presentation to a group of, say, 12 people on Zoom, I'm thinking the ideal setup would be to have the PowerPoint slides on your laptop screen, and an external monitor above your webcam showing the 12 faces in gallery view, and then as you are presenting your gaze field would wander back and forth between the slides and the top monitor, pausing in the middle to look into the laptop's webcam. Does this make sense? It seems a lot more challenging when you are presenting to a group of people.
Hi Larry, this plan sounds very plausible. However, the audience will probably only see you PowerPoint slides on their screen so won't be aware of your eye contact but you'll be able to see them. How about you combine your video footage with your slides on one camera feed to they get to see you and your slides, can engage with you talking and asking questions as well as the visuals. I use Logi Capture to combine my second camera feed and slides - side by side - or one in the other
@@PaulArcher Sounds like an interesting approach. I was thinking that the 12 students could use side by side mode in Zoom, allowing them to see the slides on the left side of their screen and the speaker (and other attendees) on the right side of their screen. I tried it recently in a Zoom class as an attendee and it seemed to work well. Thanks for your suggestion.
@@PaulArcher There's technical issues with combining text or graphics you want sharp, with video and sending it to Zoom, Meet, whatever, with a virtual camera feed like OBS or Logi. Zoom and Meet have very low resolution for video, but high frame rate.The screen sharing on both video platforms is high res, but low frame rate. So either your text is fuzzy and your facial expressions are nice and smooth, or your text is sharp and you look like an old time flip book animation.
The only solution is to find a high resolution video conferencing platform. You can pay and ask for it with Zoom or with enterprise level platforms.
I have seen solutions at some schools that use 2 streams, one for face video, another for showing presentations or software, coding training . Sometimes it's complex to setup on both sides, but necessary when you realy need to monitor the participant/s.
Hi Paul, Can I mirror-flip slides for my iPad with talking points, and display them in TTL ( through the lens)in a teleprompter, definitely this helps me to master proper eye contact and sound natural because I always have my concept in front of camera and I don't read word for word.
Just new to speech therapy online and it’s much harder to using the suggestions when sharing a document or online game and see the child’s face for proper cuing and feedback . Ideas?
Thank you. Great advice-
What if on a phone? Will the triangle method work?
In your imagination, probably. Its always a good idea to imagine your client in your minds eye and give them imaginary eye contact
I like the triangle trick. What if our audience is not on video (broadcast), should we pretend there is a person (or set of people) just under the camera and then move our eye from person to person to camera and back?
Hi Ankit, I presume you're referring to a large audience with few people on cam. In these situations, then presenting to the lens should be done, obviously, look away occasionally but the lens would be your best buddy now
Awesome
I find if i move the camera and tablet about 6 feet away from me no one will notice i'm not looking at a screen rather than the camera
Good technique Robert. The trick is to zoom in to your image from 6 feet so your head and shoulders are clearly viewable. Does the camera a zoom capability?
@@PaulArcher Yes, it does. so I can have the same head shot as when the camcorder is physically closer.
@@robertdaly6209 Yes Robert, ensure you activate your camera zoom before going online. If you have a DSLR then adjust the lens manually. If you have a webcam, you need software on your PC to adjust zoom and image position. However the latter option can distort the image as it uses digital zoom
@@PaulArcher After seeing so many youtube videos that don't care about quality, I think I can do pretty well doing a video and have done them using my method. You just need a little distance and zoom in slightly to frame it properly. My Samsung S6 does a nice job on zoom meetings. It's a good video for training people on this issue. Thanks for the tips.
What about using a usb camera and put it 2 inch down from the top of the screen.
From there, you will have the face of your customer in top of your screen and a camera just in front of his face.
Great idea especially if you put it on a bendy tripod
Hi Alexandre Valiquete,
Great idea, and also to just convert and mirror-flip your existing Powerpoint presentation using this tool th-cam.com/video/wknjNwuNLkY/w-d-xo.html (it's simple within some seconds) slides for monitor, iPad etc and use in a teleprompter to lead you while speaking to make your presentation sound conversational and natural on camera because you always have whole concept in mind.