It is actually more important to use handouts when you use Zoom than when you are speaking in front of a live audience. The people who are watching you on Zoom have more ways to be distracted than they do in a live audience. While on one Zoom event, I saw one person eating spaghetti! And she was the moderator!

The ideal handout for a Zoom presentation should be your last PowerPoint or Keynote screen. It should have a summary of what you said. You should encourage the audience to take a screen shot of it. That way, they get your handout instantly. No need for providing their email address for you to send them a PDF. No need for them to go to another website.

For those who don’t know how to create a screen shot, you can give them alternative ways of getting it.

In upcoming blog posts I’ll show you some ways to create the ideal PowerPoint or Keynote slide to end your presentation.

Enjoy!