40. The Future of Presentations (Yulia Barnakova)

In this episode of the Ideas on Stage podcast we spoke with Yulia Barnakova.   Yulia is passionate about helping people – from business leaders to creatives – stay future-ready and on the leading edge. She is recognized as a Microsoft MVP for her insights on the future of work and presenting, including innovative ways to use 3D, VR, PowerPoint, and videoconferencing platforms. She conducts the annual "Future of Presentations" talk at the Presentation Summit, and her TEDx talk “Think You’re Not Tech Savvy? Here’s Why You Are” explores how people can stretch themselves into new technology. She also has a series of video tutorials on creative presentation tricks, which have been viewed over 8 million times. She believes constant learning and experimentation is critical to staying relevant – no matter what the future of work may bring.   In this episode we talked about the future of presentations.   Key Takeaways - What the future of presentations looks like- A new approach to public speaking- How to create human connection in a virtual world   We hope you enjoy it!   +++IDEAS ON STAGE RESOURCES Want to inspire your audience, increase your influence, and make a bigger impact?   - Read the Confident Presenter book: https://amzn.eu/d/bKswMEe - To make the most of the book, take the Confident Presenter Scorecard to assess you presentation skills in less than 3 minutes, for free: https://ideasonstage.com/score - Attend the next Ideas on Stage web class: https://www.ideasonstage.com/uk/masterclass   Links and resources mentioned: Somnium Space https://www.somniumspace.com/Orai https://www.orai.com/ Speako https://www.speako.com/ VirtualSpeech: https://virtualspeech.com/Miro https://miro.com/AltspaceVR https://altvr.com/Microsoft Mesh Launch Keynote: https://youtu.be/oGSWXoFYCLwFrame https://framevr.io/Inside https://inside.com/Discord https://discord.com/ The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything (by Matthew Ball) Cathy Hackl (Metaverse expert)