Virtual Keynote Speaker for Virtual Conferences and Events

We all have been trying hard to forget the major disruptions of the Covid pandemic. Aside from the obvious morbidity, mortality, loneliness, fear, stress, economic upheaval, etc., the virus really disturbed our ability to gather in person. 

Maybe it was an annual conference for your professional association, the kind of meeting intended to give members a return on investment (ROI) in the form of education, networking and sharing of best practices.  In 2020?  Forget it!  Canceled!  Or maybe it was an employee event for your company, meant to boost the bottom line by educating the team and boosting morale and camaraderie.  During the Covid peak?  Are you kidding?!  Canceled!  It was tough, as for years we had always looked forward to such events, enjoying the connection with our community of peers, networking, socializing, learning, laughing …

But gradually we figured it out.  In fact, one of the silver linings of the pandemic was we got pretty good at virtual conferences.  We realized we could keep our people healthy, happy, productive and engaged on Zoom.  We could still motivate virtual employees on Google Meet.  We could still laugh and connect on Microsoft Teams. 

Dr. Brad got good at it, too, becoming a virtual keynote speaker at virtual conferences, webinars, fireside chats, Happy Hours … Regardless of the event label, Dr. Brad delivered his clients’ end goals with customized, interactive programs, providing his inimitable combination of good, sound, reliable wellness advice and good, clean humor guaranteed to elicit laughs.  Yes, just as he had always been in person, Dr. Brad was entertaining, uplifting and informative as a virtual keynote speaker.

And—even though we’re able to gather in person again—we’ve learned there are several advantages to those virtual meetings: lower cost!  No ballroom to rent.  No exhibit hall.  No caterer.  No on-site AV crew.  And no hefty out-of-town speaker fee.  (Yes, Dr. Brad still invests a lot of time preparing and customizing for each virtual event, but he doesn’t have to deal with airports, TSA and hotels, so his speaking fee is much lower than it is for him to appear in person.)  So, the virtual meetings live on!  And The Healthy Humorist is happy to be a part of them!

How Virtual Keynote Speaking Works

You know how traditional in-person keynote speaking works. It starts with the speaker. Some are good. Some are bad. Some are dynamic, interactive and motivating. Some are boooooooring. It’s tough paying attention to a presenter who stands behind a podium, speaking in a monotone delivering boring content. We’ve all been in that audience, watching the clock until it’s time to go network in the hallways or go to the next breakout session … or the bar!

The traditional keynote often includes other audio-video elements, too, like slides, music, video clips and image magnification (I-mag). Again, some setups work and others don’t. A big ballroom with bad lighting, a lousy sound system and wordy slides can ruin an otherwise good keynote address. 

Now transfer that in-person experience to your phone or tablet or computer screen on one of the video conferencing platforms like Zoom, GoToMeeting, Microsoft Teams or Cisco WebEx. It’s tough paying attention to a talking head delivering canned, uninteresting content. Similarly, the audio-video setup can mean the success or failure of an online keynote speaker. We’ve all been there, too: poor lighting, bad camera angles, technology troubles, a cacophony of sounds from too many microphones…

Even though he’s confined to your device’s screen, Dr. Brad is still dynamic and interactive, motivating virtual teams and refusing to sit still in a chair and read from a teleprompter. And he has the equipment to overcome those audio-visual and technical issues. His Totally Telehealth™ Studio features professional lighting, microphones, cameras and a wired ethernet connection. But—and this point is key—the fancy equipment is not distracting. You can always turn into a cable news program if you want to see floating graphics and sound effects. With Dr. Brad as your online keynote speaker, content and comedy are still king.

Watch Dr. Brad give an online presentation for a virtual Conference