Author: Jennifer Orth-Veillon

We all know the proverbial non-verbal signs—head nods,yawns, wide smiles, diverted eyes. After spending hours preparing your perfect presentation,creating exciting visuals, and working on your voice projection, ever wonder if people listening or reading your pitch or proposal are really paying attention?And even if they are “paying attention”—after all you are the only one speaking or presenting in the room—what are they really getting out of it? Wouldn’t you like to know these details in real time, while you are giving the presentation itself? Perhaps you can. The backchannel — a digital conversation happening simultaneously with a live face-to-face interaction—gives participants…