For leaders of teams who live on camera

Your team's webcam
is on.Their engagement
is off.

I fix that, and I prove it fast. Book a free call and watch the difference, modeled live. In the first five minutes you will see what strong webcam presence looks like, because I show up the way your team needs to.

Behind events for Nissan · IBM · Johnson & Johnson · GE Capital · Ford · Yum Brands

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If you do not see it in the first 5 minutes, you have lost nothing.

Presentation CoachRay Franklin

While your people are presenting,
their audience is somewhere else.

88%

of business meetings are now virtual or hybrid

52%

of people admit to multitasking during them

7.5h

lost per employee, per week, to poor communication

It is a video call, not a phone call, and how your people look and sound decides whether others lean in or quietly drift away.

Sources: Grammarly / Harris Poll · Doodle · Calendly · SAGE Journals. Full citations available on request.

The standard

On-camera engagement
has a standard.

Five skills indicate whether an audience watches or drifts. Each one is measurable. Each one is coachable. A skills-based diagnostic shows where your enterprise's online skills need training.

Eye Contact
Lighting
Sound
Background
Gestures

See a sample fix: the eye contact challenge

Before and after: looking down at a low webcam, versus looking straight into the camera — The problem → The goal

Eye contact solutions for
eye to eye engagement.

Current

Low Webcam

A low webcam makes you look down at the people you are talking to.

Low-cost option

A simple desk tripod

Under $50, and eye-level contact now reads as confidence and respect.

Best option

Hide the camera behind a screen

A second screen at eye level lets you read notes while you appear to look right at your audience.

Teleprompter with script, real eye contact

Bonus

Use it as a teleprompter

Script on screen, camera behind it. You stop choosing between your notes and real eye contact.

I don't sell equipment. The only thing I recommend is what genuinely helps your team, so every suggestion here is unbiased.

"Ray's combined skills as a speech coach and audience advocate have helped us execute productive, interesting meetings from Dubai to Singapore. He helps novice speakers succeed, and elevates skilled presenters to the next level."

Greg Creed · Former CEO, Yum! Brands (Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC)

"Ray has the ability to train speakers to perform at top-notch levels."

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"Ray is a premiere presentation coach, and a coach of coaches. He customizes his practical suggestions to accentuate your natural strengths and minimize any weaknesses, while building your skills. I highly encourage any company and every leader to utilize Ray's excellent services."

Steven Williams · Strategic Talent Architect

"Ray has tremendous insight into what resonates with an audience and how a presenter can deliver maximum impact. From eye contact, to gestures, to use of technology, his tips ensure a presentation is as effective as possible. He puts the presenter at ease and is a true professional."

Kevin Mayeux · Chief Executive Officer, NAIFA

"He gave me coaching for webinars that was potent and transformative. In three minutes he gave me two powerful strategies to improve my webinar presentation skills, and they made a ton of difference."

Roger Haskett · Keynote Speaker and Engagement Expert

"Ray provides practical, well balanced coaching that makes you shine as a presenter and earn top marks from audiences."

Sandra Spivey · Retired HR Director, Taco Bell

Ray's standard of excellence

The Presentation Skills Certification

When a presenter masters all five elements of professional on-camera presence, Ray takes notice. This certification is rare, and it means something. It is his personal recognition that someone has reached the standard that separates good from exceptional.

The Books

Two books.
One standard.

Written for the L&D deployment of a 30-person assessment. Free.

The Modern Engagement Standard

Employee handbook to improve on-camera skills and performance.

Your Webcam Is On.
So Use It.

Sales

Marketing

Human Resources

Customer Service

The first step

Every team thinks
it is fine on camera.

Some are. Most are guessing. You have seen the standard now: five skills, each one measurable.

Now schedule a free call to start the measurement. I walk you through the diagnostic, I model the standard live, and you keep the book and the implementation plan at no cost. If your team already meets the standard, the call proves that too, and it costs you thirty minutes.

Book a Free Call

In the first five minutes, you will see what strong webcam presence looks like.

Your team's webcamis on.Their engagementis off.

While your people are presenting,their audience is somewhere else.

On-camera engagementhas a standard.

Eye contact solutions foreye to eye engagement.