Abby Sturges is a Leadership Development Consultant, Facilitator, and Coach. She joins Ruth Milligan in a lively conversation about the strategies we use to initially engage virtual audiences. How do we "stoke" their attention when so many distractions are waiting our consumption. They discuss a wide array of both intentions and tactics, readily available to all virtual speakers, teachers, and trainers.

00:08 – Chapter 1: Welcome Abby

02:00 – Chapter 2: Developing Stokes Blog Post

03:55 – Chapter 3: Importance of first 90 seconds in a virtual meeting

06:15 – Chapter 4: Favorite 5 minute stokes

10:09 - Chapter 5: Benefits of Stokes

13:32 – Chapter 6: When Stokes go badly

17:16 –Chapter 7: The Wrap