You are doing a teleseminar when all of a sudden instead of pressing the speaker button you press the mute button. No one hears you. Yet, you get rapid messages via your email, or the teleseminar system you are using saying that they [...]]]> Point out your mistakes when you are speaking and teach a powerful lesson.

You are doing a teleseminar when all of a sudden instead of pressing the speaker button you press the mute button. No one hears you. Yet, you get rapid messages via your email, or the teleseminar system you are using saying that they cannot hear you?

Of course you are not happy about this but there is little time for red faces or sad commentaries on your feelings of failure. You unpress the mute button and explain what happened.  Use it as an opportunity to share what could have happened if you decided to ignore it or did not continue to moniter the screen for messages and questions.

Of course there a lots of mistakes you can make while speaking online but it is all part of the expertise grooming. And trust me when I say even the top experts still make mistakes.