Help with 2 speakers plus presentation view

[puds]

Hi I am mod for an investor event for my company in 2 days and have discovered that the settings are different to the ones I usually have when I have just done a zoom webinar. I chose to upgrade my subscription to the new 'event' option as the branding is nicer, but in my trial run I couldn't work out how to get 2 speakers plus the presentation slides on the screen. It lets me select side by side presenter mode (shows the slides plus 1 person) but I want to have 2 people visible while the slides are up. I tried spotlighting two people but it isn't changing what attendees will see. Please help me!

[ArvinG]

Hello @puds – In the new Events experience, the “side-by-side presenter mode” you’re using is part of the Screen Sharing Presenter View feature. That layout is designed for a single presenter video + the shared content, so it will only ever show one person next to the slides. Spotlighting extra panelists won’t change that composition for attendees.

If you want your investors to see 2 speakers plus the slide deck at the same time, there are two good options:

1. Standard webinar layout (no Presenter View):

   • Share your slides normally (without choosing a presenter layout).

   • As host, click View and set Attendee View to Side-by-side: Gallery (or Side-by-side: Multi-speaker if available).

   • Spotlight your two speakers. Attendees will see the slides on one side and both spotlighted speakers on the other.

2. Production Studio (if enabled on your Events license):

   • Open Production Studio, choose a layout that includes shared content + multiple speakers, add your two speakers and the slide source, and push that scene live. This gives you a very polished, branded layout.

Either of these will let you show two people on camera alongside the presentation; the one thing that won’t work for this scenario is the Presenter View layout, which is limited to a single presenter video.