Think of a political rally, a commencement speech, or a technology conference. Even with a large crowd, the speaker is able to connect personally to his or her audience. The main concern with mediated communication is that the in-person connection is missing. This section explores specific challenges that are created by mediated presentations, including loss of naturalness, loss of immediacy, decreased nonverbal communication, diminished feedback, difficulty managing distractions, and technological difficulties that are not found in face-to-face communication. After discussing these challenges, we explain how to overcome them in the next section of this chapter.