How to Make Someone a Presenter in GoTo Meeting: 1-Min Guide

How to Make Someone a Presenter in GoTo Meeting

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May 12, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to assign presenter controls to any participant in GoTo Meeting.

Quick summary

In GoTo Meeting, you can make someone a presenter mid-session in just a few clicks by navigating to the People panel and selecting the Make Presenter option next to any participant's name.

Steps

Inside the GoTo Meeting main dashboard, find the meeting you want to start and click the corresponding Start button.
Configure the necessary meeting settings and click OK, I'm Ready to proceed into the session.
In the top menu bar, click People to open the participants panel.
Find the participant you want to promote and click the More Options button next to their name.
Select Make Presenter from the dropdown list of options.
Click Yes to confirm and apply the change, making the selected participant the active presenter in your GoTo Meeting session.

📌 Why this matters

Being able to transfer presenter controls mid-meeting is essential for seamless collaboration in virtual environments. GoTo Meeting's Make Presenter feature lets hosts instantly hand over screen-sharing and presentation rights to any participant without disrupting the session flow. This is especially valuable for teams running multi-speaker webinars, training sessions, or client presentations where multiple people need to lead different segments. Quick presenter handoffs keep meetings professional and reduce friction for distributed teams relying on GoTo Meeting as their primary video conferencing platform.

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