5 Tips for Video Web Conferences
In a time quarantine, there is one guarantee: video conferencing is in your future! And while it makes working from home, from the road, and even from abroad for 3 months so much easier, there are some pitfalls.
They sneak up on you. And the embarrassment is real. I have the screenshots to prove it...
After 11 years of leading video conferences, here are my top 5 tips:
1. Turn off Your Notifications. Close apps that chime and have pop-ups, like text messages, Slack, email, etc. It sounds obvious, but incoming political jokes, memes, and out-of-context comments are embarrassing (at best) and can threaten your deal or your job (at worst).
2. Check the Shot. A messy room, bad lighting, and busy background will say more than you will.
3. Do a Mic Check. Dial into the call to see how it sounds from an attendee’s perspective. Video conferencing can have choppy audio, so if the weblink has bad audio, there’s usually an alternative, like a dial-in phone number, that may be better.
4. DON’T SHARE YOUR WHOLE DESKTOP VIEW if you need to share a file. You will be embarrassed. You have to trust me on this one.
5. Always be First. If it’s your meeting, then own it. You should be first on the line so you can start building rapport, set the agenda, and make introductions.
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4 年I got a note that I should add "Learn to Mute Participants and Teach them to Mute Themselves," which is a good one. Thanks, Jane Ward!
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4 年"DON’T SHARE YOUR WHOLE DESKTOP VIEW" is so key! Instead of listening to the presenter, I find myself looking at the apps they use, tabs that they have open, etc.? The cleaner, the better.