Tips for getting the best video conference

Thanks to the pandemic, we’re neck deep in video conferences.

Conducting meetings with nothing more than platforms like Zoom or WebEx seemed like a foreign concept just six months ago.

Now it’s a necessity.

“We got good at this fast,” I said to a colleague last week, referencing how quickly people adapted to meeting via video. “Now we’re getting lazy,” I lamented.

I was referring to meetings I recently attended during which everyone had their cameras off. Even the host opted for audio-only, using his microphone to conduct the meeting.

Except for my camera, of course. My camera was on.

Perplexed and frustrated, I asked my colleague (rhetorically), “I understand why people are muting their microphones, but what’s the point of having a video conference if no one is actually going to use video?”

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