{"id":38400,"date":"2020-04-16T09:02:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T01:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=38400"},"modified":"2020-04-16T09:02:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T01:02:09","slug":"10-tips-for-successful-online-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2020\/04\/16\/10-tips-for-successful-online-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Tips for successful online meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>During this evolving and unprecedented time when personal and professional lives have been disrupted, many people are finding new and innovative ways to stay connected. Whether it&#8217;s through Zoom, Skype, WebEx or one of the other popular video-conferencing platforms, it&#8217;s now easier than ever to communicate with people around the globe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help ensure your meeting is a success, Toastmasters International&nbsp;offers these 10 tips for an efficient and productive online meeting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Select a video-conferencing platform, and do a test run prior to the meeting<\/li><li>Meeting organizers should send attendees a copy of the agenda in advance<\/li><li>Choose a quiet location before joining the meeting to reduce potential distractions for both yourself and other attendees<\/li><li>Arrive on time or let the organizer know ahead of time if you will be late or unable to attend<\/li><li>Mute your microphone when not speaking<\/li><li>Adjust your camera so you can be seen, and look into the camera\u2014not the monitor\u2014when speaking<\/li><li>Dress as you would for an in-person meeting<\/li><li>Be aware of your background and make sure it&#8217;s appropriate<\/li><li>Stay focused and avoid checking email or perusing other materials unrelated to the meeting<\/li><li>Respect fellow attendees by refraining from distracting behavior like eating or chewing gum<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During this evolving and unprecedented time when personal and professional lives have been disrupted, many people are finding new and innovative ways to stay connected. Whether it&#8217;s through Zoom, Skype, WebEx or one of the other popular video-conferencing platforms, it&#8217;s now easier than ever to communicate with people around the globe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":38401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[31,5265,4897,682],"class_list":["post-38400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions","tag-telecommunications","tag-telecommute","tag-telecommuting","tag-videoconferencing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}