The Mute

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"I was on a call last week and a colleague, who went half naked friend behind her," Says communications consultant Jason Nisse.

His experience of the pitfalls of the video conference, a technology of thousands of workers getting used to, as you try to work from home.

Some of the people that really need help.

In a (real) E-Mail doing the rounds, a Financial Services company, the workers said: "your screen is visible, and we can all see you looking at porn, In Between requests. "

phone conference apps such as Zoom, Teams at Microsoft and Google, reports of dramatic user increase.

to work For many of us, this means dealing with a whole new way.

everyone Can hear me?

line quality, technology problems, and, of course, the user's inability to add to make kerfuffle. Make sure that everyone understands how the technology works, it can save a lot of time when It Comes to The Meeting live.

Some bosses have also recognized that the telephone conferences that will show how the meetings are filled with personnel that do not need to really be there. A reduction in The Number of people affected also shortens the amount of unwanted noise.

Heavy Breathing , runny nose, cough, dogs, and doorbells can be triggered by the switching off of the microphone with The Mute button.

Even without a video, conference calls can be revealing.

"I remember a client on a call while in the bathtub, and she could hear splashing water, and tap run. He realized that the microphone was turned on and The Phone slipped in the bathtub. Gargle Gargle Gargle. He jumped out of the bathtub to get a different phone, slipped and fell down The Stairs ," recalls Neil Henderson from Zurich insurance.

Who is responsible?

calls need a host, someone who is capable to bring the conversation back on track if the discussion revolves around the position of the supply of toilet paper. Steve Parks of the digital Agency Convivio Says that a person should treat The Call as the presentation of a radio phone-in. "You are responsible for the timing, the dissemination of a discussion between 'guests', the audience questions to keep in step and energy," he Says .

TV and radio producers work on this principle all The Time , building a running order for each programme. Each Element has added to a period that is a target, and specific problems or issues you want to address.

Circulating this kind of agenda in advance and adhere to the allotted time, the focus of The Meeting helps, so it's not a free-for-all.

"If More Than one person speaks at a time, which is very common in normal face-to-face human interaction, it can quickly incomprehensible by video. This is compounded if The Internet connection is glitchy - which is often the case," said Chris Hirst, The Chief of the media company Havas Global, whose teams have been to work from home, begun as the Corona-Virus outbreak in China.

"We Are Social Animals , and so much of our communication is non-verbal, this tends to be lost on video-conferences," something that Mr Hirst Says that The Host must bear in mind, if the line is reputation.

Framing The Shot

filmed in your house is extremely intimate. If you need video conferencing, you look presentable, at least from the waist up.

the BBC camera operator Tracey Langford recommends your laptop on a stack of books, so that it is on a level with the eye line. "Looking down is not very flattering", she emphasizes. And remember to focus on The Top of the screen, where the camera is located, and not in the screen itself.

design and lighting are worth considering,

In terms of lighting, beats you with a light is positioned slightly over her face: "Don' T have to light a side of her face to The Window , and The Other side of the interior light. You choose one or The Other . It is also more flattering if you put some kind of diffuser over a light. You may need to experiment a little with a piece of baking paper, but do not place the paper directly against the hot bulb," she advises.

And, of course, where you sit, tells its own story. Recordings of zerknüllter bed linen, the clothes, the horse and The Bathroom should be avoided.

But the antics At Home , at least a useful purpose, Says Ben Todd of Rolls-Royce.

"I'm hearing in the background, enjoy the Sounds - and sometimes the foreground - of babies, Kids Tv and the dogs. It is a useful reminder that We Are All Human , something to Get Lost in a business context," he Says .

Melinda de Boer, "Mama eye"

Melinda de Boer, communications director at a global manufacturer, agrees: "On several occasions, my colleagues on Skype, the" mom eye have seen me at my two sons, who are mucking about in the same room, in which I try to. You say it is scary, it is a shame that children don't think so!"

water-cooler moments

The regular Friday Night pub session from The Window , but many companies report trying to keep, the normal daily interaction between colleagues and capture some of the fun in the workplace.

In Southampton Etch UK, they host a daily quiz at lunch for customers and staff, a virtual cinema club and yoga sessions based on. Other companies report to the lunch "together" from their kitchen table.

If you do not Hirst, such as video conferences, then Bad Luck , according to Havas Mr. You could do that, you will for the rest of your career.

"I think this could lead to a rapid and permanent increase in the daily adoption of the technology, the work from afar," he Says .

self-isolation, coronavirus pandemic, video calling

Source of news: bbc.com