Raising your laptop, so the camera is at eye level with books, or a laptop stand will make you look better. If you have a camera on your laptop screen, smartphone, or tablet, try to keep it at eye level, so you're looking directly at it.

It seems simple enough, but it's incredible how often people have their camera pointed up, down, and even sideways (especially when using a smartphone). People appreciate someone who pays attention to them. Newscasters have practice looking into a camera as though they are speaking to another person, and it's a skill worth practicing. Show that you are paying attention and avoid multi-tasking. Pay AttentionĮver have a conversation with someone who isn't listening or looking at you? Be a good listener and look at your camera during a meeting. You should turn the video off when you have to walk away, when there are background distractions, or when you aren't appropriately dressed. Since Zoom works on computers, tablets, and smartphones, there's a temptation to have the video (and audio) on during the entire meeting. Start your video when you're prepared to be on camera. You may join a meeting and find that your video is already on, but you might not be ready to be seen. Turn your video on when you want others to see you The simple solution is to mute yourself when you're not talking and unmuting yourself when you want to speak. If noise or sound makes you the current speaker, any audio picked up by your mic is heard by the participants. During a meeting, Zoom makes the person speaking the 'active speaker' and doesn't care if that person's mic is picking up noises or their voice. Most computer microphones don't have good noise-cancellation, which means they pick up noises and background sounds even when you aren't talking. Microphones pick up noise and sound around you as well as your voice. Time is valuable, especially for a professional meeting, so give yourself a few minutes to join the meeting before it starts. Showing up on time shows respect for the meeting host, makes a good impression, allows you to some time to focus your attention, and avoids any delay in starting the meeting.

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