Prep for Meetings

We all like to put our best foot forward, and appearing on video can be daunting if you don’t do it all time—even among trusted colleagues, but especially with students, instructors, your boss or higher-ups, family, and friends.

When I wrote the first edition of this book, a good hunk of the world was under shelter-at-home or tighter lockdown rules, requiring us to put our home working spaces under scrutiny when we use Zoom for video. In this version, updated in mid-2021, many of us have built out and improved our spaces or even returned part-time or full-time to offices. The advice in this chapter still applies, particularly if you’re not completely satisfied with how your setup appears on camera and how you sound or hear ...

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