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How to create a productive workspace at home
How to balance work and personal life while working remotely
How to maintain focus and motivation while working remotely
Changing Your Background
Zoom backgrounds allow you to hide those distracting visuals from behind, like a dirty room, pizza boxes or other members of the household coming and going.
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Life On Video Calls
- Make sure you keep the conversation alive by returning the ‘tennis ball’ of the discussion back to the other person.
- Make your webcam on eye level or higher.
- Make sure you have head-on natural lighting to appear good on screen.
- Be respectful, positive, polite and ...
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The Waiting Room
It is advisable to enable the waiting room option for new joiners so that they are made to enter one at a time and provided with a proper introduction.
It also takes care of the risk of your meeting getting crashed by someone suddenly.
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Punctuality
To avoid being late (even if you’re always online), take a few minutes ahead of the call (or party), especially if you’re the host, to test your settings and re-check your internet.
It’s also essential to be extra considerate of the time of other; though people are at home, they may be hav...
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The Side Chat
Zoom has a side chat feature, where you can send a direct message to the host or any participant. Just make sure the text message is only sent to that person, and not to the whole group. And then check it again.
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The Art Of The Pause
Video chats with multiple participants have a lot of cross-talk and people talking at the same time. This problem is compounded by dodgy internet speeds.
It is possible to listen to only one person at a time, so one has to learn the art of the pause. Stopping and staying...
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Introducing People
People no longer have the option to introduce themselves to new people at their convenience (like in an office setting, for example). With the remote setting, the second someone joins an online meeting, they’re exposed in front of dozens of new faces staring straight at them. It's easy to feel aw...
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Being prepared for virtual meetings
Zoom meetings could be used to grow a connection and build ideas. It's important to be fully present.
- Prepare for virtual meetings as you would for any other. If you're meeting a new colleague, find out what their history is and what interests or motivates them.
Organize Your Desk
- Keep only the things you use daily within reach.
- Store everything else off of your desk.
- Try limiting personal decorations to just 3 items or less.
- Hide supplies and tools strategically behind your monit...
Changing negotiators
A tactic sometimes used when the negotiation is not going the way the other party would like.
The new negotiator often denies knowledge of concessions their company has made or claims the previous negotiator had no mandate to make them. At the same time, you are held to the concessio...
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