![]() ![]() But that would be a poor choice and not leverage the assets of the room. The natural inclination is to pick a chair in the middle of the table, place your laptop down and be on your way. The room is nice – but picking the right location within the room is key. Many hotels will often let you use it for free if it’s not in use.īelow is a Board room at a hotel I stayed at during spring break. I recommend asking your hotel if they have a Board room. And if you’re like me – a couple of screaming kids in the background doesn’t help either. But having your unmade bed in the video behind you isn’t professional. The good news is that hotel rooms often have desks in them. So determining where to setup your temporary remote office is the first major decision you have to make. Not for people on the other end of a video conference. It goes without saying – but most rooms are setup for activities to occur within the room. Step 1: Choose a ‘video optimized’ location Here are 5 steps for great video meetings while traveling: But can you reproduce it in a hotel?īut it takes a bit of education & planning. You’ve also mastered a great Zoom setup at home. You can’t wait to work from exotic locations around the world. You’re now loving your company’s newly minted remote work policy. Travel has opened back up and you’re dusting off that passport. The video has content to read while listening to you – but still shows your facial gestures and non-verbal cues. When you record the screen as primary (larger) and the webcam as secondary (smaller) – this ends up as the right balance. Since the typical 2 person live conversation averages 2 mins per person per turn, your audience expects to ‘speak’ and the video gets annoying (just like a person who talks too much in person). Additionally, your audience ‘fatigues’ at staring at you for the entire 3 min monologue. If you only record the webcam – your audience lacks valuable visual information. If you only record the screen – your audience misses your non-verbal cues and the video lacks personality. Most recording software has 3 choices – record the screen, record webcam, record both screen and webcam. Only exception to this rule is if you violate the 3 min rule. So don’t waste a ton of time recording it. Remember that this is an internal video and probably only watched once. Ship your MVP (minimally viable product). So they continue to re-record the video over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.ĭon’t do that. Most people hate hearing & seeing themselves on video. Same deal with all the videos you get from your team. If you need more time than that – either breakup the video into multiple topics or simply provide the key points in the video and send additional written information. ![]() Literally – paint drying.ĭespite the temptation to go longer – never EVER record these update videos for longer than 3 minutes. If you think opening up your inbox in the morning and seeing 1000 new emails is brutal – try opening up a video and seeing that you’re being asked to watch 20 mins of a boring monologue. ![]() My favorites are CleanShot, JumpShare, Loom and Microsoft Stream for Teams users.Īll of these offer simple ways to hit 1 button, record and send. Often times you’d record on 1 device, transfer the file, encode it then attempt to send a huge file to someone.īut nowadays – there are a variety of great software providers that have made this super simple. And unlike written docs – videos enhance the company culture by adding personalization and a ‘feeling’ of working closely together despite the miles of separation.īut to ensure you don’t swap your Zoom hell for video watching hell – here are 5 tips to do them right.īack in the day – recording and sharing videos was a huge pain. In all scenarios – the videos are rich in content and help enhance teamwork within the organization. Sometimes they are from the managers to update their team on initiatives or overall priorities for the week, or sometimes they are from individuals to their managers for quick weekly goal updates, and sometimes they are between teammates to provide quick progress updates or ask questions. We use quick async videos in a variety of ways. If done right – they are easy and highly effective. With a quick video – you can better communicate verbal (and non-verbal) cues that are lacking from written documents. And if a picture is worth a thousand words – a video is worth a million. Though the long-form document has its place in async – sometimes you need a richer medium. This document then provides the framework that leads to a set of actions the team delivers. These written documents serve as the base – then others add to it, comment, etc. The standard method to get to async is long-form written documents. ![]()
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