Chapter 11
Looking at Zoom Contact Management and Chatting
IN THIS CHAPTER
Managing your Meetings & Chat directory and contacts
Understanding your status and basic notifications
Chatting with your Zoom contacts
Sociologists will invariably look back at the early months of 2020 as particularly instructive. Near the top of the list of lessons learned is that video meetings fill essential professional and social needs. At a minimum, they allow untold numbers of people to quickly, easily, and reliably talk to individuals and groups no matter where they are. Make no mistake: This type of synchronous communication is often invaluable, especially when you consider the alternative. Imagine trying to brainstorm an idea or interview a job applicant via email. Plus, in many cases, a quick conversation obviates sending a bevy of perplexing emails.
That’s not to say, however, that all communication needs to take place instantaneously. On the contrary, while on and off the clock, there remains a legitimate need to send asynchronous messages to others. Odds are that you use email or text messages for this very purpose, but Meetings & Chat performs admirably here, too. In fact, Zoom’s functionality ...
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