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4Spectacular Online Meetings: Your How‐To Guide

I wanted to be in broadcasting.

When I was in college, I did these student broadcasts – little television shows for the university. I got to be a broadcaster on the public radio station. I covered the elections and even interviewed the governor. I loved it, even though it wasn't a career I decided to pursue.

Cut to the new normal. Now we're all in broadcasting. Don't believe me? Let's meet via Zoom and discuss.

It's time for an online meeting makeover. When it comes to video conferencing, there is a better way to broadcast – and to do that, we've got to take a look at where video calls fit into your home office.

Video calls are a great equalizer. It seems that everyone is equal in the virtual world. And we are all equally bad.

But you don't have to be.

If you're someone who loves to watch television shows and movies, now's the time to tune in to those experiences in a new way. Notice what's going on in the scene that's capturing your eye. What can you learn from the master storytellers in Hollywood (or, if it's Netflix, in Vancouver)? Could you incorporate what you see on HBO or Hulu into your next presentation? I'm not talking about wearing a costume, like Catherine the Great, or dropping in some Zoom background from outer space. I'm talking about noticing what captures your imagination. What about the YouTube stars you admire and follow? Beyond their topics, what's the style that captures your eye? Start binge watching with ...