by Steven Maddocks | 8 August, 2026 | Body Language, Nerves, Online Meetings
I was chatting with a prospective client, a sustainable investment policy lead, about some presentation coaching I might do with him. I asked him what portion of his presenting happens online versus in-person. His answer – around 70% – is pretty typical. Online vs....
by Steven Maddocks | 7 August, 2026 | Body Language, Nerves, Online Meetings
Another client I was working with recently asked me for a ’10-second reset’. ‘Something strange happens at online meetings,’ he said. ‘I get incredibly restless in my chair. I feel trapped and I want to escape. My concentration wanders all over the place. It’s almost...
by Steven Maddocks | 6 August, 2026 | Body Language, Nerves, Online Meetings
Another client I was working with recently asked me for a ’10-second reset’. ‘Something strange happens at online meetings,’ he said. ‘I get incredibly restless in my chair. I feel trapped and I want to escape. My concentration wanders all over the place. It’s almost...
by Steven Maddocks | 25 July, 2024 | Communication, Interview Skills, Online Meetings, Presenting to Camera
How to Get a Job? An article in The Metro caught my eye this week. Under the headline ‘This Zoom trick could help you nail a job interview,’ the writer recommends looking at the webcam during an online interview. When an interviewee looked down (at the interviewer’s...
by Steven Maddocks | 28 February, 2023 | Featured, Online Meetings, Presenting to Camera
Here at MSB Executive, we’re big fans of BBC TV’s Dragon’s Den. Usually we find ourselves looking at the pitchers’ performance, but in one recent episode it was the product being pitched that grabbed our attention. The View-You Cam Pitchers Dan Baker and Jonathan...
by Steven Maddocks | 3 January, 2023 | Communication, Online Meetings, Presenting to Camera
Unlike in real life, the person on the other end of a Zoom or Teams call is stuck with whatever view of ourselves we offer them. Therefore, it pays to think like a movie director, who ‘sets up the shot’ to create the correct relationship between the character on...
