by Steven Maddocks | 27 July, 2021 | Online meetings, Online video, Personal Profile
‘We can’t decide what to do about our backgrounds.’ This question arose recently during an online communication workshop I was running for the senior team at a law firm. I cast my eye across the framed faces on my screen. Most people were evidently sitting in a...
by Steven Maddocks | 31 March, 2021 | Online meetings, Online video, Presentation skills, Video, Voice
Among all the terms future dictionaries will inherit from COVID-19, ‘Zoom fatigue’ is certain to feature. (It applies to all video conferencing software, but ‘Microsoft Teams fatigue’ doesn’t have the same ring.) Citigroup employees are clearly fatigued: on 23 March,...
by Martyn Barmby | 4 February, 2021 | Communication, Online meetings, Online video, Performance, Presentation skills, Public speaking
Yesterday (3rd February 2021) I ran a webinar for CFA UK, and there were a couple of questions about how I managed my set up. In particular people wanted to know about how I kept eye contact with the camera while using notes. Here is a photo of my set up: You will...
by Nicola Hainey | 5 January, 2021 | Blog, Body Language, Communication, Online meetings, Online video
The impact of Covid 19 transformed the world as we knew it last year. We have been reflecting on what this has meant for the way we communicate as humans. It feels that we have adapted from age-old, ingrained, means of communication to entirely different norms in a...
by Martyn Barmby | 19 November, 2020 | Authority, Online meetings, Online video, Public speaking, Q&As, Video
History was made at Prime Minister’s Question Time yesterday when Boris Johnson took part by video link. We were interested in how this would affect the dynamic of the exchanges, particularly with the leader of the opposition Keir Starmer. We noticed an...
by Martyn Barmby | 5 November, 2020 | Online meetings, Online video, Perception, Presentation skills, Video, Voice
It’s fascinating to observe how the questions we get asked at workshops are evolving as a result of this transformative year. Having recently completed a series of presenting with impact and client skills workshops at a leading investment research firm, there was one...
